Windows 10: Can't play some .MOV videos

I’ve been playing .MOV videos on Windows for about 20 years with whatever default program was provided. Now Windows 10 won’t play .MOV files taken before Sept 2010. But it plays .MOV files taken after Sept 2010. The default app is Movies & TV, which displays a “Can’t play: 0xc00d6d60” message. I don’t think the date is the key. I think the key is that I switched cameras in Sept 2010. So I’m guessing there was some difference in the .MOV format between one camera Nikon E3200 and all later ones. But I have been able to play ALL .MOV files up until a few months ago. Somethin

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.MOV file will not play

You have 2 options:

1. Download and install Quicktime Player to play .mov: QuickTime 7.7.9 for Windows OR
2. Download and install Handbrake: HandBrake: Open Source Video Transcoder and convert .mov file to another format such as .avi or .mp4 then you can play with VLC or with Movies & TV App that came installed with Windows.

 

cannot play .mov on media player

I installed QuickTime and downloaded codecs and it still won't play.

 

cannot play .mov on media player

Hi Vanessa,

Some of the possible reasons why you’re unable to play .mov files in your Windows Media Player would be:

• Plug-ins which are required to play the .mov files aren’t installed.
• If the Windows Media Player’s source is corrupted.
• In Windows Media Player you need codecs to play .mov files, and if a specific codec is not installed, an error message will pop up.
  

By installing MOV codec, you can play MOV video files with Windows Media Player. Normally, you can simply install
QuickTime Player to get MOV codec. Did you try to install third party codec packs?

Hoping to hear from you soon.