Sometimes you can only hear the sound in the MP4 video without any picture. Besides, there are also other troubles you are in apart from this. Are you aware of them? What is causing the MP4 video not run on the media player? If you are facing the problems, in this article, more detailed information will be introduced and please be patience to read through the whole article .

Part 1: Possible Reasons for MP4 No Video Problem

Sometimes, when we are struggling to download videos from the Internet or copy them from other places, once we put them on our computer, they will not play properly. Many people think that it is a problem with the computer, and it is recommended to upgrade the computer system. What is the specific reason? For the detailed information, the possible reasons are described below.

Damaged MP4 files

The reasons for MP4 file corruption are: The storage medium such as memory card when recording MP4 video is full; Camera or device error while recording video; Interruption when moving MP4 files from one storage drive to another; MP4 header file is damaged due to unknown error; CRC error or interruption during MP4 video file download; Virus infection or storage drive contains bad sectors of MP4 video; Changing the file format of MP4 video files, from one format to another also causes MP4 movie damage. If possible, you had better download the MP4 video from the Internet one more time.

Hardware acceleration

Sometimes we play video only with sound, but the screen is green. This dynamic problem is not caused by the unreasonable design of the driver. It is caused by the player and the incompatibility with your driver. The solution is very simple. You can just open any video website, right-click the settings after playing, and remove the hook before enabling hardware acceleration. Generally speaking, enable the hardware acceleration on your computer can speed up the running of the media player, however sometimes it can block the MP4 video to be read completely by the media player. In such a case, you had better turn off the hardware acceleration function.

Lack of MP4 codec

In most cases, when we open MP4 videos, we use the video player that comes with the system, and because the system's built-in player is not capable of encoding and decoding, it appears or not when playing some videos. The reason can be that there is no sound on the screen or the screen cannot be opened at all. Even if the video is of the same format, it will not be played properly because the video encoding is not supported. Specifically, if you try to play the MP4 video on Windows Media Player, but the MP4 codec has not been implemented into this media player, then it may result in the MP4 playback failure on the player.

Part 2: Download and Install MP4 Codec

Instead of downloading a specific MP4 codec, you can turn to K-Lite Codec Pack which has already contained all the audio and video codecs needed for various multimedia files. By downloading and installing the K-Lite Codec Pack, you wouldn’t be able to install any other further codecs anymore in the future. Therefore, I will recommend you to download the codec pack as your firm solution.

Step 1. Go to K-Lite Codec Pack website and find the download option. Then click the download button to start downloading the codec pack which is usually in WAR format.

Step 2. Unzip the K-Lite Codec Pack WAR file and click the install icon in the file to start installing the file step by step. You had better select the “Easy Installation” mode which is much more convenient and simple.

Step 3. Restart your media player and load the MP4 file to the player again to make it work properly.

Part 3: Convert MP4 Video to Media Player Format

If it doesn’t work still by trying the above solutions, you should attempt to convert MP4 video to other digital video formats which can be more compatible with your current media player, such as AVI and so on. Leawo Video Converter is able to MP4 to various video formats with 100% original quality and 6X higher speed. It could support 180+ video and audio formats conversion with accuracy and no quality loss. With Leawo Video Converter, you can personalize the MP4 video including file merging, media editing, 3D movie creating, parameter adjusting, etc. with the best output quality. Please follow the steps below to complete the video conversion. What’s more, I recommend you to convert the MP4 to AVI format for another try which is also compatible with most media players. Please follow the steps below to complete the video conversion.

Step 1. Download Leawo Video Converter and install it on your computer.

   

Step 2. Load the MP4 video. You can click on the “Add Video” icon to import the file or just drag the MP4 video directly to the main menu.

Step 3. Select the output format. You can open drop-down box beside the green icon “Convert” to choose “Change” to enter the “Profile” panel where you can set the output video format. Here, you can choose “AVI” (based on your own requirements).

Step 4. Set the HD Video parameters. You can just open the drop-down box to click “Edit” instead of “Change” in the main menu. It includes “Video Codec”, “Bite Rates”, “Resolution”, “Frame Rate” and “Aspect Ratio”.

Step 5. Start converting. Click the big green icon “Convert” on the main interface to start converting the MTS file to HD MP4. Before it starts, you need to confirm the “Save to” route. Then just click “Convert” to start. Finally, you just need to wait and the conversion process will be completed in several minutes.

Part 4: Alternative MP4 Players

Please give up insisting on only one media player too play MP4 videos. You can turn aside to other MP4 players as the alternative. The following MP4 players can be your good choices.

1. Leawo Blu-ray Player

As a 100% free and 6-in-1 media player software, Leawo Blu-ray Player contains all media playback solutions you need for your leisure entertainment, including 4K, Blu-ray, DVD, CD, HD (4K), MPEG, and WMV and so on. Along with this, it supports more than 180 types of digital formats, ranging from MP4, AVI, MPEG, and FLV to other formats. Additionally, if the video is formatted in other filename extensions, such as M4A, and QuickTime formats, Leawo Blu-ray Player is also compatible with them. With advanced image and audio processing technology, Leawo Blu-ray Player provides you extraordinary movie playback and cinema-like experience with DTS sound effect. Furthermore, within Leawo Blu-ray Player, you could obtain the personalized settings according to your preference and all the settings could be done automatically. Besides, its related subtitle adding features and fantastic HD viewing experience will make your enjoy the movie content. It is also one of the best DTS player programs you can get for Windows.

2. BSPlayer

BSPlayer is a media player that supports all popular video and audio media files. Playable media types and formats include: DivX, Xvid, AVI, MP4, MPEG, 3ivx, and YouTube streaming video, AVC HD (avchd playback Device), QT QuickTime MOV, RM Real media, OGM, Matroska, mp3, Ogg, aac, DTS, Dolby Surround, Dolby Digital DD 5.1-AC3 and many more. The most special feature is the subtitle correction function, which can set the speed and delay of subtitles. It occupies very few resources, because BSPlayer can reset the original Divx options. With the default setting of BSPlayer, CUP takes up less than 50%.

3. Elmedia player for mac

What’s more, you may have have the requirement to play MP4 video on your Mac. Then Elmedia player is your best choice. Elmedia player for mac is a super versatile video player that perfectly plays what you might want to play: FLV, MP4, AVI, MOV, DAT, MKV, MP3, FLAC, M4V, etc., many other formats not listed Can also be perfectly supported. With Elmedia Player you can play HD in smooth, without interruption or delay. If you encounter a corrupted audio and video out of sync file, Elmedia has the ability to fix it. It can easily adjust the playback speed, loop any part of the video or audio, create and manage bookmarks, and mark favorite locations for audio and video.

Conclusion

No matter which media player you have adopted for MP4 playback, you must make sure the MP4 video is well protected without any damage which can be regarded as the premise to obtain the smooth MP4 video. Secondly, you can update your current media player to the latest version so that you will not miss any MP4 audio and video codecs. If you can’t still work it out, you can simply turn to other media player as the alternative. Here Leawo Blu-ray Player can be the best back up you can depend.