[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #42560: mp4 files do not play in Safari

Wed Nov 15 20:22:12 UTC 2017

#42560: mp4 files do not play in Safari
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 Reporter:  cg923         |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Media         |     Version:  4.8.3
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:
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Comment (by blobfolio):

 Replying to [comment:2 cg923]:
 > It's an HTML 5 video element with the source being an mp4 file in the
 media directory.
 > External youtube videos are working fine.

 Youtube is a little different; when you embed a Youtube video, the content
 (and all relevant headers) come from Youtube's servers.

 A way to test how your server handles video — without WordPress — would be
 to make a barebones HTML file, like `test.html`, that looks like:

 {{{
 <html>
 <head><title>Video Test</title></head>
 <body>
     <!-- Copy the <video> code from your blog post here. -->
     <video .... >
 </body>
 </html>
 }}}

 If you upload that file to the server and visit it in Safari (e.g.
 http://yourdomain.com/test.html), WordPress should not be playing any role
 whatsoever.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/42560#comment:3>
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