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.webm file not playing when coming from server location (MIME type: text/html) on FF instead of writing AddType video/webm .webm line in .htaccess file.

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iwdsamir
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I have written following html5 code in a html page for my site. 

<video controls>
	<source src="http://www.mysite.com/../videos/30frames.webm" type="video/webm"/>
</video>

When I run that page on Firefox browser (FF version:19.0, Windows XP Operating System), I see video is not playing, instead it is showing a black box 'X' on it and below the cross sign text: 'No video with supported format and MIME type found' is shown.

To solve the problem, I have tried following lines of code in .htaccess file. 

AddType video/webm .webm
## or ##
<FilesMatch "\.webm$">
  ForceType video/webm
</FilesMatch>
## or ##
<FilesMatch "\.webm$">
  DefaultType video/webm
</FilesMatch>

But none worked. Can you please help in this regard? Thanks.

I have written following html5 code in a html page for my site. <blockquote><pre><nowiki> <video controls> <source src="http://www.mysite.com/../videos/30frames.webm" type="video/webm"/> </video> </nowiki></pre></blockquote> When I run that page on Firefox browser (FF version:19.0, Windows XP Operating System), I see video is not playing, instead it is showing a black box 'X' on it and below the cross sign text: 'No video with supported format and MIME type found' is shown. To solve the problem, I have tried following lines of code in .htaccess file. <blockquote><pre><nowiki> AddType video/webm .webm ## or ## <FilesMatch "\.webm$"> ForceType video/webm </FilesMatch> ## or ## <FilesMatch "\.webm$"> DefaultType video/webm </FilesMatch> </nowiki></pre></blockquote> But none worked. Can you please help in this regard? Thanks.

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cor-el
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That file is send as Content-Type: application/force-download

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