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React video element is not working properly


I am trying to put video background on my site but when I put video tag to my react script it start endlessly loading on Firefox and when I try it on chrome it shows the video at 0 seconds I've tried .mp4 and .mov formats without success.

import React, { Component } from "react";
import "./App.css";
import LogginScreen from "./components2/LogginScreen";

class App extends Component {
  render() {
    return (
      <div>
        <LogginScreen></LogginScreen>
        <video controls autoPlay loop muted>
          <source src="hd1992.mov" type="video/mov"></source>
        </video>
      </div>
    );
  }
}
export default App;

Solution

  • This is related both to the video file type .mov and the way you import your video.

    Try to change your type attribute to type="video/mp4" even though it's a .mov and import your video like below:

    import React, { Component } from "react";
    import "./App.css";
    import LogginScreen from "./components2/LogginScreen";
    import myVideo from "./hd1992.mov";
    
    class App extends Component {
      render() {
        return (
          <div>
            <LogginScreen></LogginScreen>
            <video controls autoPlay loop muted>
              <source src={myVideo} type="video/mp4"></source>
            </video>
          </div>
        );
      }
    }
    
    export default App;
    
    

    Here is a working example.

    I hope this solves your issue.