Why Won't iPhone Videos Play on PC Windows?
Convert iPhone Videos to PC Windows Supported WMV, AVI, MP4, MPG etc
I have recorded some videos with my iPhone 13, but the problem is that I can not get them played on my Windows 10 PC. The audio can come out, but not the video image. And then the codec error message appears.
Well, when your iPhone video can not be played on your PC, first you can try to delete it and transfer it again to your PC and then check if it can be normally opened on your PC. If the problem still exists, then you may encounter video codec incompatibility with your PC. What does it mean? The newer iPhone models can give HEVC videos for your recording, but PC default Windows Media Player has difficulty in opening this HEVC videos and so the incompatibility issue happens. How to solve that? The following just recommends three popular methods to help you successfully play your iPhone videos on your PC.
Method One: Convert iPhone Video to PC Windows Supported Format
We all know that WMV is best supported by your PC Windows Media Player, so if the unsupported iPhone HEVC video file is converted to PC Windows Media Player WMV, then the playback issue can be easily solved. To do the conversion, a professional iPhone to PC Converter - Avdshare Video Converter is recommended. What can this Avdshare Video Converter help?
- It can help to convert any video file recorded by any iPhone model to your PC Windows Media Player best supported WMV for the compatible playback.
- You will have no quality loss, no ad and no virus during your iPhone video to PC WMV conversion process.
- Super high conversion speed is provided to convert your iPhone video to PC WMV.
- Batch conversion function is fully supported to convert your iPhone videos to PC WMV at one time.
- It is so powerful that it can fully convert any iPhone video to MP4, FLV, 3GP, H.264, AVI, MPEG, WTV, etc for other devices, players and platforms.
Guide on Converting iPhone Videos to PC Supported Video Format
You can follow the guide below to easily convert your iPhone video to PC Windows Media Player best supported WMV.
Make Preparation: Free download iPhone to Windows Format Converter
Free download the professional iPhone to PC Converter - Avdshare Video Converter (for Windows, for Mac), install and then launch it, the following interface will pop up.
Step 1 Import iPhone Video file
You can click the Add File button to add your iPhone video file to this converter. Also, you can drag and drop your iPhone video file to this converter. If you add many iPhone videos to this converter all of them can be converted to PC WMV at once.
Step 2 Specify Windows Supported Video Format
You can click the Profile button>General Video Category to set Windows supported AVI, MPG, WMV, MP4 as the output format.
Step 3 Complete iPhone Video to PC WMV conversion work
You can click the Convert button to complete your iPhone video to PC WMV conversion.
Method Two: Install the Required Codec to PC
In this method, we will download and install the required codec, such as Media Player Codec Pack, to your PC. You can go to https://www.mediaplayercodecpack.com to download it. After you install it, you can easily open your HEVC file on your PC.
Method Three: Install Other Players to PC
As the default player of PC, Windows Media Player can not open HEVC files, but it does not mean other players can't, neither. So you can install another HEVC Player to your PC and use it to finish HEVC playback on your PC. VLC Player is just a good HEVC Player that can help to open any HEVC file or any other unsupported media file on your PC. Also, you had better download it from VLC Player official website to avoid any possibility of virus.