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JethroUK
JethroUK Posts: 1,959 Forumite
edited 6 March 2013 at 9:28PM in Techie Stuff
Im trying to create some online learning videos

MP4 seemed to work for a while and then stopped

Can you have a look at this page - Test

and tell me which (if any) videos work and which browser you are using

Thanks
When will the "Edit" and "Quote" button get fixed on the mobile web interface?
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  • victor2
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    Using IE9 on Windows 7, the avi and 3 mp4 files played with no problem in Windows Media Player. The audio on the avi file was lower than the others, but that could just be the way it was created.

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  • flashg67
    flashg67 Posts: 4,126 Forumite
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    Using Firefox 19 on Win7, SWF & VP8 ran fine.

    Windows Media player opened the others fine by default except FLV which auto-selected to use VLC player and then opened fine.

    I couldn't spot any noticeable difference in quality between themas viewed on my 15.6" laptop screen?
  • bluesnake
    bluesnake Posts: 1,460 Forumite
    Using Firefox 19.1 on Win8 these below worked
    test_VP8.webm
    test.swf
    test.swf.html
    The rest all downloaded

  • JethroUK
    JethroUK Posts: 1,959 Forumite
    Thanks for all the feedback - I'm trying to find the best format so thanks for the reports it helps a lot
    When will the "Edit" and "Quote" button get fixed on the mobile web interface?
  • Quiet_Spark
    Quiet_Spark Posts: 1,093 Forumite
    All videos played immediately using IE 10
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  • esuhl
    esuhl Posts: 9,409 Forumite
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    Running FF19 on Windows 7:

    test.avi, test.flv, test_mpeg4.mp4, test_x264.mp4 & test_xvid.mp4 downloaded as files, which opened in VLC
    test.swf opened, embedded in Firefox, with the video expanding to fill the window
    test.swf.html & test_VP8.webm opened, embedded in Firefox with fixed dimensions
  • JethroUK
    JethroUK Posts: 1,959 Forumite
    esuhl wrote: »
    Running FF19 on Windows 7:

    test.avi, test.flv, test_mpeg4.mp4, test_x264.mp4 & test_xvid.mp4 downloaded as files, which opened in VLC
    test.swf opened, embedded in Firefox, with the video expanding to fill the window
    test.swf.html & test_VP8.webm opened, embedded in Firefox with fixed dimensions


    Great Thanks

    I was lead to understand mp4 was fairly universal but not on Firefox it seems
    When will the "Edit" and "Quote" button get fixed on the mobile web interface?
  • Dippypud
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    JethroUK wrote: »
    Im trying to create some online learning videos

    MP4 seemed to work for a while and then stopped

    Can you have a look at this page - Test

    and tell me which (if any) videos work and which browser you are using

    Thanks

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  • paddyrg
    paddyrg Posts: 13,543 Forumite
    There is a difference between the container format and codec inside it. Mp4,avi, mov, etc are containers, each container can hold differently encoded streams. It is complicated, but no one browser naively plays all formats, all down to licensing and commercial interests.
  • esuhl
    esuhl Posts: 9,409 Forumite
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    Running FF19 on Arch Linux:

    test.swf.html & test_VP8.webm opened, embedded in Firefox with fixed dimensions (as with Windows 7)

    All other video files opened, expanding to fill the window. The ones that were presented as downloadable files in Windows 7 (and the VP8 one) loaded almost immediately. With the other videos there was a ~4 second delay -- it seemed the video had to be downloaded before it started to play...
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