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How to play video in HTML page

I am trying to play a mp4 video on my HTML page, I have searched the web and found that in HTML5 I can do this with video tag like this below
<video width="320" height="240" autoplay>
<source src="movie.mp4" type="video/mp4">
</video>
Issue I am facing
My main issue is my video is stored in my local computer in some location, So how can I call that from that path
In my system it is located in D drive so I want to call it from there
I am new to this so I don't know if I am doing it the right way; is my approach correct?
My requirement is to auto-play video on my web page
I am doing like this
<video width="320" height="240" autoplay>
<source src="D:\Video\samplevideo.mp4" type="video/mp4">
</video>
D:\Video\samplevideo.mp4 is the path of my file and samplevideo.mp4 is the name of the video
On Chrome it show error Not allowed to load local resource: file:///D:/Video/samplevideo.mp4
And on Firefox All candidate resources failed to load. Media load paused.
Edit
My main focus is to play video on webpage.
I need to play a video on the web (HTML page) when page is loaded I have that video in my system at D:\Video\samplevideo.mp4 this path, how can I play that video when page is loaded.

Try this Code
<video muted autoplay loop class="video video js-video" id="hero-vid" poster="video/desktop-screen-banner.png">
<source src="video/movie.webm" type="video/webm">
<source src="video/movie.mp4" type="video/mp4">
<source src="video/movie.ogg" type="video/ogg">
</video>

I can give you some pieces of advice.First,you can use the absolute path about video,place the video file on the server,then you can get a path such as www.xxx.com/movie.mp4,and you can write the code on your HTML page,like this:
<video width="320" height="240" autoplay>
<source src="www.xxx.com/movie.mp4" type="video/mp4">
Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video>
Second,you can place your video file on the directory as same as the HTML page location.For example,if your HTML page in the directory which called test.you can create a directory which called src,and you can write the code on your HTML page,like this:
<video width="320" height="240" autoplay>
<source src="./src/movie.mp4" type="video/mp4">
Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video>
Third,you can use the input tag to upload the local video file,the HTML code as below:
<input type="file" id="myInput"/>
<video controls autoplay></video>
the js code as below:
var input = document.getElementById('myInput'),
video = document.getElementById('myVideo');
input.onchange = function () {
var file = this.files[0];
var url = URL.createObjectURL(file);
video.innerHTML = '<source src="' + url + '" type="video/mp4">';
}
Fourth,use the object tag.you can write the code,like this:
//the HTML code
<div id="playhere"></div>
//js code
function play(fn){
var str='<object id="MediaPlayer" height="300" classid="CLSID:6BF52A52-394A-11D3-B153-00C04F79FAA6" style="width:70%"><param name="URL" value=\''+fn+'\'\/><param name="autoStart" value="1"\/><param name="balance" value="0"\/><param name="baseURL" value=""\/><param name="currentPosition" value="0"\/><param name="currentMarker" value="0"\/><param name="defaultFrame" value=""\/><param name="enabled" value="1"\/><param name="enableErrorDialogs" value="0"\/><param name="enableContextMenu" value="0"\/><param name="fullScreen" value="0"\/><param name="invokeURLs" value="1"\/><param name="mute" value="0"\/><param name="playCount" value="1"\/><param name="rate" value="1"\/><param name="stretchToFit" value="0"\/><param name="uiMode" value="full"\/><param name="volume" value="100"\/><param name="windowlessVideo" value="1"\/><\/object>';
document.getElementById('playhere').innerHTML=str;
}
// that's your video file location
play('D:\\Video\\samplevideo.mp4')
but that way isn't supported on chrome browser.
Excuse me,I'm new to speak English.

Can you try this
<video width="320" height="240" controls>
<source src="movie.mp4" type="video/mp4">
<source src="movie.ogg" type="video/ogg">
Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video>
Also follow this link for more info.
http://mrbool.com/how-to-add-and-play-videos-in-html/26171

For the very basics of getting this working move D:/Video/samplevideo.mp4 to the same location as your html file.
Then change your code to:
<video width="320" height="240" autoplay>
<source src="samplevideo.mp4" type="video/mp4">
</video>
Make sure Tomcat is set up to server the .mp4 mimetype or extention.
Next you should read up on how paths work in HTML.

