[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 67845] New: HTML5-video on Safari: type="video/m4v" not specified

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67845

           Summary: HTML5-video on Safari: type="video/m4v" not specified
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 525.x (Safari 3.2)
          Platform: Macintosh
        OS/Version: Mac OS X 10.7
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Media Elements
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: mail at belleslettres.eu


In Safari (current and past versions, iOs and normal Macs), the file type type="video/m4v" has been forgotten for the video-element in HTML5. The following mark-up doesn't work on Safari:

<video>
<source src="name.m4v" type="video/m4v">
</video>

Even when another video source is quoted, the unknown type will causes the complete breakdown of the video-element. No video will be shown at all. On websites with a flash-fallback for old IE-versions, the the script will probably start.

The attribute type="video/m4v" works fine in the podcast feed syntax for iTunes and is pretty common there. I guess, it has just been forgotten in Safari. Because there as good as no website with native HTML-5-video out there, this problem hasn't been discovered yet. I checked this at an Apple store. The problem is global on Safari on most current devices from Apple. It doesn't occure on Google Chrome which may cause that webdesigners won't discover it.

It can be fixed in the mark-up by changing the file to:
<source src="name.m4v" type="video/mp4">

The filename doesn't have to be altered.

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