MP4, MOV, etc. Codecs for Windows XP Media Player 9.

So I like Windows Media Player 9 and I want to stream MP4 files and any other modern files without having to deal with third party codecs that I don't know if I trust. Any recommendations?

 

I don't think Media Player 9 can play MP4 files natively - I have Media Player 11 on my XP box and I just tried to stream an MP4 video from my media server and it gave me an error.

The easiest thing would be to use VLC (all codecs are built-in)
https://www.videolan.org/vlc/

It will stream your MP4 files effortlessly. If you miss the Media Player 9 look and feel you can always download the Media Player skin for VLC.


http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-skins2-go.php?url=MediaPlayer.vlt

To be honest I haven't used Media Player in close to a decade - There's too many other media players for XP such as VLC that are much better alternatives.

 

MPC, Media Player Classic. I prefer it to VLC etc etc.

https://mpc-hc.org/downloads/