How to Solve "VLC Not Playing MP4" Issue?

VLC is an open source multimedia player that works on various platforms. It can play various multimedia files in addition to audio, VCDs, DVDs, CDs and different streaming protocols. VLC can work on Windows, Mac OS X, iOS, Ubuntu and Android. It is also free of ads and does not track the user's activities and information.



Why VLC Cannot Play MP4?

VLC will not play certain mp4 h264 files. Some h264 files work, others don't. I don't know why. VLC does play MP4 files, but it has strict limitations: VLC Media Player is only compatible with MPEG-4 ASP, DivX 4/5/6, XviD, 3ivX D4 and H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC. However, MP4 is a multimedia container format with many kinds of video and audio codecs. If your MP4 file contains a VLC unsupported audio or video codec, VLC won't play it. 

In this case, we'd better to convert MP4 to VLC more popular video formats. The following article will introduce an ideal MP4 to VLC Converter and a step by step guide on how to successfully solve "VLC not playing MP4" issue with ease.

How to Solve "VLC Not Playing MP4" Issue?

Pavtube Video Converter / Mac Version is specially designed for solving the VLC MP4 issue like "Does VLC play MP4? Can VLC play MP4? VLC not playing MP4? VLC won't play MP4? How to smoothly play MP4 in VLC?" etc. With this powerful MP4 to VLC Converter, it becomes easier to play all kinds of MP4 in VLC Media Player and you will never encounter the above problems.

What's more, Pavtube Video Converter also supports converting other VLC incompatible video or audio files like MOV, MKV, WTV, FLV, ASF, MXF, WebM, OGV, 3GP, OPUS, VOC, AIFF, QCP, MPC etc to VLC Media Player supported formats for playback.

Better still, Pavtube Video Converter works as a professional video editor as well. Before play the converted MP4 files in VLC, you can optimize the MP4 files like: combine them into a big one, split them, cut or crop them as your desire, change the audio channel, adjust the audio volume/bitrate/sample rate, add effect/watermark, etc.

How to Solve "VLC Not Playing MP4" Issue?

Free download and install Pavtube Video Converter firstly, and then launch it. Simply follow the step by step guide to solve "VLC won't play MP4" issue.

Step 1 Add MP4 file to the program
Just drag and drop MP4 to the main interface of Pavtube Video Converter and the file will be loaded instantly.



Step 2 Set output format
Click "Profile" drop-down button to choose output format from "Common Video" category. If your source file is HD, please select output format from "HD Video" category.



Step 3 Convert MP4 to VLC
Click the "Convert" button to start and finish converting MP4 to VLC more supported format to play MP4 in VLC with no trouble.

Related program:

Pavtube HD Video Converter / Mac Version: It is designed for converting HD videos from HD camcorders or DVs (like JVC, Panasonic, Sony and Cannon), non-protected HD or movies, DVR files (*.tivo) to other file types for playback on popular media devices like Apple TV, PS3, Xobx, Xobx360, WD TV HD Player.

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