# Displaying webm files in Perspective? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** perspective\ **Created:** [April 1, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/displaying-webm-files-in-perspective/57944 "2022-04-01T17:48:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ericmoulton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e57/32.png) [@ericmoulton](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ericmoulton)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/displaying-webm-files-in-perspective/57944/1 "2022-04-01T17:48:52Z")
We are building a library of webm format training videos and we need a way to display them in Perspective. We don’t want to upload them to a third party site (like youtube) if possible. I have tried several things but it seems like using the Video Player and WebDev module would be the right answer but I can’t figure out how to get a video from the WebDev mounted folder into the Video Player component. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/displaying-webm-files-in-perspective/57944/2 "2022-04-01T18:02:24Z")
> [@ericmoulton](#): > > I have tried several things but it seems like using the Video Player and WebDev module would be the right answer but I can’t figure out how to get a video from the WebDev mounted folder into the Video Player component. What have you tried? Feeding the URL of a hosted video into the video player's "source" property should be all that is needed. ---
**Author:** ![ericmoulton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e57/32.png) [@ericmoulton](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ericmoulton)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/displaying-webm-files-in-perspective/57944/3 "2022-04-01T18:40:30Z")
For Video Player, I’ve tried with both mpg and webm formats: /system/webdev/Training/Training/OGScaleShakerSensorProblem.mpg (that is right-click on mounted folder under WebDev, ‘Copy Mounted Path’) + ‘/filename’ I also tried /Training/OGScaleShakerSensorProblem.mpg (that is right-click on mounted folder under WebDev, ‘Copy Path’) + ‘/filename’ Also tried “http://[our-gateway-name]:8088/system/webdev/Training/Training/OGScaleShakerSensorProblem.mpg” since the mounted folder (called “Training”) is in the project called “Training” All of the above permutations give the same error (Error Loading Media: File not valid) I also tried uploading to Youtube and using an iframe with the link: “[- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vidID)” and I just a moment ago figured out that there is a special Youtube link for embedding (“[YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/embed/vidID)”) and that works with the iframe, but again, we really don’t want to use Youtube. ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/displaying-webm-files-in-perspective/57944/4 "2022-04-01T18:51:31Z")
I don’t know, it worked perfectly well for me using a test .webm file from [here](https://www.webmfiles.org/demo-files/) and a mounted resource folder. If you just put the WebDev URL to one of your videos straight into the browser what happens? ---
**Author:** ![ericmoulton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e57/32.png) [@ericmoulton](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ericmoulton)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/displaying-webm-files-in-perspective/57944/5 "2022-04-01T19:01:29Z")
It works. 🙂 I was using the trial license of WebDev and even though I restarted it after the most recent timeout, and even though it said “Running” on the gateway status, I had to save my project again before the resource became available via web browser. It was just showing File not Found. Then mpg file downloaded when I typed the link into a browser. But then it still didn’t work in the Video Player component inside the Designer. It still gave the same File not valid error. It turns out that was a problem with the mpg codec I guess. I moved the webm back into that directory and pointed the Video Player at it and now it works. So the answer was: If using the WebDev on trial, save project again after restarting module. And don’t use mpg, use webm for Perspective VideoPlayer. Thanks!!