Why does my brand new laptop not want to play video files?

Why does my brand new laptop not want to play video files?!

Added (1). I just bought a new Lenovo G50 laptop… I downloaded VLC right away as usual and tried to play a few different files (.AVI and.MP4 etc) and nothing will play… Its the same with Windows Media Player as well… Music plays fine from Winamp… Videos play fine from Facebook and YouTube etc… Just not physical files on my computer. And yes, I have updated the drivers already.

You may not have the right codecs for VLC to play those files.

I have got a new Lenovo laptop ideapad110. Why won't it play dvd's?

I do not have right codecs for VLC to play those files