use html5 video (localhost) with SimpleHTTPServer

Question

I use google io slide deck, and works fine until I added a link to a video. I have a 11MB video file, which I included in the slide as

<video src="video/out/report.mp4"  height="600" controls>

When run the server (server.sh - $open http://localhost:$port/index.html && python -m SimpleHTTPServer $port;), it stucks where the video.

1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa - - [11/Mar/2013 07:56:18] "GET /images/task.png HTTP/1.1" 200 -
1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa - - [11/Mar/2013 07:56:18] "GET /images/receive/external.png HTTP/1.1" 200 -
1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa - - [11/Mar/2013 07:56:18] "GET /video/out/report.mp4 HTTP/1.1" 200 -

there is no activity after the last line. But when open the index.html directly (without a webserver, just double click the file and open in browser), the video loads.

Anything wrong with the video tag url that it prevents loading when run with webserver?

Thanks.

Answer 1

I saw require.js error aswell, which lead to What is a faster alternative to Python's http.server (or SimpleHTTPServer)?

Using node.js server instead worked great.