johndyer/mediaelement — Issue #376: IE9 videos fail to load fully
Author: kimberley-johnston
Created: 2012-01-31 21:19:13+00:00
State: open

Hi,
I am using the Wordpress plugin version of mediaelement.js and it is fantastic! However, we have just discovered that when using IE9 (Win 7 and Vista) that video files were failing to fully load in the player. I have tried updating the plugin and downgrading the plugin to see if that would change the functionality at all, this hasn't work.

Interesting, when I view your website http://mediaelementjs.com on IE9 Win7 I experience the same issue with the video shown at the top of the page - the player reports that the file is 44 seconds long, but only loads as far as 17 seconds. Once 17 seconds is reached the video stops and goes back to the start again. The amount of loading on the video file seems to vary with the size of the file - ie when trying to load a 389MB file that should play for 45min, you are shown the first 10seconds.

The workarounds we have found so far are to a) change browsers or b) use F12 Developer Tools in IE and change to either IE8 browser mode or IE9 Compatibility View.

Let me know what other information you need provided and I will try to help,

Many thanks!