How can I play wmv video in HTML player?

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user3480644 picture user3480644 · Apr 24, 2014 · Viewed 48.3k times · Source

I want to Play wmv video in browser, and place header and footer in the page. I am unable to play mp4 video, but I want to play wmv. I google it but unable to find anything. Kindly guide me ho to play wmv video from HTML page.

Answer

Arnaud Leyder picture Arnaud Leyder · Apr 24, 2014

You cannot play WMV files in HTML5 video. This has been answered here.

If you want to play video cross browser with HTML5 video you have to transcode your WMV file (currently to MP4 and WebM). Have a look here for a take on HTML5 video.

To embed WMV videos in a web page you have to use an object/embed tag that calls the windows media player plugin (if it is installed - ie it will not work in platforms where the plugin is not available like iOS). Have a look here for a working example.

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