Hello,

I am trying to play videos uploaded in mp4 format using html5, the video default player. The videos play fine in IE and chrome but buffer endlessly in firefox. Any Idea what could cause this issue? I have been searching for a solution with no luck.

you can see the video i uploaded here:
http://www.deltasupplyco.com/index.php?q=node/711

The problem seems to only occur in firefox.

I am converting the videos on this site for a client and need a fix urgently.

thanks for your response.

Craig

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Jorrit commented

This is not buffering, this is default Firefox behavior when it can't find a video with a codec that it supports. Unfortunately, it will not automatically fall back to the Flash player, but display this waiting animation.

My recommendation is to either enable transcoding to Ogg or to use Video.js as your player, which has some Javascript to automatically fall back to Flash, even in Firefox. I suggest you use version 6.x-2.0-rc3 at http://drupal.org/project/videojs.

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blingximus commented

OK, will try this later. Thanks for your response.

Will Keep this post updated on progress.

Craig

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blingximus commented

Started using Video.js player, took some fiddling, but once I updated video module and made sure the video.js module and its library matched up utilizing the status report option in drupal, everything started working and firefox falls back to flash.

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Jorrit commented
Status: Active » Fixed

Thanks for letting me know.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.