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I have not run Windows in any serious capacity in about 12 years, but I don't remember Windows Media Player being that bad, and I thought that Windows now had a

I have not run Windows in any serious capacity in about 12 years, but I don't remember Windows Media Player being that bad, and I thought that Windows now had a license to H264 built in, so I'm actually a bit surprised that a rip wouldn't work. Any idea what the issue was?

mrec 6y ago
No idea. I'd been using Win 7 before that where Media Player mostly managed fine (probably with codec packs). VLC had audio glitching issues on that box but doesn't on the new one, so I quickly lost patience with trying to debug MP. Diagostics and codec help links are utterly useless.
- vitorgrs 6y ago
  Are you sure you didn't tried Windows 10 N? It's a specific version for Europe, it comes without codecs.
  - mrec 6y ago
    Good question, but pretty sure. Settings > System > About > Windows Specifications just shows generic "Windows 10 Pro" as the edition. Also, AFAICT the N edition doesn't have Media Player at all, it doesn't just gut the codecs.
    - vitorgrs 6y ago
      Yeah, just found it weird because Windows does have x264 codec, and obviously mp3 since ages.