Wednesday 10 October 2012

Windows Media Player cannot play the file because the required video codec (G2M4) is not installed

What:

Windows Media Player on Windows 7

Problem:

Windows Media Player cannot play the file because the required video codec is not installed on your computer.
File extension .wmv

Solution:

Download and install G2M4 codec.
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/codec?Portal=www.gotomeeting.com

4 comments:

  1. excellent! it worked for me in windows media player how ever I am seeing the same problem in vlc media player. Is there any fix for this?

    ReplyDelete
  2. Thank you so much for this fix!
    MP

    ReplyDelete
  3. Gracias, excelente.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Great, it worked for me also

    ReplyDelete