.mp4 file not playing in chrome
I too had the same issue. I changed the codec to H264-MPEG-4 AVC and the videos started working in HTML5/Chrome.
Option selected in converter: H264-MPEG-4 AVC, Codec visible in VLC player: H264-MPEG-4 AVC (part 10) (avc1)
Hope it helps...
After running into the same issue - here're some of my thoughts:
- due to Chrome removing support for h264, on some machines, mp4 videosencoded with it will either not work (throwing an Parser error whenviewing under Firebug/Network tab - consistent with issue submittedhere), or crash the browser, depending upon the encoding settings
- it isn't consistent - it entirely depends upon the codecs installedon the computer - while I didn't encounter this issue on my machine,we did have one in the office where the issue occurred (and thus weused this one for testing)
- it might to do with Quicktime / divX settings (the machine inquestion had an older version of Quicktime than my native one - wedidn't want to loose our testing pc though, so we didn't update it).
As it affects only Chrome (other browsers work fine with VideoForEverybody solution) the solution I've used is:
for every mp4 file, create a Theora encoded mp4 file (example.mp4 -> example_c.mp4)apply following js:
if (window.chrome) $("[type=video\\\/mp4]").each(function() { $(this).attr('src', $(this).attr('src').replace(".mp4", "_c.mp4")); });Unfortunately it's a bad Chrome hack, but hey, at least it works.
Source: user: eithedog
This also can help: chrome could play html5 mp4 video but html5test said chrome did not support mp4 video codec
Also check your version of crome here: html5test
This started out as an attempt to cast video from my pc to a tv (with subtitles) eventually using Chromecast. And I ended up in this "does not play mp4" situation. However I seemed to have proved that Chrome will play (exactly the same) mp4 as long as it isn't wrapped in html(5)So here is what I have constructed. I have made a webpage under localhost and in there is a default.htm which contains:-
<!DOCTYPE html><html><head></head><body><video controls > <source src="sample.mp4" type="video/mp4"> <track kind="subtitles" src="sample.vtt" label="gcsubs" srclang="eng"></video></body></html>the video and subtitle files are stored in the same folder as default.htm
I have the very latest version of Chrome (just updated this morning)
When I type the appropriate localhost... into my Chrome browser a black square appears with a "GO" arrow and an elapsed time bar, a mute button and an icon which says "CC". If I hit the go arrow, nothing happens (it doesn't change to "pause", the elapsed time doesn't move, and the timer sticks at 0:00. There are no error messages - nothing!
(note that if I input localhost.. to IE11 the video plays!!!!
In Chrome if I enter the disc address of sample.mp4 (i.e. C:\webstore\sample.mp4 then Chrome will play the video fine?.
This last bit is probably a working solution for Chromecast except that I cannot see any subtitles. I really want a solution with working subtitles.I just don't understand what is different in Chrome between the two methods of playing mp4