flv files can't be displayed on site on tablets or smartphones but only a link
by Fazlı Yurtsever -
Number of replies: 15
I am using moodle Moodle 2.7.2 for supporting my students. I upload and publish flv videos in my courses. They run very good on laptop or desktop systems but they are only displayed as a link on smart phones and tablet pcs. When I click on the link either I get the message 'it cannot be played" or a download procedure starts. Whereas I want them to be dislayed on my website. What should I do? I need your urgent help. Thanks for your interest for now.
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Re: flv files can't be displayed on site on tablets or smartphones but only a link
by ryan sanders -
smart phones / tablets generally require a specific video format. to play on them. wrong speed, wrong size, wrong file format, and the phones do not play, or video and sound get all garbled up.
look at video formats, the phone is able to support, and requirements for that. and/or if you need an app to properly play certain type of video/sound files.
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i am at a complete lost of what is done between moodle and smartphone's/tablets, complete different monster there.
you might try, uploading video to "youtube" first, and then putting a link in your course. and see how that works. assuming youtube is able to downgrade and adjust video, to be played on a smartphone or tablet.
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www.handbrake.fr you might give a try to downgrade the video so it can be played on a smartphone/tablet. and putting 2 links in your course, 1 for smartphones, 1 for desktop computers / laptops. a pain this way. but might save you costs of youtube and there limits they impose.
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Re: flv files can't be displayed on site on tablets or smartphones but only a link
by Justin Hunt -
Convert them to MP4. Not all MP4 plays back on mobile, but mostly it does.
You could use handbrake to convert them, as suggested. Or if there were not too many, upload them to youtube. From your YouTube account, you can find the video and download it as MP4. Or even just point your students to the YouTube video.
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回复: Re: flv files can't be displayed on site on tablets or smartphones but only a link
by Gloria Newton -
Convert them to MP4. Not all MP4 plays back on mobile, but mostly it does.
You could use handbrake to convert them, as suggested. Or if there were not too many, upload them to youtube. From your YouTube account, you can find the video and download it as MP4. Or even just point your students to the YouTube video.
Converting FLV to more popular video formats like MP4, AVI, MOV, etc is the best solution to play FLV files widely. How to do this work? Faasoft FLV Converter is an ideal choice.If you don't want to convert FLV files, just download the relevant FLV Players.
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Re: flv files can't be displayed on site on tablets or smartphones but only a link
by Usman Asar -
most acceptable video format for cross platform is mp4 that runs equally well on computers and mobile devices.
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Re: flv files can't be displayed on site on tablets or smartphones but only a link
by Pedro Caldeira -
i'm facing similar problem. I can easily post and see mp4 videos at android systems at an old 1.8.2 installation, but not at my new 2.7.2 installation.
I'm uploading .mp4 to my private files area in 2.7 installation , are there other places to upload them ?
I saw that video files (in 2.7 installation) get a very long and odd url something like :
sitename/moodle/draftfile.php/5/user/draft/778686523/filename.mp4
Is it
something to do with the lond and odd urls they get in recent installations?
Regards
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Re: flv files can't be displayed on site on tablets or smartphones but only a link
by Pedro Caldeira -
To test it i decided to upload the same video to my dropbox. then i made the same post at moodle but changed the video link pointing it (out side moodle) to it's public link in dropbox , et voilá , it worked right away , no problem to run in Smartphone.
So does this mean what i thought before? Android system don't do well with moodle video-files urls ?
Some help about this issue is great appreciated.
tks
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Re: flv files can't be displayed on site on tablets or smartphones but only a link
by Guilherme Garutti -
I'm passing through the same problem.
And I'm tired of so much research on the subject.
Flash is being left aside and our problem has to do with this.
In android devices we still can dowload the flash player,
What was your solution?
I've converted all videos to MP4, but I still have hope.
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Re: flv files can't be displayed on site on tablets or smartphones but only a link
by Justin Hunt -
In actual fact FLV and friends will play back on android / ios etc just fine if you install a movie player app that supports them. But that is in the app. The issue is that mobile safari and other mobile browsers won't play FLV (etc) back.
