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Video Streaming

LiteSpeed Web Server supports streaming for .mp4 and .f4v video files with random seek.

Setup

To enable this feature, make sure that files with suffixes .mp4 or .f4v have a MIME type of video/mp4.

The MIME settings file is located under /path\_to\_lsws/conf/mime.properties, or you can update the setting in the WebAdmin Console:

Navigate to Server > General > MIME Settings.

If you cannot find an entry for the mp4 or f4v suffixes, you can add them by clicking the Add button at the top right of the page and entering the following information:

Suffix: f4v,mp4
Mime Type: video/mp4

Testing

There are two very simple methods of testing this out:

  1. Viewing your video file directly
  2. Embedding your video in a page

Viewing your video file directly

  • Place your video file (video.mp4 in this example) in your site's document root.
  • In your browser's address bar, enter https://example.com/video.mp4 (Your IP address or localhost should work here as well).

If everything is working correctly, your video should be displayed and able to play.

Embedding your video in a page

  • Place your video file (video.mp4 in this example) in your site's document root.
  • Open the HTML file of the page where you would like to insert the video.
  • Insert the following code into the appropriate area of the HTML file:
<video width="320" height="240" controls>
  <source src="video.mp4" type="video/mp4"> 
</video>

The video should now appear on the associated web page of your site, and you can play it from there. For more Information on embedding MP4 videos using HTML as well as some more options available with this method, visit w3schools.com.