m4v and mov on IE9 about html5media HOT 4 CLOSED

The way html5media works is that it actually asks the browser if it can play the file. If the browser says no, then it will use the Flash player. If it says yes, then it exits. IE9 is claiming to be able to play the m4v file, but then not actually playing it.

However, I suspect that this is because your server is misconfigured. IE9 will only play movies served with the correct content type. At the bottom of this page are the recommended content settings for an Apache webserver:

https://github.com/etianen/html5media/wiki/embedding-video

If you want your m4v files to be played natively, then I believe you can just add the following additional line to your .htaccess:

AddType video/mp4 .m4v
AddType video/mp4 .mov

Since IE9 is claiming to be able to play these files, there's not much more html5media can do other than trust it. However, I suspect that adding these webserver setting will solve your issues anyway! :)

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adding the .htaccess file with these new types solved my problem.
thank you!

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Hi, can you tell where to place this .htaccess file. I couldnt find any such file in my directory structure. I am using apache tomcat.

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The .htaccess file only applies to the Apache HTTP server, not Tomcat
(which is a Java server).

You can configure Tomcat to serve difference mime types like so:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3282867/how-to-set-default-mime-tipe-for-any-file-extension-in-tomcat-6

On 18 February 2014 06:57, Saravaan [email protected] wrote:

Hi, can you tell where to place this .htaccess file. I couldnt find any
such file in my directory structure. I am using apache tomcat.

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