Can those video files be run independently of the browser? Perhaps the files themselves are corrupt.
Ew, Windows hosting [holds nose and flushes toilet] …
OK, see if something like this helps: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6273607/windows-azure-serve-unknown-mp4-mime-types-in-windows-azure-iis-storage
Thanks - I can run the specific “webm” video and the “ogv” video locally through the browsers - including Opera, but once I uploaded to the server they don’t work. I am thinking it has something to do with the way the file is being served by the server- I am currently looking into this.
When I go directly to the folder on the server (Windows Platform) via the browser – the “.mp4” file runs if I double click it but, not for the other 2 – I get “page cannot be found” message. I have deleted and uploaded several times with no change. Interestingly, the “.mp4” file runs for me when I double click it from within the Opera browser.
Hey Ralph
Reading the information on the link you provided - made me think of checking the IIS so I first checked out the service providers list of registered MIME types and didn’t see the “.ogv” type or the “webm” type. I then went to the IIS Administration Console and there was an area there to add custom MIME types. So I added the 2 types and now they work on
So in short - adding it through the files we discussed wasn’t an option on this server but adding it through the console was. I really appreciate all your help and patience in helping me with this issue. I am so grateful to you, Barry and Stephen. People like you make the world a better place. I hope to pay it forward someday.
That’s fantastic! Glad it worked out, and thanks for the feedback. I guess we’ve all learned something about IIS. It’s probably a bad habit I have of not asking what kind of hosting you have before suggesting things like .htaccess. Apache is the more common kind of hosting, but not the only one.
In these days of HTML5 video, it’s surprising that things like ogg and webm aren’t allowed by default. :-/