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RAW=1 does not work for videos in Firefox
Hello,
I am attempting to share an MP4 video by removing `dl=0` from the share link and adding `raw=1` instead. I use this share link to load an HTML5 video element on a website. This works as ...
cjscheller wrote:...
Here is an example public video file that I am trying to host on a website: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2wosdax2v7ud8sg/AACmnpMe_qveJOvPuxMtj0L8a/DJI_0490.MP4
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The issue of playing this video is not related in any way to the link. The codec in use (MPEG-H HVEC H.265) is proprietary 😕! Firefox is free software and since this codec 👿 doesn't provide exception for free software it's not implemented in the browser. 😟 That's it.
Let's hope this might change at some point.
cjscheller wrote:...
Here is an example public video file that I am trying to host on a website: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2wosdax2v7ud8sg/AACmnpMe_qveJOvPuxMtj0L8a/DJI_0490.MP4
...
The issue of playing this video is not related in any way to the link. The codec in use (MPEG-H HVEC H.265) is proprietary 😕! Firefox is free software and since this codec 👿 doesn't provide exception for free software it's not implemented in the browser. 😟 That's it.
Let's hope this might change at some point.
Ah ok that makes sense, thank you! I re-encoded the videos to H.264 with ffmpeg, re-uploaded to Dropbox, and the videos now play on all major browsers.
Thanks for the help!
