The article talks about why the video does not show on the computer, the reasons for this and possible solutions to the problem.
Start
Once upon a time, the only way to join the culture of cinema was to go to the cinema. Later came home televisions, VCRs and laser players. But in our time, still the main way to watch movies or programs of most people is a computer. The widespread development of the Internet has contributed to this. However, sometimes an error occurs in which films are not played. So why doesn’t the video show on the computer or the Internet? This we will understand.
Program reasons
The first and most common reason is the lack of the necessary drivers for a video card or sound device. Most often, this happens after reinstalling the operating system or any failures. At the same time, the image itself from the monitor may be normal, but the video card can no longer cope with playing movies.
There are two ways to fix this:
- Go to the device manufacturer’s website and find the right driver there.
- Take advantage of a special program to automatically search for drivers and update them.
But it also happens that the video card is outdated for a long time, and there are no drivers for it. In this case, on the manufacturer’s website, you just need to find the archive section with software for discontinued devices. But why doesn't the video show again?
The second reason associated with the software is the outdated codecs of the player or their absence at all. To fix it, you need to download the latest version of the player or a set of codecs, for example, Klite Codec Pack. They are enough for almost all video formats.
Usually the above steps are enough to solve the question of why the video does not show. However, if even after these actions the problem remains, then, probably, the whole reason is in some internal errors of the operating system. Alternatively, you can try to restore the previous state or, as a last resort, completely reinstall it.
Also, the problem may lie in the broken file. For example, when loading or transferring from an optical disk to a hard drive, the latter was damaged. In this case, you need to run something else to check the health of the system as a whole.
If after all these actions the video does not show, what should I do? It is worth mentioning about the performance of "iron". The thing is that old computers or too much “cluttered” viruses and other things can slow down much when playing, because the video simply can not be played, since the processor is fully loaded.
Does not show videos on the Internet: what to do?
In the case of the World Wide Web, everything is somewhat more complicated. Every year, high-speed and unlimited Internet is available to an ever higher number of people. As a result, the quality of the video itself is growing. Now it's not a problem to watch a movie online in Full HD resolution. But not everyone has such access. Although USB modems provide decent speed, it may still not be enough to play video on the network. If everything is in order with speed, you need to double-check the connection or reboot the router. However, there are a number of situations where the video does not show on the Internet.
First you need to check if the necessary plugins are installed in the browser. Usually, if they are not, then the screen for playing the movie or the transfer will inform about this. In this case, they need to be updated by visiting the official website. For users of almost all operating systems, this is Adobe Flash Player.
If the problem persists, it’s worth trying to play something in another browser, as as a result of system errors it may cause problems related to loading media content. Or the ability to play video content is completely disabled.
A specific case may also include a situation where the ad blocker is turned on in the browser, and due to the inability to show such a video, the video does not work before the start of the main one.
CPU utilization
Every year, computer technology is developing, but not everyone has the opportunity to update the hardware on time. Software and the same browsers require at least a little, but more hardware resources to work.
Video may not play even when the processor simply does not have enough power to transcode the content.
Limitations
A special case is the situation when the video does not work on a particular site, for example, Yuotube. The problem here may be that access to it is completely limited.
This usually happens at workplaces where system administrators, at the direction of their superiors, block the ability of a number of entertainment sites to function normally.
We examined the most common causes of this error.