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Lloyd Ubshura · September 21st, 2010, 10:48 PM

Is there a way to view XDCAM MP4 files throught Windows (7) Media Player? I can see many different types of files, but the only way I have found to see MP4s is through Premiere, FC or Sony's Browswer... but there are times that you just want to see a thumbnail of the vid, and that seems impossible right now.

Any way to do this?

Craig Seeman · September 22nd, 2010, 07:03 AM

I don't think there's a plugin to support MPEG-2 in .mp4 wrapper for WMP. You can use VLC though. There's a plugin you can buy from CalibratedSoftware which will allow you to see those mp4 in Quicktime Player.

Piotr Wozniacki · September 22nd, 2010, 07:46 AM

Interestingly, WMP will play the MXF for NLE as re-wrapped by the ClipBrowser - even though it displays the message (which you can disable) about not recognizing the format...

But this is limited to the native EX files; the mxf's coming from the nanoFlash do not play in WMP.

As Craig said: VLC is the answer (for both mxf and mp4).

Walter Brokx · September 28th, 2010, 04:43 PM

2 years ago you could download MXF Desktop at Snell & Wilcox (they are not into to filmbusiness), but now I can't find it on their site.
I enables Windows Mediaplayer to play MXF-files.

Search the web for MXF Desktop and you will find a solution!

Chris Barcellos · September 28th, 2010, 04:44 PM

Get the VLC Media player. It should play MP4s.

September 21st, 2010, 10:48 PM	#1
Lloyd Ubshura Major Player Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 204	View MP4s with Windows Media Player? Is there a way to view XDCAM MP4 files throught Windows (7) Media Player? I can see many different types of files, but the only way I have found to see MP4s is through Premiere, FC or Sony's Browswer... but there are times that you just want to see a thumbnail of the vid, and that seems impossible right now. Any way to do this?

September 22nd, 2010, 07:46 AM	#3
Piotr Wozniacki Inner Circle Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Poland Posts: 4,086	Interestingly, WMP will play the MXF for NLE as re-wrapped by the ClipBrowser - even though it displays the message (which you can disable) about not recognizing the format... But this is limited to the native EX files; the mxf's coming from the nanoFlash do not play in WMP. As Craig said: VLC is the answer (for both mxf and mp4). __________________ Sony PXW-FS7 \| DaVinci Resolve Studio; Magix Vegas Pro; i7-5960X CPU; 64 GB RAM; 2x GTX 1080 8GB GPU; Decklink 4K Extreme 12G; 4x 3TB WD Black in RAID 0; 1TB M.2 NVMe cache drive

September 28th, 2010, 04:43 PM	#4
Walter Brokx Major Player Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Maassluis, The Netherlands Posts: 294	2 years ago you could download MXF Desktop at Snell & Wilcox (they are not into to filmbusiness), but now I can't find it on their site. I enables Windows Mediaplayer to play MXF-files. Search the web for MXF Desktop and you will find a solution! __________________ Brainstormnavigator searching for the hole in the sky..... Audiovisual Designer (NL) - http://www.brokxmedia.nl

September 28th, 2010, 04:44 PM	#5
Chris Barcellos Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Elk Grove CA Posts: 6,838	Get the VLC Media player. It should play MP4s. __________________ Chris J. Barcellos

September 22nd, 2010, 07:03 AM	#2
Craig Seeman Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA Posts: 3,841	I don't think there's a plugin to support MPEG-2 in .mp4 wrapper for WMP. You can use VLC though. There's a plugin you can buy from CalibratedSoftware which will allow you to see those mp4 in Quicktime Player.