you need to put an alternative text like this to check of your browser or smartphone supports video autoplay.
like this:
<video width="320" height="240" autoplay>
<source src="movie.mp4" type="video/mp4">
Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video>
```

Is there a limit on mobile html video playsinline?

I can't play a video on iPhone 5 with this code :
<video preload="auto" playsinline muted autoplay="false">
<source src="videos/film-1080.mp4" type="video/mp4">
<source src="videos/film-1080.webm" type="video/webm">
</video>
Is there a limit on mobile html video playsinline ?
Size ? Width/height ? Weight ?
Thank you for your help !

See here, iOS Safari does not support webm. This could be your issue.

IOS Cordova/Phonegap offline video source tag not working

On IOS When I download some video using cordova filetransfer plugin it doesn't plays(absolute url like: file:///var/mobile../videos/1.mp4), however when I wrap the video into the app it works(relative url like: "videos/1.mp4").
On android both works.
Script:
var fileTransfer = new FileTransfer();
var uri = encodeURI("http://some.server.com/download.php");
fileTransfer.download(
uri,
fileURL,
function(entry) {
generateMarkup(entry);
},
function(error) {
handleError(error);
},
);
The generateMarkup() function creates the markup as it recommends by w3c http://www.w3schools.com/html/html5_video.asp
<video width="320" height="240" controls>
<source src="file:///var/mobile/.../movie.mp4" type="video/mp4">
<source src="file:///var/mobile/.../movie.ogg" type="video/ogg">
Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video>
I have written helpers to print out all the files stored inside the app sandbox, so the files are there, the path is correct, but it doesn't play.

After two days of digging found this page: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-6051
what helped to figure out that iOS 7.x? can't handle local absolute path in the source element. (Mine: iOS 7.0.4) It just gives a play icon crossed with a line.
This is not working:
<video width="320" height="240" controls>
<source src="file:///var/mobile/.../movie.mp4" type="video/mp4">
<source src="file:///var/mobile/.../movie.ogg" type="video/ogg">
Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video>
However this one works finally...
<video width="320" height="240" src="file:///var/mobile/.../movie.mp4" controls>
Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video>
Hope it helps someone.

Play html video when its in viewport, pause on leave viewport

I'm trying to play my video as soon as it's in the viewport and when it's not in the viewport anymore it's supposed to pause.
I've tried this so far:
HTML code:
<video id="video" width="320" height="240" controls>
<source src="http://clips.vorwaerts-gmbh.de/big_buck_bunny.mp4" type="video/mp4">
<source src="http://clips.vorwaerts-gmbh.de/big_buck_bunny.ogv" type="video/ogg">
Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video><br>
<video width="320" height="240" controls>
<source src="http://clips.vorwaerts-gmbh.de/big_buck_bunny.mp4" type="video/mp4">
<source src="http://clips.vorwaerts-gmbh.de/big_buck_bunny.ogv" type="video/ogg">
Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video>
jQuery code:
$("#video:in-viewport").play();
$(window).scroll(function(){
$("#video:in-viewport").play();
});
I'm using this plugin for the in-viewport check
http://www.appelsiini.net/projects/viewport
This is my jsfiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/hytpm3xe/2/
Does anyone have an idea how to get this working correctly?
Thanks!

Two issues:
1) You want to refer to the tag, not the id, so no "#"…
$("video:in-viewport")
2) To use the video API, you have to use the DOM object, not jQuery object, so the final call would look something like…
$("video:in-viewport")[0].play();

Flash fallback not working in case HTML video is not supported

I am using HTML video with flash fallback on my site but the flash doesnt seem to work in case HTML video is not supported. Do I need to include any javascript file to make this work ?
<video width="800" height="400" preload=""
onloadeddata="document.getElementById('videoLoadImg').style.display = 'none';"
poster="/admin/config/header_files/top.jpg" autoplay="">
<source src="/admin/config/header_files/top.mp4" type='video/mp4;' />
<source src="/admin/config/header_files/top.webm" type='video/webm;
codecs="vp8, vorbis"' />
<source src="/admin/config/header_files/top.ogv" type='video/ogg;
codecs="theora, vorbis"' />
<embed src='/admin/config/header_files/top.swf'
type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='800' height='400'
allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='false'></embed>
<img src='/admin/config/header_files/cake.jpg' />
</video>
The HTML video is not working on my iMac with Safari 5.0.6.

Could it be the video is not auto played? because when I open WebKit Inspector and try
document.querySelector('video').play()
and it works. This case you could the code above to jQuery DOMReady, or add the autoplay attribute like this:
<video autobuffer autoplay>
FYI: I have Safari 5.1.2, however I believe Safari has support for HTML5 video around 4.0.