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HTML5 video tag for Opera Mini

Question for the video tag, the following code works for every browsers expect opera mini, any ideas why? i don't even see a video frame when i view the page under my iphone and ipad with opera mini.

<!DOCTYPE HTML>

<html>

<h1>Test Page</h1>

<body>

    <video id="movie" width="320" height="240" preload controls>

        <source src="Untitled.m4v" type='video/mp4; codecs="avc1.42E01E, mp4a.40.2"' />

        <source src="iStock_000010231386HD720.ogv" type='video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"'/>

        <source src="Untitled.webm" type='video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"'/>

    </video>

</body>

</html>
Solution

  • Opera Mini isn't a browser in the classic sense:

    From http://www.opera.com/mobile/specs/:

    Opera Mini always uses Opera’s advanced server compression technology to compress web content before it gets to a device. The rendering engine is on Opera’s server.

    Which is why it won't support the video tag.