[TW5] HTML Video Tag - 404 with Tiddlywiki/Nodejs

[David B.]

Community,

I've been experimenting with TW5 for a few weeks. I initially started with the single file (i.e., empty.html) Chrome setup and was able to test that all the features I needed worked including playing MP4 video clips using the HTML5 <video> tag as follows:

<video controls>

  <source src="Credits.mp4" type="video/mp4">

  Your browser does not support the <code>video</code> element.

</video>

For actual use I decided to use the Node.js setup. I am able to access/edit my tiddlers from the host PC as well as my laptop running on the same network. However, I am not able to playback any videos. The Chrome console shows GET http://192.168.1.67:8080/Credits.mp4 404 (Not Found).

The Credits.mp4 file exists in the same folder as tiddlywiki.info as well as the tiddlers folder.

Questions

Is this scenario supported by TW5?

If so, any suggestions on why the 404 error?

Thank you,

David

[Jeremy Ruston]

Hi David

I'm afraid TW5 isn't designed to serve static files such as your video. The reason is that can't do so as efficiently and securely as an off-the-shelf web server. You'll need to host the video on a separate web server and then link to it from the TW5 site.

Best wishes

Jeremy.

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[Michele Zaffalon]

Hi David,

This discussion may be relevant for you.

Best,

michele

[David B.]

Thank you for the quick response.

I was able to setup Nginx as a proxy server. The video tag is now working as I had hoped.

Regards,

David