Am I the only one experiencing this issue? I'm using the html5media library and the test page they provide no longer plays in Firefox 3.6.3, though it plays on the latest Safari, Chrome, Opera, and IE. On FF 3.6.3, it shows the video and the audio with large X through them. I'm using this library on my site and noticed the issue as well. I'm not seeing any errors in the error console.
My guess would be that the ogv version of the video (the version Firefox uses) is not encoded correctly (or at least not in a way that Firefox recognizes), so when Firefox goes to play it, it fails. It works in other browsers because they make use of the mp4 format, which is encoded correctly. Other html5 video plays in my install of Firefox 3.6.3 so I don't believe it is a bug in Firefox. What are you using to encode the ogv format of the video on your site?
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So in our application, a video preview is displayed after it is uploaded. On my computer, however I'm getting a thumbnail that says 'plugin missing' and upon further inspection it says to install the quicktime plugin.
However, the link provided by Chrome to install the plugin leads to a page on apple's website which says 'quicktime plugins don't need to be installed anymore.'
Some details:
Video Extension: .mov
Codec: H.264, AAC (which may be what is in question here)
Chrome Version: Version 39.0.2171.71 (64-bit)
OSX Mavericks
How do I go about making videos play on my machine, as well as making sure that they show up in the production environment?
Google Chrome has removed support for plugins like Quicktime. Most likely you are also using Chrome 64bit. The Quicktime Plugin was only for 32bit.
HTML5 supports videos out of the box so the browser developers of IE, Firefox and Chrome do not see any more use for such plugins.
I have embedded HTML5 video(s) in a site - http://dev.thejoint.com - where they work in Firefox, Chrome, IE9 (ahem, ahem) and Opera but not in Safari on some Macs. They even work in iPhone and Android.
On my iMac, it works fine. The .mov file even works on Windows + Safari combination, since we know we have to install Quicktime for that.
Worst part is, the video works in Safari browser directly - http://dev.thejoint.com/media1/jointsequence.mov - but not on the page where it has been embedded.
I have tried every possible thing with web.config and IIS to add the MIME types as well.
Hope someone has some insight, because this is the only things remaining in completing off the project.
On Windows, <video> only works in Safari if QuickTime is installed. I don't know if this affects Macs also, but it could be the cause.
I am having a very frustrating issue with HTMl5 video and safari/mac.
I am using html5 video throughout the site where needed and it works/plays on every browsers bar safari on a mac (its fine on safari windows and chrome mac for example)
The videos dont stream and only play once the entire file is downloaded. At first I thought it may be to do with the index of the file being at the end and not the beginning (link html5 video = safari wants to download it all) so i tried qtindexswapper but when loading the MP4 into the program it said the MOOV/Index was in the correct position.
Anyone have any idea why safari mac has this issue?
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I've seen HTML5 be very picky with videos. They may play fine in a player, but not play or maybe play with no audio once embedded. This is usually due to a video not properly created/formatted. In most cases, re-creating the file in a professional level program alleviates the issue.
Seems like Firefox displays a plugin with an "X" in older versions of Firefox (i.e. - any version below Firefox 4) and refuses to default to the flashplayer.
I understand that Firefox 4 is supported by mediaelement.js in that it can play ogg video. What is the intended 'handling' of video by mediaelement in older versions that don't support ogg video or html 5?
HTML5 is not an standard for old browsers like FF3.X. The options are:
Update to FF5 (released a few days ago as stable).
Put a flash fallback. This is a flash solution for old browser which not accept HTML5 format, but can play videos throught flash, like YouTube.
For more information about the second option, you can enter to VideoJS. This is a good plugin based on javascript to play videos with HTML5+CSS with a flash fallback.
Good luck.
I was pretty surprised when i saw http://www.vorbis.com/music/Hydrate-Kenny_Beltrey.ogg link not give me a download option but had a player that was not flash playing the audio back. (FireFox)
Is there a way i can embed this onto a page?
Use the HTML5 Audio tag.
P.S. Although you tagged as firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera 10.5 also have support for audio
You can use HTML5 to embed this on a page, but it will not play back consistently across browsers.
The only way to get consistent audio/video playback across browsers is to use a plugin and Flash has the widest user penetration.
You're looking for the HTML5 <audio> tag.
Note that it's not supported by IE.