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A shared link to a video doesn't show on my website
I'm using this code in my webpage but the video stored in dropbox doesn't show. Previously it was to but now it's not.
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So how do I show a video stored in dropbox in my website which I build with html?
Rich
Super User II
Super User II
dilonpanda wrote:
So how do I show a video stored in dropbox in my website which I build with html?
This isn't a Dropbox issue. The two videos you linked use different codecs. The first uses H264 which most browsers support natively. The second is a Motion JPG file. Basically, the browser doesn't know how to play the file because it doesn't recognize the file type.
so how should I format?
I just need to show a video which stored in dropbox in my webpage built with html
- Rich
dilonpanda wrote:
I just need to show a video which stored in dropbox in my webpage built with html
You're likely doing it correctly but you're using a video format that the browser doesn't understand. Do some research on the Motion JPEG video format and how to display them in a browser, or convert the video to a format that's recognized natively by most browsers.
the video format is mp4. does that not ok?
- Jay
Dropbox Community Moderator
A video being in MP4 doesn't mean that it can automatically be opened in a browser. You'll need to ensure that the codec is something that can be played in browsers, meaning you'll need to re-encode the video.
- Rich
dilonpanda wrote:
the video format is mp4. does that not ok?
MP4 is just a container, not a video format, and the video within it can be one of many different formats. A codec is what's needed to be able to play a video of a given type. Do some research on the difference between a video container, video format and a codec and you'll understand it a bit better.
The first thing to remember is not to confuse MP4 (a container) with MPEG-4 (a video format). They're two separate things and a video with an MP4 extension does not mean it's an MPEG-4 video stream. Your working video is an MP4 container with an MPEG-4 (H264) video stream inside, but your non-working video is an MP4 container with a Motion JPEG stream inside, and your browser doesn't know how to play it.
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