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Video Background is not working when in production

Hi, I’ve used the Zerocode Background Video Plugin on my site and it works fine on multiple browsers in preview mode, but when I deploy to production it doesn’t show the vide, instead it’s maroon/dark brown color. Just keen to get this working

Hello @chris5, thank you for your message, and thanks for using our plugin :slightly_smiling_face:

Sorry to hear about the issue you got with our Background Video plugin. I would like to help with fixing the issue from your side. In order to clearly understand what might cause the issue, I would like to ask you to share more details about your case.
It would be best to (1) make a screen record of your screen with the related plugin settings from your Design/Workflow tab. Afterward, (2) please ‘preview’ the page so I can see that the plugin works in test mode. (3) Deploy your current version to Live and load the page so I can see how the plugin element will behave eventually.

Waiting for your reply.
Have a good weekend ahead!

No worries, here are some screenshots, please let me know if you still need a video recording?




Hi @cthomasideas,

It would be great if you will send a screencast with the Background Video plugin behavior when in Development mode, then deploy the website and show how the plugin behaves afterward.
As well, please send me the link to both the live and test versions of your website so we can check it from our side.

Waiting for your reply :slightly_smiling_face:

No worries Greg:

Screencast 2021-11-09_05-48-43
Test version: dealplay.io
Live version: https://dealplay.io/

@chris5, thanks for sharing the screencast and the websites.
I will check the issue with our Developers team, to see what might be the cause of such a strange behaviour. I will get back once there will be an update.

Thank you for your patience.

Hi Greg, just checking to see if you had an update?

Hello @cthomasideas, thank you for your patience :slight_smile:

Please let me know if you have in your live version of the database the same ‘BackgroundVideos’ data, same as on the test version? It was not shown on your screencast so I have to clarify this point as the plugin has to have the datasource to display on the live (from the database) as well
.

Waiting for your reply.

Hi Greg, the Videos weren’t updated in the live version, I’ve now updated these and its working on desktop, however the videos still aren’t working on mobile. I’ve tried Chrome and Safari Browsers/

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Hi @cthomasideas, thanks for the update.
I will check the issue with the team and get back to you with an update soon.

Thank you for your patience.

Thank you Greg, looking forward to your response

Hi @chris5, hope this message finds you well.

Unfortunately, devices on iOS will not play any videos except the ones with .mp4 format.
Please make sure that you are using this format when checking the plugin on your side.
After some tests on our side, we can see that the video is played on Android devices. Please upload the videos in.mp4 format and test them for yourself.

Let me know if you sorted it out, or if there is anything else I can assist you with.
Have a nice day!