.htaccess protected HTML5 videos not playing

Question

I have videos in a directory which is protected through .htaccess. I want to deliver the videos by means of the <video> tag.

Here is an example:
protected video

Use test/test to login.

Without the protection the same video plays fine:
unprotected video

I've tried it with the stock browser and also Chrome. I am on a custom 4.0.4 ROM.

Am I the only one experiencing this issue? I couldn't find anything on Android's Bug Tracker.

It doesn't work for me in Firefox on Ubuntu either. I get "no video with supported file format and MIME type found". I don't think this is an Android problem. — Dan Hulme, Nov 17, 2013 at 22:40
Works for me on Firefox 28 on Windows 8. On Chrome on my Phone, it seems to keep loading indefinitely... Same on stock browser (4.1.2). — Matthieu Harlé, Nov 18, 2013 at 14:49

Zeeshan · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-18 13:30:11Z

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Both worked fine for me in Google Chrome.

I am using Mac Book Pro with OS X Maverick and the latest version of Google Chrome. On firefox ( latest version) it displays an error:

No video with supported format and MIME type found.

On safari it keeps loading. See the screen shot please. enter image description here

answered Nov 18, 2013 at 13:30

Zeeshan

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Thanks for your answer, but I was talking about Android. I thought it would be clear. Firefox doesn't support .mp4 h.264 videos yet, except on Windows.
– TheLostOne
Nov 18, 2013 at 14:17
Hello, No problem. I know you are taking about Android, I have just tried to check it in my computer to see if it works in there. I thought it might be a little information to help you with this. : )
– Zeeshan
Nov 18, 2013 at 14:21

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TheLostOne · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-14 18:46:41Z

The bug has been fixed in one of the latest Chrome Beta versions.

------------------- my original answer below --------------------

The problem also persists on Android 4.3 and most probably also with later versions.

I've reported the issue on chromium's bug tracker and it has been confirmed: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=331876

There's also a bug report on the Android's bug tracker for the stock browser: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=43414

I hope this issue will get fixed soon.

This bug is still present. Actually it's present in all Android browsers except Firefox. — user61067, May 20, 2014 at 5:04

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