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html5-video-play-file-blob.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<video></video>
<br/>
<input type="file" name="file" id="fileItem" onchange="onChange()" >
<input type="submit" value="Play">
</form>
<script type="text/javascript">
var URL = window.URL || window.webkitURL;
var video = document.getElementsByTagName('video')[0];
function onChange() {
var fileItem = document.getElementById('fileItem');
var files = fileItem.files;
var file = files[0];
var url = URL.createObjectURL(file);
video.src = url;
video.load();
video.onloadeddata = function() {
video.play();
}
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
@viktorzee
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How did you go about it, the video isn't playing on my end

@studiorebelrebel
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fetch('./21745_2160p.mp4')
.then(res => res.blob()) // Gets the response and returns it as a blob
.then(blob => {
console.log(blob)
document.querySelector('#myvideo').src = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
});

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