[Solved] Twitter says "The media could not be played" when trying to play a video.

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lolaf469 last edited by leocg

I recently had to update Windows 10 and after waiting an hour for the update to finish I went on Twitter to find that I can't view videos or gifs anymore. I'm currently using the Opera GX browser, but I've also installed the regular Opera browser and have been met with the same result. It seems to be only on the Opera browsers because there was no problem playing videos on the Chrome browser. I have searched for some answers but none of them worked, so I decided to make my own post. Thanks in advance.

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @lolaf469 last edited by

@lolaf469 Are you sing verson N of Windows 10?

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lolaf469 last edited by

I'm on Pro N.

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @lolaf469 last edited by leocg

@lolaf469 Then you need to install the media pack for it.

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lolaf469 last edited by

Where do I install it from?

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @lolaf469 last edited by leocg

@lolaf469 From Microsoft site: https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=48231

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It didn't work.

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lolaf469 last edited by

I've fixed it. Downloading the media pack from the site didn't work but I went to "Settings> Apps> Apps & Features> Optional Features> Add features", searched "Media Feature Pack", downloaded it from there and it seems to have fixed the issue. Thanks for the help!