oology

In the end, I solved this by re-encoding the video using different settings. Turns out that the iPhone is very particular about the encoding.

It would have been helpful if the MediaElement documentation had mentioned that encoding makes a difference to compatibility — the current documentation suggests that ANY H.264 file will work on ALL of the devices and browsers shown on the plugin homepage.

What problems are you having?

TBH if you’re having audio problems with 3.6, then it doesn’t sound like a good idea for me to upgrade in order to solve the video problem in case it introduces an audio problem. O_O

Prior to trying MediaElement, I tried the code suggested at w3schools.com for providing fallback embedded formats, but found that WordPress removes that code upon saving (as I described in my first post here: link).

So I’m stumped as to what to do next.

I noticed today on the https://mediaelementjs.com/ site that it states of h.264 files that:

the drawback is that h.264 is not fully open and only works in IE9 and Safari under HTML5

Now my file is indeed an h.264 file, but according to the “browser and device support” table on the same page, it appears to be one of the most widely compatible formats. So presumably it should still play in Safari under iOS, even in HTML5 mode?

Again: is there any way to get assistance with this issue, please?

I’d really like to resolve this. Should I be posting elsewhere for a faster response?

Will the version of MediaElement in WP 3.6 core have improved compatibility with iPhones?

Any info would be appreciated.

Hmm, it seems that whereas the hand-coded HTML5 audio players will scale to the width of the screen, the MediaElement.js ones won’t.

Does anyone know if MediaElement players will be “fluid” for different screen sizes when the plugin is rolled into WordPress core?

Thank you. Plugin installed and working well.