ffmpeg video compressed but not playing in browser

Question

I have integrated ffmpeg4android lib. Video compressing is working fine but video is not playing in browser except safari browser. after uploading to server. I have used following command.

ffmpeg -y -i <input file.mp4> -strict experimental -r 30 -ab 48000 -ac 2 -ar 22050 -vcodec mpeg4 -b 2097k <output file.mp4>

Please Help me. Thank you in advance.

have you tried playing your compressed video in your local windows ? — AbuHuraira Lakdawala, Oct 02 '16 at 12:06
@AbuHurairaLakdawala yes I try with custom video view. In that, it is working fine. — Ankita Shah, Oct 03 '16 at 04:59
@Saveen Yes I tried with VideoView. Video is playing. But not playing in WebView. — Ankita Shah, Oct 03 '16 at 05:22
maybe i think the issue is with video codec unsupported in your player... I think you may try running your videos with jwplayer — AbuHuraira Lakdawala, Oct 03 '16 at 05:28
@AbuHurairaLakdawala We used jwPlayer. Also not play this video in browser except safari. — Ankita Shah, Oct 03 '16 at 05:30
@AnkitaShah may be video have format issue. You can use your custom player http://stackoverflow.com/questions/39801499/cant-play-this-video-error — Saveen, Oct 03 '16 at 05:42

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 26 '16 at 06:15

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Look at the table "Browser compatibility". https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Supported_media_formats

It seems like you're using and unsupported flavour of mp4, due to the usage of an uncommon codec. I suggest you to use the video format H.264 and MP3 in MP4.

answered Sep 26 '16 at 06:15

Alberto Schiabel

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But not problem with format. Because without compress video played fine. But I tried to compress and upload it.Then it's not playing. – Ankita Shah Sep 26 '16 at 06:59

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 03 '16 at 05:33

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You may convert your video in this format..

ffmpeg -i mpeg4_video.mp4 -c:v libx264 libx264_from_mpeg4.mp4

This would definitely work in all browsers...

JWPlayer recommended!

answered Oct 03 '16 at 05:33

AbuHuraira Lakdawala

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libx264 is working with below 6.0. In my application, Target SDK is 23. – Ankita Shah Oct 03 '16 at 05:37

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