http://www.johnkhutchison.com/ has MP4 content I can't play
I have numerous MP4 files that play OK, but the web site shown has MP4s where nothing happens when I click the start triangle. I've tried adding VLC media player that does not help.
I have numerous MP4 files that play OK, but the web site shown has MP4s where nothing happens when I click the start triangle.
I've tried adding VLC media player that does not help.
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Check the video links. My download managers show no clips.
That web page thinks that Firefox can't play MP4 files:
var video = document.getElementById('video');
if (video.canPlayType && video.canPlayType('video/mp4')) {
// canPlayType is overoptimistic, so we have browser sniff.
if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('WebKit/') <= -1) {
// Only webkit-browsers can currently play this natively
fallback(video);
}
} else {
fallback(video);
}
That makes the website fallback to a Shockwave Flash player that doesn't seem to work (at least for me on Linux). If I spoof the user agent to Google Chrome (WebKit) then I get a native HTML5 media player that can play the MP4 file.
The answer seems geared to someone who has more knowledge than me. Is there a step-by-step way for me to get past this problem?