mp4 from PHP - Not playing in HTML5 Video tag

Question

I am using the video tag to play videos.

I using php files for the playback like this:

    <video id="playvideo" preload="auto" width="845" height="395" 
    poster="http://video-js.zencoder.com/oceans-clip.png">

    <source src="../getvideo_webm.php" type='video/webm' />
    <source src="../getvideo_mp4.php" type='video/mp4'/>
    <source src="../getvideo_ogv.php" type='video/ogg' />

    </video>

All .php files are playing fine when i check them directly in the brower. But the above setup with all .php as source files will not play. If i give a straight .mp4 source it will play fine.

The getvideo_mp4.php looks like this:

 $path = 'oceans-clip.mp4';
 if (file_exists($path))
 {
 $size=filesize($path);
 $fm=@fopen($path,'rb');
 if(!$fm) {
 // You can also redirect here
 header ("HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found");
 die();
 }
 $begin=0;
 $end=$size;
 if(isset($_SERVER['HTTP_RANGE'])) {
 if(preg_match('/bytes=\h*(\d+)-(\d*)[\D.*]?/i',   
 $_SERVER['HTTP_RANGE'],$matches)){
 $begin=intval($matches[0]);
 if(!empty($matches[1])) {
 $end=intval($matches[1]);
 }
 }
 }
 if($begin>0||$end<$size)
 header('HTTP/1.0 206 Partial Content');
 else
 header('HTTP/1.0 200 OK');
 header("Content-Type: video/mp4");
 header('Accept-Ranges: bytes');
 header('Content-Length:'.($end-$begin));
 header("Content-Disposition: inline;");
 header("Content-Range: bytes $begin-$end/$size");
 header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary\n");
 header('Connection: close');
 $cur=$begin;
 fseek($fm,$begin,0);
 while(!feof($fm)&&$cur<$end&&(connection_status()==0))
 { print fread($fm,min(1024*16,$end-$cur));
 $cur+=1024*16;
 usleep(1000);
 }
 die();
 }

So what am i doing wrong ?

NOW... it seems like it IS WORKING with the above code.. :-/ — Niels, May 24 '13 at 10:27

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered May 24 '13 at 10:44

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The above code is working. After i changed the src url for .php files, it did actually work. Now it plays in moz, ie, chrome with only php files as sources in the video tag.

answered May 24 '13 at 10:44

Niels

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Could you please explain what you changed? I have the same problem but the code above did not work – ChronosMOT Sep 08 '15 at 14:10
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Does your file have ANY other code or is the code above the ONLY code in your php file ? – Niels Sep 09 '15 at 19:15
There is a lot of other code, I'm decrypting the file and I'm getting all encrypted resources via this php script (but I'm using the code above only for mp4s). However since yesterday I got it to run on IE11 and Firefox 40.0.3. Chrome still won't play the file though. Also by now I'm using a modified version of this code: http://www.pixelstech.net/article/1357732373-Output-a-file-with-HTTP-range-header-in-PHP which is very close :) to your code but uses slightly different headers. – ChronosMOT Sep 10 '15 at 07:54
Ok - So your code is at least not "broken" by other scripts. Get the direct link to the mp4 .. Look at the headers in http://web-sniffer.net/ - compare with headers you get from the php file.. then try to adapt the headers - to see if that works – Niels Sep 14 '15 at 11:52

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 24 '13 at 10:18

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You will have to echo the path after retrieving it and pass it to the 'src' attribute of the Video Tag of HTML5. Your Current Strategy won't work well, i hope...

For example,

<source src="<?php echo getMp4VideoUrl(); ?>" type='video/mp4'/>

answered May 24 '13 at 10:18

Vijay Sarin

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Hi Vijay.. It seems like you "just" want to serve the direct src by php. I want to hide the actual media file location, and load them dynamic from the getvideo_xx php files. – Niels May 24 '13 at 10:23
If you does that also, users can easily download your videos just by right clicking on the videos and selecting the 'Copy Video Location' option from the Video Tag Context Menu. I already have tried this work around but failed. Try this link, http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9756837/prevent-html5-video-from-being-downloaded-right-click-saved – Vijay Sarin May 24 '13 at 10:26
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Hi Vijay. It though now seems like the above code is working.. I seems like a pretty unlucky steps of trying different ways.. The rightclick is disabled and it is served in a modalwindow.. I do know it is not safe for this file. I just don't want the user to know the excact location of the files.. – Niels May 24 '13 at 10:32

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 24 '13 at 11:12

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The browser identifies the video content from the header sent to it with the request. Just manipulate the header and keep the PHP extension. It will work perfect

answered May 24 '13 at 11:12

Arpit Gaur

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mp4 from PHP - Not playing in HTML5 Video tag

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