How do I insert movie? Absolute path to local folder

thilliard

I need to add a mp4 file. How do I do this? This is what I wrote:

<source src="Video/Dig 1 mp4.mp4" type="video/mp4">

But it isn't working. It shows up blank, although that is the path to the video I want.

Cakebread

Are you testing it in your twine editor or are you exporting it out to an HTML file and testing it from that?

greyelf

That is assuming that your actual HTML looks at least something like the following:

<video>
<source src="Video/Dig 1 mp4.mp4" type="video/mp4">
</video>

note: I would strongly suggest replacing the space characters in your mp4 file name with either underscores or minus signs, because you can run into issues with spaces. It is also a good idea not to use mix-casing in folder and path names because some operating systems are case-sensitive.

<video>
<source src="video/dig-1-mp4.mp4" type="video/mp4">
</video>

<video>
<source src="video/dig_1_mp4.mp4" type="video/mp4">
</video>

thilliard

I'm testing it online

thilliard

@greyelf I actually just tried the code, it worked but my video is appear as a still image. Is there a way to get it to auto-play?

TheMadExile

You want the autoplay attribute. For example:

<video autoplay>
<source src="video/dig-1-mp4.mp4" type="video/mp4">
Apologies.  Your browser does not support this video.
</video>