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I am trying to get a video to play locally but it isn't working. the file is 'wildlife.mp4,' however, it doesn't play it is just a blank video box? Any help will be much appreciated, thanks.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>video</title>
</head>
<body>
<video width="320" height="240" controls>
<source src="wildlife.mp4" type="video/mp4">
<source src="wildlife.ogg" type="video/ogg">
Your browser does not support the video tag.
</body>
</html>

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Video tag is not closed. Add autoplay if you want the video to play automatically.

 <!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>video</title>
</head>
<body>
<video width="320" autoplay="autoplay" height="240" controls>
<source src="wildlife.mp4" type="video/mp4">
<source src="wildlife.ogg" type="video/ogg">
Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video>
</body>
</html>
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If you are running the script on Windows the browser can check the file type associated with the video ( wildlife.mp4 ). On my system ( W7) I clicked the -Properties- on the video file and CHANGed the -Type of file- from VLC (which is the default on my system) to Windows Media player and all was sorted. Hope this helps.

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