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MP4 does not play in IE9 / Windows 7

Reported 18 Apr 2011 20:23:21
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18 Apr 2011 20:23:21 Steve VanHove posted:
My video plays OK in every tested browser except IE9 / Windows 7. Please see www.vtsmedical.com/video_test.php

The video itself plays in Windows Media Player on a Windows 7 platform.

Can you please help?

Thank you!
Edited by - Steve VanHove on 18 Apr 2011  20:23:43

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Replied 14 Aug 2011 23:05:41
14 Aug 2011 23:05:41 Thomas Massano replied:
I am having the same problem. Is there a resolution???
Replied 15 Aug 2011 15:58:43
15 Aug 2011 15:58:43 Steve VanHove replied:
We added an .htaccess file in directory that holds the videos.

(It would have been nice if someone from DMX Zone would have resolved this.)

Please read the following:

diveintohtml5.org/video.html

MIME TYPES REAR THEIR UGLY HEAD
There are so many pieces to the video puzzle, I hesitate to even bring this up. But it’s important, because a misconfigured web server can lead to endless amounts of frustration as you try to debug why your videos play on your local computer but fail to play when you deploy them to your production site. If you run into this problem, the root cause is probably MIMEtypes.
I mentioned MIME types in the history chapter, but you probably glazed over that and didn’t appreciate the significance. So here it is in all-caps:
PROFESSOR MARKUP SHOUTS
VIDEO FILES MUST BE SERVED WITH THE PROPER MIME TYPE!
What’s the proper MIME type? You’ve already seen it; it’s part of the value of the type attribute on a <source> element. But setting the type attribute in your HTML markup is not sufficient. You also need to ensure that your web server includes the proper MIME type in the Content-Type HTTP header.
If you’re using the Apache web server or some derivative of Apache, you can use an AddType directive in your site-widehttpd.conf or in an .htaccess file in the directory where you store your video files. (If you use some other web server, consult your server’s documentation on how to set the Content-Type HTTP header for specific file types.)
AddType video/ogg .ogv
AddType video/mp4 .mp4
AddType video/webm .webm
The first line is for videos in an Ogg container. The second line is for videos in an MPEG-4 container. The third is for WebM. Set it once and forget it. If you forget to set it, your videos will fail to play in some browsers, even though you included the MIME type in the type attribute in your HTML markup.
For even more gory details about configuring your web server, I direct your attention to this excellent article at the Mozilla Developer Center: Configuring servers for Ogg media. (The advice in that article applies to MP4 and WebM video, too.)
Replied 22 Aug 2011 09:50:48
22 Aug 2011 09:50:48 Teodor Kuduschiev replied:
Hello,

First of all you need to make sure you are using the same software and settings as shown in our users manual.
also please check the htaccess article in our FAQ section: www.dmxzone.com/go?18312
Replied 29 Feb 2012 15:19:03
29 Feb 2012 15:19:03 Vulcho Vulev replied:
Hello all.

Please download the lattest version which comes with great cross-browser improvements.

HTML5 Video Player 1.0.3

Regards:Vulcho
Replied 12 Jun 2013 20:08:46
12 Jun 2013 20:08:46 Larry Martinez replied:
I just downloaded this and it still wont play mp4 in IE or Firefox.

when will this be fixed??
Replied 08 Aug 2013 19:12:40
08 Aug 2013 19:12:40 Greta Garberini replied:
This is version 1.0.6 and it plays on my development server, even with IE10 (apache) but not on the live site, I tried everything, it plays fine with chrome / firefox but NOT in IE10. I am sure the mime extensions are on the server

develop.babinsky.at/videos.html

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