Can't view MP4 videos from my LG3 to my PC

[paulhead]

So I'm copying and pasting my videos and pictures from my phone (plugged in to windows 7 desktop) and I'm getting the sound but not the video, pictures are transferring fine. I've always done it like this with my Samsung S4 and never had a problem.

 

[the_newnormal]

Re: Can't view MP4 videos form my LG3 to my PC

Your method seems fine to me. Perhaps try viewing them with VLC. If that doesn't work then there's something funny going on

 

[paulhead]

Re: Can't view MP4 videos form my LG3 to my PC

Your method seems fine to me. Perhaps try viewing them with VLC. If that doesn't work then there's something funny going on

VLC?

 

[paulhead]

Re: Can't view MP4 videos form my LG3 to my PC

And also I'm viewing the videos fine on my Google+ acct (Auto Backup) but vids would download from there either

 

[russnash]

Re: Can't view MP4 videos form my LG3 to my PC

VLC?

VLC is VideoLAN, you can grab it here:

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html

It's a pretty darn good video player that is compatible with lots of formats.

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[paulhead]

Re: Can't view MP4 videos form my LG3 to my PC

VLC is VideoLAN, you can grab it here:

VideoLAN - Official page for VLC media player, the Open Source video framework!

It's a pretty darn good video player that is compatible with lots of formats.

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So I tried what you suggested and it didn't work, the picture would just freeze but I'd here the sound. Same thing opening it in Quiktime. Then I tried everything HERE: https://social.technet.microsoft.co...did-and-other-players-will?forum=w7itpromedia to no avail. But what I found was that I was filming in 3840x2160 and wondered if it was too much for my graphics card? So I filmed something in 1280x720 and it worked. So it's my graphics card then? I have a 2011 Dell with a ATI Radeon HD4200

 

[russnash]

Re: Can't view MP4 videos form my LG3 to my PC

So I tried what you suggested and it didn't work, the picture would just freeze but I'd here the sound. Same thing opening it in Quiktime. Then I tried everything HERE: https://social.technet.microsoft.co...did-and-other-players-will?forum=w7itpromedia to no avail. But what I found was that I was filming in 3840x2160 and wondered if it was too much for my graphics card? So I filmed something in 1280x720 and it worked. So it's my graphics card then? I have a 2011 Dell with a ATI Radeon HD4200

I would say that it's more than likely the 3840x2160 resolution that was the issue, some codecs have issues with particular resolutions for some reason. Perhaps they just aren't written with enough buffer space. Usually, as a rule of thumb, if VLC cannot play it then that's a jaw dropper.

Glad you got it sorted though!

 

[the_newnormal]

I can't view your link so apologies if you've already covered this.

I'm inclined to think it's a CPU issue. Maybe one of these tweaks will help:

Fix for VLC Skipping and Lagging Playing High-Def Video Files

 

[KeepItReal]

Go to your manufacturers web site and see if there is a new driver installation.

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[low_battery]

same exact issue i converted VOB video files from dvd to mp4 in a avi container and mp3 audio, using a program called handbrake. The videos playback perfectly fine on Win7 pc with mpeg4 codecs installed. There is absolutely no good reason for any troubles at all, and yet my lg piece of **** g3 complains cannot play this type with the stock video player. the sony xperia z3 has no trouble with a wide range of video types, is it really so hard for lg build better codec support into the stock player? should be no need for VLC, which in my honest opinion also sucks and is nothing like its pc counterpart which actually is worth its weight at least in a windows enviornment, on android it is a whole other story.

 

[Ian Nova]

Great... After all the months this is the problem. Well, at least now I know what the problem was. So, now what do I do? I have all these videos in UHD. I'm not necessarily looking for a player but an editor . I've been using windows movie maker which is fine. I stopped making videos because I didn't know what the problem was. I'd still like to use all these UHD videos so how do I get my computer to work with these?