How to Open .ogg Video Files in Windows Media Player
By default, Windows Media Player doesn’t support the *.ogg video files. So you cannot open or play this ogg files on Windows Media Player. You will need another software like VLC Media Player for Windows to open the ogg video on Windows system.
But, actually there is a way to enable Windows Media Player to play this ogg video files. Follow this tutorial below to open or add capability to Windows Media Player to open the ogg video.
1. Download and install this ogg codecs for Windows Media Player
2. Now right click on you ogg video file and choose Open With Windows Media Player.
3. Your video shoul be opened now, I’ve test this codecs under Windows 7.
Also you can set the file associations using the registry editor:
Setting the file associations using the registry editor
- Start Regedit.exe
- Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
- Create a new subkey named .ogg
- Select HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ogg
In the right-pane, perform the following:
- Double-click (default) and set its data to mp3file
- Create a new REG_SZ value named Content Type
- Double-click Content Type and set audio/x-ogg as its data
- Create a new REG_SZ value PerceivedType
- Double-click PerceivedType and set its data to audio
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