I have a repository on github:
https://github.com/springer-math/Mathematics-of-Epidemics-on-Networks
Within it there is a file
docs/SIR_2dgrid.mp4
which contains an animation I want to appear in the documentation at readthedocs (specifically at this page: http://epidemicsonnetworks.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Simulation_Investigation.html) Additionally, there is a file
docs/Simulation_Investigation.rst
which codes that page and tries to refer to that mp4. I've tried lots of variants (attempting to replication instructions at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sphinx-users/_z00m3zoRAY/Ryx4D5sxgtcJ), but no luck. The only way I can get the mp4 to appear on the desired readthedocs page is to link to the mp4 on github (but it's got a bit of a delay loading, and isn't perfect).
I cannot seem to get readthedocs to copy over the mp4 into a directory where I can make a relative link to it.
Is there a way to get readthedocs to copy over that file to a place I can link to?
Alternatively, is there another way to embed video in readthedocs short of putting that mp4 up on another website?
Place static files (your .mp4) in a subdirectory named _static.
Then in your conf.py, set the value of html_static_path to that subdirectory.
html_static_path = '_static'
The static assets will be copied when the docs are built.