# Perspective Video Player

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-video-player/76517>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, perspective\
**Created:** [July 18, 2023, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-video-player/76517 "2023-07-18T13:04:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![cmallonee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/cmallonee/32/6416_2.png) [@cmallonee](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cmallonee)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-video-player/76517/7 "2023-07-20T21:06:31Z")

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I asked around and one of my co-workers pointed me to a [forum post](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/video-player-component-woes-perspective-workstation-inadequacy/49577/2) that _I myself_ wrote about this very issue nearly two years ago.

Essentially, .mp4 requires a license _outside of Inductive Automation_ to be purchased and applied to the Gateway through JVM arguments (which thus requires a Gateway restart). The **recommended, free, easy workaround** is to use a non-license-based encoding format.

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