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Asked: 2026-05-23T19:09:24+00:00

Im try to play a video by HTML5 with the follow code on localhost

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Im try to play a video by HTML5 with the follow code on localhost :

<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf8">
    <title>HTML5 &lt;video&gt; content negotiation test</title>
</head>
<body>
</body>
<video src="Firefox.ogv"  autoplay="true" controls="true">
      Your browser does not support the <code>video</code> element.
</video>
</html>

it work perfectly with Chrome,
http://imageshare.web.id/images/60h5p00ixmetpyerd7w.jpg

but why it not work with firefox
http://imageshare.web.id/images/4bky59ruk8djra8wtmp.jpg

i Host it on IIS7 and this is my web.config

    <staticContent>
        <mimeMap fileExtension=".mp4" mimeType="video/mp4" />
        <mimeMap fileExtension=".ogv" mimeType="video/ogv" /> 
    </staticContent>
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  1. Editorial Team

    It could be a problem with the way your MIME types are set up in your .htaccess file you may need to add the following to enable .ogv to be displayed properly

    AddType video/ogg .ogv

    Firefox tends not to play .ogg video if the mime type is incorrect!

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