[Resolved] Using .mp4 on Amazon S3

[Cynthia]

First time using GeneratePress that I have occasion to put in .mp4 video from AmazonS3 bucket, which I can see with the Amazon url (it is not a background video) but when I insert it into the “video” block it shows this error: No video with supported format and MIME type found.

The plugins I found on WordPress.org have not been updated in almost a year and/or have low rating. Any help appreciated. I did try the video block and just inserting url.

[Ying]

Hi Cyndi,

Unfortuanly I’m not aware of this issue, so can’t really provide any recommendations.

I did some research and found this article: https://preventdirectaccess.com/how-to-connect-wordpress-to-amazon-s3/

Not sure if the plugin that the articled mentioned works well or if you’ve already tried it though.

Hope it’s somehow helpful 🙂

[Cynthia]

That doesn’t sound like what I need it to do. I need to bring in a url from Amazon S3. I didn’t have this issue before Gutenberg. 🙁

[Ying]

So what are you trying to do?

Just insert the URL of the video to your site?

If so, have you tried using a custom HTML block?

How did you add the video to WP before Gutenberg?

[Cynthia]

I tried the insert url, the video block, will try custom html block. Before Gutenberg just inserted the url via add media/insert url but that won’t work.

[Ying]

You can give this HTML a try:

<video>
  <source src="url-of-the-mp4" type="video/mp4">
</video>

[Cynthia]

Thank you!

[Ying]

No problem 🙂

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