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Hello Flowplayer forum
Is there a way to make videos play on a Windows Phone 8.1?
Thanks, Stefan
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Hello Stefan,
could you please let us know what screen size you get here on your Windows Phone? http://www.whatismyscreenresolution.com/
We might need to improve our detection and then it seems like mobile video recommendations should get you there: https://foliovision.com/player/encoding#mobile-video
Or you can try to make sure your MP4 video is using the baseline profile as recommended here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/ff462087(v=vs.105).aspx
You can report the video using the video checker and will have a look if it should play fine.
Thanks,
Martin
Hi Martin, thanks for your reply.
Im on a Lumia 925 Windows Phone 8.1 (Lumia Cyan). The resolution is 1280×768, but gets detected as 383×638 on IE Mobile. D’uh!
The video on the foliovision.com landing page doesn’t play. Well, it does play as I can hear the audio playing and the timebar moving. But the initial splash image keeps staying in front of the video. So I guess the problem lays there?
The Encoding specs on the microsoft-url you linked, shouldn’t be an issue (Snapdragon S4).
Add: When using UC Browser (http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/uc-browser/6cda5651-56b9-48b0-8771-91dbc188f873) on the same phone, the screen gets detected as 480×800. Very confusing.
Hello Stefan,
I posted the same video here, does it play on your Windows Phone? http://lifeinamovie.com/h/a-test1.html
Thanks,
Martin
No. Same case previously described.
Hello Stefan,
thank you for reporting back. Could you please try on this demo page? This one has no splash image: http://lifeinamovie.com/h/a-test1-nosplash.html
This will help us come up with an encoding recommendation for Windows Phone compatibility or fix any bug with the splash screen.
Thanks,
Martin
Black video is black :/
Hello Stefan,
here’s a version with no splash image and a mobile optimized MP4 video (optimized for old HTC phones): http://lifeinamovie.com/h/a-test1-nosplash-mobile.html
Thanks,
Martin
Still no luck.
Hello Stefan,
looks like it might not support the inline playback and it’s also pretty new OS. We will send you something to test tomorrow.
Thanks!
Martin
Hello Stefan,
we attempted a fix here: http://lifeinamovie.com/h/wp81.html
Could you please check if it plays? You should also be seeing following debug output below the video:
“Are you Windows Phone 8.1? true
Do you support inlineVideo? true”Is that what you get?
Thanks,
Martin
Video working! That girl is hot… =)
Both debug variables were visible and “true”. What did you do?
Hello Stefan,
we are glad that it works! We added user agent detection for Windows Mobile 8.1. It should be fine as a quick fix.
Could you please also test the video here? This time it’s not optimized for mobile and there is a splash screen as well: http://lifeinamovie.com/h/wp81-splash-hd.html
Then we can put the fix into new version of the plugin and release it.
Thanks,
Martin
It’s running fine!
Hell Stefan,
you will be able to get this fix with the next FV Flowplayer version which will be released later today.
Thank you for your cooperation!
Martin
