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What file types are supported for streaming over Weblink 9?

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Updated March 9, 2015

asked on March 9, 2015

This morning we did some testing to look at what file types are supported for streaming video and audio over Weblink 9. We found that mp3 audio and mp4 video stream great. avi and wmv do not stream and go straight to direct download. We tested all of these in the latest IE, Firefox and Chrome.

Is there an official list of supported file types?

Furthermore, is this a server-side limitation, or unique to the end user's browser's capabilities?

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replied on March 9, 2015

Supported formats

Format	IE9+	Firefox	Chrome	Safari (Windows)	Safari (iOS)	Safari (OSX)	Opera 25+
H.264/MP4	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
WebM	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
ogg	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
ogv	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
mp3	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
wav	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
opus	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
oga	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes

This table should be a good indicator of which file types we allow streaming for by default, and which browsers support them.

Note: Some browsers may need to have WebLink be a trusted site before it allows media streaming at all.

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replied on March 9, 2015

We don't have a list of officially supported extensions yet, but you can add additional file extensions to WebLink 9's web.config file. It's located in the <media> <extensions> tag.

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replied on March 9, 2015 • Show version history

I assume that adding extensions to that file will cause Weblink to try and stream them - but results may vary?

If so, we can all use this thread to add additional known working file types as we test them.

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replied on March 9, 2015

Correct

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What file types are supported for streaming over Weblink 9?

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Supported formats

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