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The mp4 video does not play from localhost.
But mp3 audio works.
i.e.
Following code for playing video (stored as C:\inetpub\wwwroot\video\testVideo.html) does not work when accessed through (http://localhost/video/testVideo.html)
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<video width="400" controls>
<source src="video.mp4" type="video/mp4">
Your browser does not support HTML5 video.
</video>
</body>
</html>
But, following code for playing audio (C:\inetpub\wwwroot\audio\testAudio.html) works when accessed through (http://localhost/audio/testAudio.html)
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<audio width="400" controls>
<source src="audip.mp3" type="audio/mp3">
Your browser does not support HTML5 video.
</audio>
</body>
</html>
However, they both work when webpage is launched by double clicking on html file i.e. webpage is accessed through (file:///C:/inetpub/wwwroot/audio/testAudio.html) or (file:///C:/inetpub/wwwroot/video/testVideo.html)
Please explain what am I doing wrong. And how to make video play from localhost.
I am using following browsers:
IE 11.0
Chrome 44.0
Firefox 40.0
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I finally figured it out.
The video doesn't play via localhost, because IIS localhost in Windows doesn't contain MIME type entry (video/mp4) for .mp4 file format.
To make this work, a MIME type entry should be added in following way:
Thats it.
Now refresh your page and Bingo!. It works.
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