Django runserver - can't serve video files

Question

When running Django in local mode using the runserver command video files are not loaded in the browser properly. I get the error

An error occurred trying to load the resource.

All other static files serve fine such as images, javascript and css.

Also note if I serve the videos from nginx or apache they load fine in the browser. — turbotux, Feb 10 '17 at 22:43
Update - video files are served properly to internet explorer browser and Firefox, just not safari or chrome — turbotux, Feb 11 '17 at 03:39
Does this mean, that video works on chrome and safari in production? — Sardorbek Imomaliev, Feb 20 '17 at 09:36
Yes that is correct, the problem only appears when running the run server command. — turbotux, Feb 20 '17 at 23:21

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 21 '17 at 19:20

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I have found the answer finally, Django's runserver does not support byte range requests. See this thread:

And this ticket:

answered Feb 21 '17 at 19:20

turbotux

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 10 '17 at 22:59

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Try running

python manage.py collectstatic

Of course you must have STATIC_ROOT and STATICFILES_DIRS set properly in your settings file.

answered Feb 10 '17 at 22:59

doggra

yes static files are configured correctly, this appears to be a problem specifically with video files. – turbotux Feb 10 '17 at 23:05
@turbotux Could you provide template code responsible for displaying video on the page? – doggra Feb 10 '17 at 23:25
Your browser does not support the video element. – turbotux Feb 11 '17 at 03:33

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