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Explorer
Oct 4, 2021 5:41 PM UTC
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Bug with MP4 Sharing

Hello all,

We have stumbled across a bug with MP4 video sharing. Some videos, inexplicably, refuse to work with this feature.

For instance, here is a link to one video that works great. And here is another video that does not. Instead of showing, it just displays a black screen in Zoom. Both videos can however be opened with any other video player; they are simply a 1-second video containing an image.

How would we go about fixing this issue?

Explorer
Nov 2, 2021 6:16 PM UTC

If ever anyone finds this and is interested, Zoom support has confirmed to us that this is actually a bug, and that a fix should be released sometime this month.

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Rupert
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Partner
Oct 4, 2021 8:12 PM UTC

Hi @MontrealRussian 

 

Your two videos are different resolutions and bitrates. Maybe that has something to do with it?  Not sure.

 

 

 

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Explorer
Oct 4, 2021 8:29 PM UTC

Agreed @Rupert ; although the support docs claim that Zoom downscales the videos if necessary, so I wonder if there's a hidden maximum bitrate or something like that that isn't mentioned anywhere

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Explorer
Nov 2, 2021 6:16 PM UTC

If ever anyone finds this and is interested, Zoom support has confirmed to us that this is actually a bug, and that a fix should be released sometime this month.

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