"I can't view or play Facebook videos on my computer. The Facebook video player often shows me some kind of error. Is there any way to play Facebook videos or any other alternative Facebook media player to play Facebook video files?"

Facebook allows users to upload image and video files. Therefore it's certain that Facebook plays video files with its default Facebook media player. However, there are cases in which Facebook player fails to play video on Facebook. This would be troublesome for you when you want to view Facebook videos. This post will provide you with several effective solutions to help you play Facebook videos smoothly.

Part 1: Play Facebook Videos with Facebook Video Player Plugin

There are Facebook video player plugins you could use for playing Facebook videos. You could search online to get a proper one according to your own needs. If you're using the Firefox browser, take a try of "Flash Video Player for Facebook™", a powerful tool that will let you choose Flash video player as the default Facebook video player software.

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About this Flash Video Player for Facebook™ Add-on

Flash® Video Player for Facebook™ is a powerful tool that will let you choose Flash video player as default Facebook™ video player.All Facebook™ videos will play in Flash player automatically which have more high resolution ( HD ) options than HTML5 video player. You can also choose HTLM5 video player as the default one from add-on settings.

Part 2: Play Facebook Videos with Online Facebook Video Player

If you don't want to install a Facebook video player plugin to your browser, you could turn to other browser or special app that could perform as Facebook media player to play video on Facebook, like CleverGet Facebook Video Downloader. This Facebook video downloader could perform as flash Facebook video player to play Facebook videos smoothly.

CleverGet Video Downloader, a comprehensive online movie downloader that could not only download online videos, but also free movies, paid movies and even live streams, could help you easily complete online free movie download tasks in simple clicks. With it, you could easily download free movies from various free movie or video websites like YouTube, Twitter, Tubi, Facebook live, and various other free movie sites.

  • CleverGet
  • CleverGet Video Downloader

    Download Movie Video With 320 Kbps audio.
    Easily Download Live Streams Without Quality Loss.
    Video Info Extractor.
    Supports Playlist Downloading.
    Support Multi-tasking & Video Info Extractor Inside.
    Ease to Use UI.

Guide on how to download Facebook video

Step 1: Visit Facebook and search for the particular you would like to download. Copy and paste the address from your address bar.

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Step 2: Open CleverGet and paste the link into the address bar of CleverGet, which should open the video webpage.

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Step 3: From the list presented, select the ideal video with parameters that suite your needs (such as quality and format).

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Step 4: Once you have confirmed everything, click the download button to initiate your download.

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Part 3: Play Facebook Videos with Local Facebook Video Player

If you've downloaded Facebook videos to your computer already, you could then turn to Leawo Free Blu-ray Player to play Facebook videos on your computer. Leawo Free Blu-ray Player is an all-inclusive media player software combo that could act as region-free Blu-ray disc player, free DVD player, free HD video player, free audio player and free ISO image file player. It could play Facebook videos on your computer with ease.

  • Leawo Blu-ray Player
  • Leawo Blu-ray Player

    Region-free Blu-ray player software to play Blu-ray disc and DVD disc for free, regardless of disc protection and region restriction.
    Play 4K FLV videos, 4K MKV videos, 4K MP4 videos, etc. without quality loss.
    Support the conversion from Blu-ray/DVD discs to MKV in the premium version.
    Deliver super high-quality stereo audio experience with the support of various advanced audio decoding technologies like Dolby, DTS, AAC, TrueHD, DTS-HD (including 5.1, 7.1 channels), etc.

Part 4: Convert Facebook Videos to Play Facebook Videos on Computer

Another solution to play Facebook videos is to convert Facebook videos to other popular formats like MP4, MOV, WMV or AVI so that you could make use of your computer's default media player. Leawo HD Video Converter is highly recommended for you to convert Facebook videos.

  • Leawo Video Converter
  • Leawo Video Converter

    1. Convert video and audio files between 180+ formats without quality loss
    2. Support 720P, 1080P and even real 4K video output
    3. Create photo slideshows from photos stored on camera, computer, camcorder, etc
    4. Built-in video editor to trim, crop, add watermark, apply special effect, etc
    5. 2D to 3D converter with 6 different 3D movie effects available

How to Convert Facebook Video Files with Leawo HD Video Converter:

After you've downloaded Facebook videos to computer with Leawo Video Downloader, you could use Leawo Video Converter to convert Facebook videos to other formats. Download and install Leawo Video Converter via the above links and then follow the below steps to learn how to convert Facebook videos to other formats:

1. Under the "Convert" tab, click the "Add Video" button to import source MOV files from your local drive.
2. Click the button next to "Add Photo" button and then select "Change" option to select output profile according to personal needs.
3. Click the big green "Convert" button on the top-right of the main interface to set output directory in the "Save to" box.
4. Click the "Convert" button on the sidebar to start converting Blu-ray movies on PC.

Part 5: Some Troubleshooting Tips to Play Videos on Facebook

If you're having trouble viewing videos on your computer, try these troubleshooting tips:

  1. Quit and then reopen your browser.
  2. Update your browser (ex: Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari) or try using a different browser.

If you're using Internet Explorer:

  1. Install the latest version of Adobe Flash Player.
  2. Visit Adobe Flash Player Help for assistance with video display and video playback issues.
  3. Turn off ActiveX Filtering in your browser settings.

If you're having trouble viewing videos on your mobile device, make sure it is able to play videos. If your mobile device doesn't support videos, it will show a thumbnail but won't play.