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html5 won't work

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hay207
hay207
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Hi i have firefox for android 43 and android 4.2.2 and samsung device, my problem is that html5 in firfox wont work but works in chrome, it displays no video with supported format or mime type found, but the video buffers normally .i tried html5 in youtube.

Hi i have firefox for android 43 and android 4.2.2 and samsung device, my problem is that html5 in firfox wont work but works in chrome, it displays no video with supported format or mime type found, but the video buffers normally .i tried html5 in youtube.

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guigs
guigs
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Hi haytham.med, What is the video format of the video file, this might be the issue. However does this also happen if you request the desktop site in Firefox for Android?

hay207
hay207 Question owner
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Video format is html5 used in youtube and not flash, and yes this occurs also in desktop version.