Many friends still retain the habit of downloading videos and playing them again, and a good local video player is still essential. Whether it is a professional player such as PotPlayer or an old popular software such as Storm Video, everyone is already familiar with it, but what is less known is that the system with a high installed rate comes with a video player, but it rarely becomes a choice for people.
Win11 comes with a player that is actually very good and has a strong hard solution ability
According to past experience, the media player experience that comes with Windows is not satisfactory, but in fact, this is not the case in Win11. In terms of decoding ability, Win11's self-contained "Movie and TV" App is very strong, killing most of the video format encoding, while the hard solution support is also very good, and the compatibility with high-specification videos such as 4K, HDR, etc. is even more remarkable, which can be described as truly strong and smooth and power-saving!
However, the experience of Win11 with its own player is not perfect, and the following author will share some tips with you to make the experience of the "Movie and TV" App go to a higher level!
Win11 comes with player can not load subtitles?
A big reason why people use third-party players is that the support for subtitles is better, and in the past, Windows's own players such as Windows Media Player, the support for external subtitles is particularly poor. But in fact, Win11's own movie and TV App has been greatly improved in subtitle support, it can support plug-in subtitles, whether it is SRT or ASS format plug-in subtitles, can be displayed. However, some friends still find that Win11's movie and TV Apps still can't load subtitles, even if the subtitle file is changed to the same name as the video file, it still can't be displayed.
Win11 comes with players that actually support subtitles
First, let's talk about SRT subtitles.
If you find that movie and TV apps can't display SRT subtitles, this is mostly related to encoding. Movies and TV apps support UTF-8 encoded subtitles, but SRT subtitles may use other encodings, so movies and TV apps cannot display the content of SRT subtitles.
The solution is very simple, open the SRT subtitle with Notepad, then save it as a UTF-8 encoded text file, and then change the suffix name to SRT.
Let's talk about ASS subtitles.
ASS subtitles add more effects than SRT subtitles, and the Movies and TV app also provides support for ASS subtitles after an update in the past two years. However, this support is not as good as many old video players, and some friends will find that movie and TV apps will not be able to display external ASS subtitles, which is often caused by aspect ratio mismatch.
To solve this problem, we can open the ASS subtitle file with Notepad. At the beginning, you can find the parameters of "PlayResX" and "PlayResY", which are the video resolutions noted in the ASS subtitle file. We need to change this parameter to the same aspect ratio as the video, for example, the video is 1080p resolution of 1920x1080, then this aspect ratio should be set to "PlayResX: 1920" and "PlayResX: 1080", the two numbers are not necessarily 1920 and 1080, but the aspect ratio is the same, such as 16 and 9 is also OK.
Win11 comes with player can not play video?
In the hands of many friends, win11 has no problem with the playback ability of the player itself; but in the hands of some friends, it is found that the video is often not played. Why? In fact, it is related to HEVC decoding.
At present, more and more videos are decoded using H.265/HEVC video, especially in 4K video, and 1080p video has also changed to HEVC encoding in order to improve image quality and reduce volume. But Win11's video player does not support HEVC in some cases, mainly because HEVC requires the system and equipment to pay to authorize the support of decoding, if your device vendor has given money, then Win11 will come with HEVC decoding; but if you use an assembly machine, Win11 may not support it.
What to do? Try the following method.
The first is for users of branded machines, whether it is a laptop or desktop, the device manufacturer may have prepaid the authorization fee for heVC decoders. In this case, if you find that the system cannot play HEVC videos and cannot turn on HEIF pictures, you can download the HEVC decoder from the device manufacturer for free.
HEVC video extension from device manufacturer: https://www.microsoft.com/zh-cn/p/hevc-video-extensions-from-device-manufacturer/9n4wgh0z6vhq
The publisher of this decoder is Microsoft official, but it cannot be found directly through search, and eligible devices can be downloaded for free. After installation, Win11 can play HEVC videos.
The second is for assembly machine users. If the device has not paid a licensing fee, then we need to pay for the HEVC decoder. In the Microsoft Store, Microsoft officially provides a decoder for HEVC videos, which is charged and sold for 7 yuan, which is not too expensive.
If you don't even want to give money, there are other ways. We can install hevc decoders from third parties. For example from the "free-codecs" website.
HEVC decoder: https://www.free-codecs.com/download/hevc_video_extension.htm
This is a website dedicated to various multimedia tools from which we can download the HEVC decoder for free. Select the corresponding version, install it, and the effect is consistent with the HEVC decoder downloaded from the Win10 store.
Win11 comes with no sound?
This is also a very common problem, which is when playing some Blu-ray film sources, Win11's TV and movie apps obviously want to select the audio track, but there is no sound, which makes people confused. In fact, this is due to the fact that the system does not support DTS audio decoding.
The root cause of this problem is similar to the HEVC decoding mentioned above, which can be solved by installing the DTS decoder yourself. We can find a solution for DTS in the Microsoft Store.
DTS Sound Unbound：https://www.microsoft.com/zh-cn/p/dts-sound-unbound/9pj0nkl8mcsj
After installing this DTS Sound Unbound, the Win11 system supports DTS audio decoding, and combined with DTS-enabled devices, it can also get better surround sound performance. However, DTS Sound Unbound has a service life, and if you want to continue to use DTS decoding after expiration, you still need to pay, and the price is about 70 yuan.
summary
In general, the internal power of the movie and TV app that Comes with Win11 is quite deep, and the functions are constantly improving, but due to copyright and some standard compatibility issues, there may be some bad experiences in use. After some configuration, it can indeed bring a very good video playback experience. If you don't want to install an additional video player, try this article!