How To Play Videos In .avi File Format In Chrome?

January 31, 2024 Post a Comment

Technically It was possible to play .avi files by loading an embedded object for a external player directly in the HTML. Now chrome deprecated that capabitilities and the solutio

Solution 1:

There are only a few file video formats which can be played in most browsers. Chrome probably does not want to support non-standard formats and thus pollute the Web with incompatible content.

Here are the video formats supported by various browsers:

+--------------------+----------------------+-------+-----+
|      Browser       |         MP4          | WebM  | Ogg |
+--------------------+----------------------+-------+-----+
| Internet Explorer  | YES                  | NO    | NO  |
| Chrome             | YES                  | YES   | YES |
| Firefox            | YES                  | YES   | YES |
| Safari             | YES                  | NO    | NO  |
| Opera              | YES (from Opera 25)  | YES   | YES |
+--------------------+----------------------+-------+-----+

Solution 2:

I invented an alternative for Npapi windows media player!

My windows program is an extension for all browsers installed on the computer. And it can be very interesting complement any browser functionality. For example I have added to my site (example site, with part of code: http://master255.org/) mpc-hc player with feedback to view any video from the site.

It sounds fantastic? But it works! :-D

Program Code:

https://github.com/master255/Redirector

Download:

http://master255.org/setup/setup.exe

Enjoy!