How If Browser cannot Recognize Any Video Format?

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How If Browser cannot Recognize Any Video Format?

1 December 2021 Ashley S. Miller Specialist of Customer Service Dept.

Summary
We usually use the browser to watch online videos, or upload the videos to the browser. However, we may meet with the situation that the browser cannot recognize any video format because the video format is not available in the browser. How to solve the problem? In this essay, we will tell you how to do.

Content

Part 1: Introduction of H.264 Video Format

Part 2: Video Formats Supported by Most of Browsers

Part 3: How If Browser cannot Recognize Any Video Format

Part 4: How to Play Video with Unavailable Format

1. Video Saved in PC
2. Online Video

Part 1: Introduction of H.264 Video Format

There is no standard of video format used in browser. However, most of the browsers support the H.264 video format.

H.264 video format is the highly compressed video encoding standard put forward by JVT (Joint Video Team) jointly combined with VCEG and MPEG. The H.264 format offers Network Abstraction Layer which can make the H.264 file to be easily transferred online, such as the Internet and CDMA. Although the format is free and tiny, it can provides the continuous, fluent and high-quality images. Therefore, the H.264 video format is the common video format used in the browsers.

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Part 2: Video Formats Supported by Most of Browsers

Many people want to upload the video online through the browsers. However, they don’t know the formats supported by the browsers. From the following table, we will understand the video formats supported by the specific browsers.

Browser	Version	Supported formats
Internet Explorer	9.0+	MP4
Chrome	6.0+	MP4，WebM，Ogg
Firefox	3.6 +	WebM，Ogg
Safari	5.0+	MP4
Opera	10.0+	WebM，Ogg

How if your browser cannot recognize any video format? Based on the table, we can use the professional software to convert the video to the available video formats. Let’s see the next part together.

Part 3: How If Browser cannot Recognize Any Video Format

When the browser cannot recognize any video format, you can follow these steps to solve the problem.

1. Turn on IE browse and click at the setting icon at the upper right corner.

2. Select [Advanced].

3. Toggle on the option under [Adobe Flash].

Note: Refresh the page after changing the setting. If the browser still cannot recognize any video format, you should check if the website gets wrong.

Part 4: How to Play Video with Unavailable Format

Usually, we upload the video online and play in the browser, or we play the online video. How if the browser cannot recognize any video format in these situations? We put forward the feasible solutions in the followings.

1. Video Saved in PC

If the video format is not supported by the browser, we can use the professional software to convert the video format. Next, we will show you how to convert video format with Renee Video Editor Pro.

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Step 1: Open Renee Video Editor Pro. Get into [Video Toolbox].

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Step 2: Click on [Add Files].

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Step 3: Select MP4 as the output format and then set an output folder.

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Step 4: Finally, click on [Start] to convert the video format.

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2. Online Video

Sometimes, a video cannot be played because the video format is not available in the browser. In this situation, we can download and save the video to the local folder. Besides, the downloaded video can be edited with Renee Video Editor Pro. Here are the steps.

First, we will show you how to download the online video.

Open Google Chrome and then install the plug-in Video Downloader. Then, follow the prompts to download the video.

After downloading the video, open Renee Video Editor Pro and get into [Video Toolbox].

Click on [Add Files] to select the video.

Click on [Cut] to cut the video.

After that, click on [OK] and continue to click on [Effect]. Add the desired effects.

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