If you have installed tons of browser extensions before, sometimes, the main culprit will hide among them. Google drive videos not playing may also be caused by the installation of a certain browser extension or plugin, in which case you can disable all of them and see if it works, then enable the extension or plugin to troubleshoot one by one.
Cache, cookies and other browsing data may cause Google Drive not playing videos. When the Google Drive videos are not playing on your web browser, you can click on the three dots icon and choose More tools. Then select the Clear browsing data option. After that, click the Advanced tab.
Google Drive enables you to play many video file formats including MP4, MOV, AVI, WMV and more. But you still need to check the video format and related information when the videos on Google Drive can’t be played. Besides the video format, Google Drive also has some limits for file size and video resolution.
How to play videos from Google Drive?
In search input enter “Video from Drive”. Go to the “Video from Drive” app page and install it. After installing, you will see a “Video from Drive” app in your Google Drive. There are two ways to add files to the player. Adding files directly from Google Drive.
How to play Google Drive videos in a browser?
If you are trying to play Google Drive video in a browser, try Incognito Mode. It is supported by most popular browsers like Chrome and Firefox. What it does is disable all extensions/add-ons.
Does Google Drive play MP4 files?
Google Drive supports video resolution up to 1920×1080. If you are playing an MP4 file with higher resolution, you will get the playback error. Similarly, the video file size is limited to 5TB. You are not allowed to play a video larger than that size.
Why can’t I play the video on my Device?
You can’t play the video with slow internet or fluctuating network. RAM: Google uses the temporary memory of your devices to create files for playing the videos. If your RAM is low or too bulky, the video will take too long to play, or it will not play at all.
Is Google Drive’s native video player really that bad?
A lot of folks use Google Drive to store videos in the cloud. The problem is that Google Drive’s native video player is not that good. And many users complain about errors like ‘This video cannot be played’ or ‘Whoops! There was a problem playing this video’ error.
What is the difference between YouTube and Google Drive?
, and that’s all. Google Drive has same video player as of Youtube and youtube does process and converts your video to be played on its player, so if you want to play video in google drive it has to be of same type else it will tell you that processing video download now.
What is Google Drive and how to use it?
Google Drive is a popular cloud-based file syncing service which allows you to play videos stored in its cloud. It highly supports many frequently-used video file types like MP4, MOV, AVI, WMV, 3GP, and more.