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can't play ogv or webm online only locally

Sep 20, 2011 8:19 PM

The following code works fine online but not after I upload to my webhost(godaddy).

	<video width="420" height="236" controls preload="false">
	<source src="videos/explore_promo.mp4" type="video/mp4" />
	<source src="videos/explore_promo.webm" type="video/ogg" />
	</video>

the mp4 works fine it's just ogv and webm that diesn't work

568 Views 2 Replies Latest reply: AttaBoy2, Sep 21, 2011 6:19 PM

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1. pziecina,

Sep 21, 2011 7:41 AM in reply to ratboy_Jim

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Hi

Check with your web host that these file types are supported by their server.

PZ

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2. AttaBoy2,

Sep 21, 2011 6:19 PM in reply to pziecina

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That worked. They told me to create a .htaccess file and uplaod it. I had to learn what a .htaccess file was and what to write in it but it all turned out well so I'm happy.
For anyone who hasn't gone through this before a .htaccess file is one way to make changes on a lynux server. It's not the prefered way but it's the way the folks at godaddy told me to do it. Notice .htaccess starts with a dot, notepad wouldn't let me save a file if the name started with a dot so I left the dot off and renamed the file after I uploaded to the server.
The entire contents of my .htaccess file goes like this.

AddType video/ogg .ogv
AddType video/mp4 .mp4
AddType video/webm .webm

simply AddType followed by the mimetype fillowed by the file extention of that mime type you want to use. I didn't need to include mp4 as that worked already.

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