Windows 10: Videos take very long to start playing

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  1. YoDude69 Win User

    Videos take very long to start playing


    I have a Windows 10 Dell Vostro with an 11th Gen i3 processor, 8 GB RAM, and an HDD. For some reason, any video takes unnaturally long to start playing on my laptop. For videos that are on my HDD, VLC takes around 5-10 seconds to actually start playing the video after it has opened. Videos that I stream take 15-20 seconds to start playing. This happens even when I resume paused videos. It doesn't seem to matter even if a stream has already loaded. I can't make any sense of it. What could be causing this and how do I fix it?

    :)
     
    YoDude69, Jan 8, 2022
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  2. Amit_Sun Win User

    video not playing

    Hi,

    Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

    1. May I know, which video player you are using to play the video?
    2. Are you able to play the video on any other computer?
    3. Are you facing the issue with only specific video or with all the other videos?

    This issue could also occur when the USB or SD card is corrupted when you have transferred the video.

    Try the troubleshooting methods provided below to further narrow down the root cause of the issue.

    Method 1: Try a different video player.

    1. Try to use a different USB to transfer the video, if you are playing it on other computer or device.
    2. I suggest you to try a different video player and check if it plays.
    3. You can also check on different device or computer.

    Step: Run Windows Media player troubleshooter.

    1. Press Windows + R key on your keyboard together.
    2. Copy and paste the below command and run each at a time and follow the onscreen instruction on the troubleshooter
    3. msdt.exe -id WindowsMediaPlayerConfigurationDiagnostic
    4. msdt.exe -id WindowsMediaPlayerLibraryDiagnostic
    5. msdt.exe -id WindowsMediaPlayerDVDDiagnostic
    6. Reboot the computer and check.
    If you still face the issue, reply to this post with more information.

    Hope it helps,

    Amit Sunar

    Microsoft Community – Moderator
     
    Amit_Sun, Jan 8, 2022
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  3. Videos won't play- "This item is in a format we don't support. Oxc1010103"

    Hi,

    To assist you better, please answer the following questions:

    • Which is the media player you are trying to play the video?
    • What is the format of the video file you are trying to play?
    I suggest you to run the video in the Windows media player
    and check.

    If the issue still persist, you may check for any pending updates and install it, then check if you can play the video. To check for the update and install the updates, please follow the below steps:

    • Go to Start menu, and type Windows updates and press Enter.
    • Click on Check for updates, Windows will check for any pending updates and shows on the screen after this. Select install to install the updates.

    Hope you could play the video.

    Get back to us for further queries, we will be glad to help you.
     
    Rishad K T, Jan 8, 2022
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  4. Videos take very long to start playing

    VIDEOS WILL NOT PLAY!

    What kind of video card do you have? Do videos play in any other players?

    If not, then it's your video driver that needs to be updated. Normally, if its only online videos that don't play it would be the Flash player, etc missing. With having the latest stable flash and shockwave players installed and the latest codecs, they should
    play fine after restarting the laptop after the installations.

    YouTube, Netflix, and virtually any video files play fine on my Win 10 Pro.

    Please confirm that you have Flash Player, Shockwave Player and the K-Lite Mega Codec pack installed.

    Just for another suggestion, try installing Iobit Driver Booster. See if your video driver has an update.

    Also, if you just recently updated the video driver and it worked previously but not now, you need to roll back the driver. To do that with Win10, type in Device Manager in, the Cortana search box next to the Start button, click on it to run, click on Display
    Adapters and you will see what kind of video card you have. You can right click on that, Click Properties and check the date of the latest driver installation. If it's very recent, select Roll Back Driver and once done, Restart and try to play your videos
    again.

    I know this seems like multiple steps but, these are definite troubleshooting steps. It's much faster to either update or roll back a driver rather than the full OS.
     
    DarynBogart, Jan 8, 2022
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