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I have a mp4 that I would like to play in Chrome. The mp4 is stored on s3 and has a url like http://bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/vid.mp4
Now when I put that url into Chrome 27.0.1453.94 the video plays. When I open a second tab and put the url in, the video doesn't play. Then if I close the first tab, the second tab video immediately beings to play. I can open an incognito mode browser and get the video to play.
I'm pretty stumped as to what is causing this. Any ideas or suggestions? This is part of a larger web app is how I detected the problem.
I'm using Windows 8.
EDIT: here is a link where the issue is reproducible with http://www.tools4movies.com/dvd_catalyst_profile_samples/The%20Amazing%20Spiderman%20bionic.mp4
Alexis K
Posted 2013-05-28T19:50:39.950
Reputation: 265
Do both play if you open different MP4 videos in each tab? What about when you use other video formats? Which OS? – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2013-05-28T19:54:01.970
Since this file is stored on a server in that manner, is there any possibility that the file is being opened with R/W permissions which would lock the file for "editing"? – Will.Beninger – 2013-05-28T19:54:41.980
@techie007 if I open different videos in different tabs, both play. Windows 8 – Alexis K – 2013-05-28T19:56:58.280
@Will.Beninger I don't think s3 allows for that – Alexis K – 2013-05-28T19:57:17.187
What about when you use other video formats? What about other browsers? – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2013-05-28T20:03:15.120
If you use two different browsers (on the same computer), can you open the same video twice? – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2013-05-28T20:03:41.013
@techie007 same problem with .ogg – Alexis K – 2013-05-28T20:10:05.733
@techie007 also I added a link to an mp4 in question. Is it reproducible for you? – Alexis K – 2013-05-28T20:10:31.363
Yup, Chrome (same version) on Windows 7 64-bit here does the exact same thing. This may be worth submitting as a bug to Google.
– Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2013-05-28T20:54:22.433