Question play video on webbrowser

[Zexor]

i try to navigate to a mp4 video link in code on a webbrowser. but instead of playing the video, it popup a download link. How do i make it play instead?

 

[jmcilhinney]

A browser does not understand MP4 files the way it does a JPG or the like. You would need to load some HTML code that could play the file. MP4 is also not a format that HTML 4.x understands natively, so your HTML would have to use some media player to actually play the file. Here are some examples:

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Keep in mind that Flash Player is probably not supported or soon won't be.

HTML 5 does understand MP4 and you can play a file like so:

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You would need to craft the appropriate HTML code and, assuming that you're using the WebBrowser control, assign it to the (I believe) DocumentText property. That said, I'm not 100% sure that the WebBrowser control supports HTML 5. If it doesn't, you'd have to use a WebView2 instead.

 

[NeilHunter]

Thx for you answer, I didn't know that! o.o