Then you can play MP4 on Chromebook with ease. As mentioned earlier, an MP4 file is a digital media container that requires some codecs to work properly. That is to say, once you have these codecs installed, you’ll be able to play MP4 on Chromebook.
From Chromebook supported video/audio codec ,we can see that although Chromebook supports the MP4 container file format, however, it only allows you to play MP4 file encoded with either MPEG-4 or H.264 compression codec.
Can’t play MP4 on Chromebook?
Chromebook also allows you to view various media files on it. However, many users fail to play MP4 files on Chromebook. The strange thing is, some MP4 files can be played by built-in video player of Chromebook, while other MP4 file types cannot be supported. You should know that, MP4 is just a container for video and audio codecs.
You should be wondering “Does VLC for Chrome OS play MP4?”
VLC for Chrome OS plays most local video and audio files, network streams. If the installed VLC still can’t solve your problem, it would be much ideal for you to convert your MP4 video to a format that Chromebook supports.
Many people like to play some video files off of external hard drive on their Chromebooks to kill the boring time on the long airplane trip. Chromebook also allows people to play video files through Google Drive when the video format is supported. As other multimedia devices, Chromebook only supports some kinds of video and music files.
How do I play MP4 files on Google Drive?
Google Drive has a built-in MP4 video player which can help you open and watch MP4 videos. You can directly upload your MP4 file to Google Drive and stream it. Besides, you can get an MP4 player to open MP4 files directly. Why can’t I use Google Play on Chromebook?