Thanks Brian, but I had read that page and tried to
implement everything suggested there. Couldn't get
any of it to work. The article describes doing this
on a windows box and I'm on Linux.
<li><a href="C:\Videos\splash.mp4">Splash 3</a>
<li><a href="
file:///C:\Videos\splash.mp4">Splash 4</a>
<li><a href="
file://///server/folders/x/x/splash.mp4">Splash 5</a>
The code I shared in my original question did use
similar syntax to what the article suggests, but
it doesn't work. The closest I got was a result
that showed the following message:
"No video with supported format and MIME type found."
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May 9, 2020 12:41 am, Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> I believe this page has a well worded answer to your question:
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18246053/how-can-i-create-a-link-to-a
> -local-file-on-a-locally-run-web-page/18246357
>
> Brian Cluff
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> On 5/8/20 11:14 PM, Joe Lowder via PLUG-discuss wrote:
>
>> How can I get the simple html menu
>> (example code shown below) work to view mp4 videos
>> from a menu link on my local computer in the same way that I can view
>> jpg images (and when all the same files are uploaded as at this link:
>>
>> https://upquick.com/viewpix/
>>
>> Below is the simple code example:
>>
>> Click to view each image:<p>
>>
>> <li><a href=the-end.jpg>the end</a>
>> <li><a href=todolist.jpg>todo list</a>
>> <li><a href=together.jpg>together</a>
>> <li><a href=toiletpaper.jpg>toilet paper</a>
>> <li><a href=tpweddingdress.jpg>TP wedding dress</a>
>> <li><a href=turkey-bacon.jpg>Turkey Bacon</a>
>> <p>
>> But none of the examples below work on my computer. Why?
>> <li><a href="splash.mp4">Splash 1</a>
>> <li><a href="file:///splash.mp4">Splash 2</a>
>> <li><a href="vlc splash.mp4">On the command line this works: vlc
>> splash.mp4 </a> <p>
>> What would be the simplest code to be able to<br>
>> just click on a menu link to view an mp4 video?
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