arrow_back How can I stop my browser from playing a video on a page?

Question

Good afternoon!

How can I prevent certain web pages from playing .mp4 files with the built-in browser features, and play them with the built-in Windows 7 player?

I make an index.html file with the video collection from the computer disk, create a link like: <a href="file:///D:/file.mp4">File</a> But Google Chrome opens the file directly in the browser, and I need to open it with the regular player.

Thank you!

Comments

chrome native messaging, then a plugin that launches the local player and passes it the url, the player should support link playback and the network speed should be higher than the video bitrate.

or make your web server a streaming broadcaster with rtmp or hls and watch directly with your browser.

Answer 1

https://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_a_download.asp

Comments

Hello!

It downloads in this way, but the file is already on the disk of the computer, why download it? I need, on this page, just prohibit playback of .mp4 files.

Answer 2

The standard player is not a browser and cannot play files on a web page.