H.264 videos not playing in firefox in h...

H.264 videos not playing in firefox in html 5

shane.labounty — Mar 23, 2015 05:04PM EDT

I have my player setup to use HTML 5 as primary and it works in all browsers except Firefox. I am currently on 36 but noticed it wasn't working on 35. On older versions it would play with flash but now it is trying to load the video in HTML 5.

I have 2 videos I tried testing using the publish feature on my account and one works and the other doesn't. they are both h.264 AAC encoded the only difference is the aspect ratio and the audio quality from what I can tell.

http://www.level3.com/~/media/videos/en_voice_vd_carriercloud_alianza.mp4 - this one works
http://www.level3.com/~/media/videos/whiteboard_federal_640_360.mp4 - this one doesn't

any ideas on why this is only a problem on one of the two and only in Firefox?

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MisterNeutron

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Mar 23, 2015 05:12PM EDT

The error message is pretty clear - the file is corrupt. It hasn't been encoded properly. I ran it through HandBrake with default settings, plus checked "Web optimized," and it then plays with no problem.

http://handbrake.fr/

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MisterNeutron

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Mar 23, 2015 05:12PM EDT 1 rated :

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Andrew

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Mar 23, 2015 05:33PM EDT 0 rated :

As per Mr. Neutron, please try a re-encode and see if this fixes things.

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shane.labounty

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Mar 24, 2015 10:05AM EDT 0 rated :

can you explain how the file is corrupt but it still plays in all browsers except Firefox?

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MisterNeutron

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Mar 24, 2015 10:25AM EDT 0 rated :

No, I can't explain that. There are so many encoding variations and permutations, it's usually impossible to pin down the exact problem. But re-encoding with a robust application like HandBrake clearly fixes the problem (I tested it), so I tend not to agonize over the "why's."

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shane.labounty

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Mar 24, 2015 10:40AM EDT 0 rated :

Thanks for the help, I was trying to figure out what to tell my video guy so this does not have to be run through handbrake for every video in the future. He uses final cut and I believe that is a robust application as well.

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Andrew

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Mar 24, 2015 01:11PM EDT 0 rated :

Yeah, it might be worth making sure that things are being exported properly in Final Cut then. If there’s any setting to optimize for the web, that might be the ticket.

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