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<video id="live" autoplay controls> <source src="http://[WOWZA-IP]:1935/Live/mp4:[LIVESTREAMNAME]/playlist.m3u8" type="video/mp4" /> </video> I am trying to play h264 encoded live stream using html5 video tag. Live stream is broadcasted by wowza media server and when visiting src link I get a valid playlist file. When trying to play the stream on android chrome browser, player does nothing and shows black screen.
Is this html5 video tag related issue or maybe broadcaster?
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The HTML5 <video> tag by itself along with certain built-in video players do not work with HLS or MPEG-DASH adaptive bitrate-streaming formats.
Microsoft Edge and Android browsers also support HLS natively in a video tag, but this leaves out several other viewers. Cutting out such a large group of viewers isn't sustainable for a site owner, so it's necessary for them to convert a stream into another file format and use it instead for other viewers.
These are the formats you can play using html5 source tags.
Think of a video format as a zip file which contains the encoded video stream and audio stream. The three formats you should care about for the web are (webm, mp4 and ogv):
.mp4 = H.264 + AAC .ogg/.ogv = Theora + Vorbis .webm = VP8 + Vorbis If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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