And you are right, researching all this is excruciating.
You should just find a good method of encoding to MP4 and put all your videos through it.
That way you don't have to think about it anymore.
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Re: flv files can't be displayed on site on tablets or smartphones but only a link
by Przemek Kaszubski -
On older Moodles (up to M26 ?) I sometimes end(ed) up providing the same duplicated mp4 files in two ways:
- as proper mp4 files - for iPad / phone / tablet users
- same files with flv extension - this tricked Moodle player into streaming the mp4 on PC - without forcing PC to launch browser plugin
Duplicate links appeared to work, but then I needed to duplicate the file - with two different extensions. Tested this on my local Moodle 2.8.1 install a moment ago and those mp4=>flv video don't work anymore - Flowpaper plays back sound only
There really should be a good cloud repository with API that would stream private videos to courses, adjusting for different devices. YouTube is not an option for me as the clips I show are not meant to be public. Maybe OneDrive / Office 365 will come to the rescue (flv not supported though).
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Re: flv files can't be displayed on site on tablets or smartphones but only a link
by Pedro Caldeira -
I also get the FLV link problem that you mention at mobile devices .
I' have been study this video issue (moodle video across devices) for some days ago. I found that the best accepted format for laptop/desktopand mobile devices is mp4 with html5 code , unfortunately i have some difficulties running mp4 on a few smart phones (they run but blinking terribly) but apparently the problem lies in apache server , i guess so because i can run same mp4 files on those smart phones if i put them on old moodle installation or in dropbox.
I also tested poodLL , but at first view i will fall on same troubles, .mp4 hosted in my moodle don't run on some smarth phones.
So i see 4 possible solution:
---Find why recent moodle installation cause bad mp4 files behavior in mobile devices and correct it (probably an apache issue).
----Down grade apache (probably will solve the mp4 problem on some mobile devices).
----Find external host for mp4 files and link them from there (works great, but adds extra service)
----The HTML5 method using 3 different video files for this order (.ogv, .mp4, .webm) works great across devices, but it's triple work to do !
By the way, the online services like youtube work great across devices, but are not an option for me.
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Re: flv files can't be displayed on site on tablets or smartphones but only a link
by Przemek Kaszubski -
For anyone's interest:
- I stand corrected on what I said earlier regarding the mp4=>flv extension rename to fool flowplayer into playing mp4 format files - it still works but most probably with standard video formats / resolutions only, eg 1280x720 or 1024x576 . The ones that won't play for me are converted mp4's with strange sizes like 352x288. I have yet to investigate further.
- Incidentally this exchange on the HotPot forum features the HTML5 video tag that can be used to embed mp4's and other formats - check out https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=278188 . Not sure it can address the flv format though.
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Re: flv files can't be displayed on site on tablets or smartphones but only a link
by Colin Fraser -
Given Apple's well documented antipathy towards anything Flash related, would it not be better to avoid using flv files altogether? The HTML5 video tag is, as I am given to understand, fully implemented in all browsers, and it looks like mp4 is really one of the few video formats that is universally accepted. I suggest then that it will be that combination that will move us into the future.
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Re: flv files can't be displayed on site on tablets or smartphones but only a link
by Przemek Kaszubski -
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Re: flv files can't be displayed on site on tablets or smartphones but only a link
by Przemek Kaszubski -
PS. Any sized mp4's **will** play (stream) alright in Moodle (I've tested 2.8) - either as fooled flv's or from a video tag, but the codec used must not be "MPEG-4 Video (mp4v)" (as read under VLC player).
The mp4's I now have encoded with "H264 - MPEG 4 - AVC (part 10) (avc1)" (using Miro Converter) play fine.
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Re: flv files can't be displayed on site on tablets or smartphones but only a link
I agree Przemek, this is why I use BBFlashback connect which I have subscriber links to and can also track access from the users. Not a solution for some people but works well for me.