Title: selfhosted video
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# selfhosted video

 *  Resolved [A Bakker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a-bakker/)
 * (@a-bakker)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/selfhosted-video/)
 * Hi folks,
    how can I play a selfhosted video (.mov or .mp4) on my website. For
   copyright reasons it cannot be played on You-Tube or Vimeo.. I ‘ve been been 
   trying several plugin’s. VipersVQ works very slow with .mov and not with .mp4.
   Others play only sound and no video. Does someone know what to do?
 * [http://www.alicewbakker.nl](http://www.alicewbakker.nl)
 * thanks, Alice

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 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/selfhosted-video/#post-4204588)
 * Try another plugin?
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=video+player](http://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=video+player)
 *  Thread Starter [A Bakker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a-bakker/)
 * (@a-bakker)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/selfhosted-video/#post-4204685)
 * Thanks, but I ‘ve tried several. And untill now none is working and couldn’t 
   figger out why. Maybe it’s very simple. Maybe I’m using them wrong, or maybe 
   they don’t work at all for the thing I’m looking for. Have you a suggestion for
   a player for self hosted video’s?
 * kind regards, Alice
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/selfhosted-video/#post-4204686)
 * Have you tested any on an unmodified default theme?
 * What’s not working?
 * Does your hosting allow you to upload/host videos?
 * Have you asked on any of the plugin’s forums when you are having trouble making
   them work?
 *  Thread Starter [A Bakker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a-bakker/)
 * (@a-bakker)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/selfhosted-video/#post-4204688)
 * My theme is 2012 and I’m using a child theme only for lay-out esp. fonds.
 * the video’s/player don’t show up, or only sound or want to load the whole video
   first instead of loading while playing
 * My host allows me to upload video’s and for uploading I use FTP and used Add 
   From Server to get them in the M-library.
    The file’s I tried are .mov or .mp4.
 * I’ve looked at forums for answers. But as I’m self-taught I don’t know how to
   formulate the question.
    Easy Video Player should be the one, followed the instuctions
   but nothing showed up. Video Embed & Thumbnail Generator does show the player
   but plays only sound. Maybe that have something to do with ffmpeg missing?
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/selfhosted-video/#post-4204722)
 * The place to ask would be on the support forum for that plugin:
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-video-player/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-video-player/)
 * But it doesn’t look like the developer is very responsive, so you may be better
   off trying another plugin. Support for any plugin is on the plugin’s own dedicated
   forum, so that would be the best place to ask if you’re having problems using
   one.
 *  Thread Starter [A Bakker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a-bakker/)
 * (@a-bakker)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/selfhosted-video/#post-4204723)
 * Thank you, yogi, I’ll try.

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 * [mp4](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/mp4/)

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 * Last reply from: [A Bakker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a-bakker/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/selfhosted-video/#post-4204723)
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