Windows 10: Windows Media Player 12 on new PC won't play any audio CD missing codec error

This is a new install of Win 10 on a new PC and new DVD/CD reader. WMP plays all formats of movies perfectly fine. But for some reason won't play an "old fashioned" CD. Media Player Classic works fine and does play the CD so the reader clearly works and the codec is there somewhere. Never had a problem on my old Win 7 PC using likely an earlier version of WMP. Very frustrating.

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Music CD's won't play on Media Player 12

Media Player 12 does not recognize the codec for my cd's when I load they are loaded and the play list generated.

This is the error message I received:

Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not support the file type or might not support the codec that was used to compress the file.

I checked the list of codecs so this shouldn't be an issue.

 

codec missing when running .mov file with Windows Media Player

Hi,

I'm trying to play a .mov file that was recorded with an iPhone on my windows 10 pc. When it plays, I get the error "missing codec, the item was encoded in a format that's not supported, 0xc00d5212". I select Close and the audio plays, but no video.

The file is good as it runs under Google Photos and my friends computer (the person who recorded it and shared it with me). I have searched around the web a lot. Multiple places refer to setting the Download
codecs automatically option on Media Player under Tools, Options, Player tab, but it's not there in my version. I am running version 12 that seems to be the latest and I am the administrator, the only user on my PC.

I've looked at the file properties in Media Player, but there is no Audio codec or Video codec listed.

I would think this is very common to want to run a video recorded on an iPhone on a windows PC. Please help, how to I get the correct codec installed for iPhone MOV files.

Thank you!!!

 

Audio CD's not playing

You seem to have a missing entry in the features list, there should be a + with Windows Media Player tick box. Unless you have some corporate version of Windows 10 with restrictions of some sort.

It is your Media player that does not play Audio CDs, these are Data discs not files.

Mine shows correctly as in post #9 that is how File Explorer represents those CD Audio data Tracks with WMP as default.

On my Laptop, with 5 listed Music players.
Windows Media Player, IrfanView(with plugins) plays the Audio CDs, but not VLC Player(apps version), Toshiba Media Player, Groove Music.

I don't have iTunes. That you will have to check.

Groove Music is in the MS Store(free as you would expect), should be showing as Installed, but of no use in this case.