Windows Media Player Won't Play Panasonic GH4 4K Video

Hard to Play Panasonic GH4 4K files in Windows Media Player? Check this page and find out the quick solution.

I have Windows 7 Pro and VLC, it handle 4K MOV files from Panasonic GH4. I like Windows Media Player and don't know why it can't handle 4K files. Has anyone been able to get Windows Media Player to play 4K media easily?

As we know, Panasonic GH4 can record 4K MOV or MP4 files. When guys try to play the 4K clips on Windows Media Player, it failed. Here are some possible solutions for you: 

a. One quick solution is to use Windows 8.1(or above) and Intel third or fourth generation. It may help you out. 

b. If you wanna an alternative to Windows Media Player to view 4K media content, you can refer to this roundup of best 5 4K UHD video players for Windows/Mac 

c. If you're running on other Windows operation system and stick with Windows Media Player, to open GH4 4K files in Windows Media Player, a good suggestion is to downscale 4K to 1080p and convert GH4 4K MOV to WMV, which is the optimal format for WMP. 

To finish the task, you can get Brorsoft Video Converter. Overall, this 4K Ultra HD video converter is surely in the support of compressing 4K UHD videos to 1080p, 2k faultlessly. Plus, this 4K video converter enables you to transcode 4K videos to any format MP4, MOV, WMV, FLV, MPG, AVI, MKV... as you want. Thanks to the built-in video editor, you can trim, crop and retouch your videos in clicks. Just with it, you can convert Panasonic GH4 4K MP4/MOV to Windows Media Player for playback beautifully. 

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Convert and Downscale Panasonic GH4 4K to Windows Media Player 

1. Load 4K Videos > Launch the best 4K Video Converter; click "Add" and load your GH4 4K files in .mp4 or .mov. Or directly drag and drip your 4K source to the program. 

 

2. Choose output format > Click the Format menu, select Windows Media Player friendly format as your output video format. There, you can take WMV as your output video format. 

 

3. Set Video Resolution at 1080p > Click "Settings" button; you can adjust video and audio settings, including codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, and audio channel. To down-convert ultra HD 4K to 1080p, do remember adjusting video size to 1920*1080. That is the exact 108p. 

 

4. Start 4K conversion >Finally, hit "Convert" button to start downconverting GH4 4K to 1080p for Windows Media Player. After conversion, you can open and watch GH4 4K video with Windows Media Player freely. 

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