Top 2 Free Ways to Play iTunes M4V Videos on Windows Media Player

Windows Media Player is a media player favored by Windows users to play videos, audios and view images on PC running on Windows 10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP. However, most Windows users may ask the same questions: Why can't I play M4V on Windows Media Player? Can Windows Media Player play M4V format?

It is the DRM protection that causes Windows Media Player can't play M4V videos, but there're still 2 ways for you to freely play M4V videos on Window Media Player 12/11. Take a look at both in turn and choose one that you prefer.

• Way 1: Play M4V on WMP by downloading a video plug-in
• Way 2: Convert M4V to WMP-compatible format

Way 1: Play M4V on Windows Media Player by downloading a plug-in

You can download a video plug-in that enables Windows Media Player recognize and play M4V videos. The detailed steps are as follows.

• Step 1: Open the default web browser on your PC by navigating to Start >> All Application. Then go to the Microsoft Windows Media Plug-in website and download a plug-in that is compatible with .M4V format to PC.
  
  
• Step 2: Follow the wizard to install the plug-in and restart the PC afterwards. After that, open the Windows Media Player, then click "File" at the top of the program and choose "Open file" under the drop-down menu.
• Step 3: Select your desired M4V videos in the pop up window and click "Play" at the bottom of Windows Media Player.

You would be pleasantly surprised to find that you can play M4V videos to Windows Media Player. But there's one thing you MUST keep in mind: Make sure that the plug-in doesn't cause any interference with WMP's ability to play other video file formats like MP4, FLV and WMV. Namely, you may have to spend much time finding a trustworthy plug-in that brings no damage to PC.

Way 2: Convert .M4V to WMP-compatible MP4/WMV/FLV via free online converter

Alternatively, you can utilize free video converter online by logging onto http://www.convertfiles.com/. It allows you to convert .M4V Apple iPod/iTunes video files to .MP4, .FLV, .WMV, .3GP, .AVI, etc. with one click. See how it works below.

• Step 1: Click "Browse" and choose your target .M4V video that you want to play on Windows Media Player from local PC.
  
  
• Step 2: Click the drop-down button to select the input format as Apple iPod/iTunes Video File (.M4V).
• Step 3: Then choose your desired format like .MOV, .MP4, .FLV, etc. from the drop-down menu of Output format and click "Convert" to proceed.