[GH-ISSUE #58] unable to stream flv and mkv extension types #263

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opened 2026-03-15 02:43:02 +03:00 by kerem · 4 comments
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Originally created by @piscessignature on GitHub (Nov 28, 2015).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/asapach/peerflix-server/issues/58

I am unable to stream flv and mkv extension types in my browser.

Originally created by @piscessignature on GitHub (Nov 28, 2015). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/asapach/peerflix-server/issues/58 I am unable to stream flv and mkv extension types in my browser.
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@Porco-Rosso commented on GitHub (Nov 28, 2015):

If I am not mistaken Mkvs won't work because the start and the end of the file needs to be downloaded for it to work. I'm not sure why it works in VLC though..
Does it work in VLC for you?

If ffmpeg is installed you can add ?ffmpeg=remux to the end of your url

See here for more info:
https://github.com/asapach/peerflix-server/issues/19

<!-- gh-comment-id:160279203 --> @Porco-Rosso commented on GitHub (Nov 28, 2015): If I am not mistaken Mkvs won't work because the start and the end of the file needs to be downloaded for it to work. I'm not sure why it works in VLC though.. Does it work in VLC for you? If ffmpeg is installed you can add `?ffmpeg=remux` to the end of your url See here for more info: https://github.com/asapach/peerflix-server/issues/19
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@asapach commented on GitHub (Nov 28, 2015):

Browsers have varying support for different formats: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML5_video#Browser_support. Neither MKV, nor FLV is one of them. As @Porco-Rosso mentioned you can try transcoding to WebM if you want to view it in the browser, or you can install a browser plugin (e.g. VLC has one for Firefox). Alternatively you can just copy the video URL and paste it into a video player of your choice, e.g. press Ctrl+N in VLC.

<!-- gh-comment-id:160291877 --> @asapach commented on GitHub (Nov 28, 2015): Browsers have varying support for different formats: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML5_video#Browser_support. Neither MKV, nor FLV is one of them. As @Porco-Rosso mentioned you can try transcoding to WebM if you want to view it in the browser, or you can install a browser plugin (e.g. VLC has one for Firefox). Alternatively you can just copy the video URL and paste it into a video player of your choice, e.g. press Ctrl+N in VLC.
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@asapach commented on GitHub (Nov 28, 2015):

Also see #51

<!-- gh-comment-id:160291936 --> @asapach commented on GitHub (Nov 28, 2015): Also see #51
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@ZeoNish commented on GitHub (Feb 27, 2018):

<video src="{{ file.link }}" type='video/x-matroska; codecs="theora, vorbis"' autoplay controls onerror="failed(event)" ></video>

<!-- gh-comment-id:368777218 --> @ZeoNish commented on GitHub (Feb 27, 2018): `<video src="{{ file.link }}" type='video/x-matroska; codecs="theora, vorbis"' autoplay controls onerror="failed(event)" ></video>`
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