.mp4 file not playing in chrome

Question

I want to show a video on my website. I have created a .mp4 file and using the HTML5 video tag to add it to the html.

The problem is that it is not being displayed in c

Answer 1

I was actually running into some strange errors with mp4's a while ago. What fixed it for me was re-encoding the video using known supported codecs (H.264 & MP3).

I actually used the VLC player to do so and it worked fine afterward. I converted using the mentioned codecs H.264/MP3. That solved it for me.

Maybe the problem is not in the format but in the JavaScript implementation of the play/ pause methods. May I suggest visiting the following link where Google developer explains it in a good way?

Additionally, you could choose to use the newer webp format, which Chrome supports out of the box, but be careful with other browsers. Check the support for it before implementation. Here's a link that describes the mentioned format.

On that note: I've created a small script that easily converts all standard formats to webp. You can easily configure it to fit your needs. Here's the Github repo of the same projects.