How to Play Panasonic GH5 4K Video in Windows Media Player

Find a workaround to open and play Panasonic GH5 4K footage in Windows Movie Maker beautifully. 



Q: I am having some 10 bit files off Panasonic GH5- and can't play GH5 4K video with Windows Media Player, which is very frustrating. I get this message "Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The player might not support the file type or might not support the codec that was used to compress the file." Has anyone got any suggestions on how to fix this, please?

As known to all, Panasonic GH5 can record 4K videos in MP4 or MP4 format. However, the H.264 files GH5 is not supported well by Windows Movie Maker due to the format limit. And if your computer is not relatively new or have enough RAM you may not be able to play those 4K files with your Windows Media Player. To solve all of the issues, the ultimate solution we've found is that convert and compress Panasonic GH5 4K MP4 or MOV to Windows Media Player most compatible format in proper settings(1080p is the optimal choice.).

Overall, Brorsoft Video Converter is a helpful tool for you to convert Panasonic GH5 video to WMV for Windows Media Player and compress GH5 4K to 1080p effortlessly. Just with it, you can convert DJI Phantom 4 4K MP4 to Windows Media Player for playback beautifully.

Convert and Downscale Panasonic GH5 4K MP4/MOV to Windows Media Player

Step 1. Load 4K Videos

Launch the best 4K Video Converter; click "Add" and load your GH5 4K files in .mp4/.mov or directly drag and drip your 4K source to the program.



Step 2. Choose output format

Click the Format menu, select Windows Media Player friendly format as your output video format. There, you can take WMV as your output video format.



Step 3. Set Video Resolution at 1080p

Click "Settings" button; you can adjust video and audio settings, including codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, and audio channel. To down-convert 4K to 1080p, do remember adjusting video size to 1920*1080. That is the exact 108p.



Step 4. Start 4K conversion

Finally, hit "Convert" button to start downconverting Panasonic GH5 4K to 1080p WMV for Windows Media Player. After conversion, you can open and play GH5 4K video with Windows Media Player perfectly.

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