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Nextcloud version (eg, 12.0.2): 15.02
Operating system and version (eg, Ubuntu 17.04): Ubuntu 18.04.1 virtualized on Windows server 2016
Apache or nginx version (eg, Apache 2.4.25): nginx 1.14.0
PHP version (eg, 7.1): php 7.2.14

The issue you are facing:
When attempting to view a .mp4 file in a desktop browser I receive the following error: The video could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported. This occurs for files over 400 MB.

Is this the first time you’ve seen this error? (Y/N): N

Steps to replicate it:

  1. open nextcloud in different browsers result the same.
  2. same thing occurs on the mobile version

The output of your Nextcloud log in Admin > Logging:

[PHP] Error: fseek(): stream does not support seeking at /var/www/nextcloud/apps/files_external/3rdparty/icewind/streams/src/Wrapper.php#82

GET /remote.php/webdav/DaCrew/Video/2014_10%20-%20DaCrew%20Ocho%20Rios/MAH00033.MP4
from ***.***.***.*** by claymca at 2019-01-23T05:04:46+00:00

The output of your config.php file in /path/to/nextcloud (make sure you remove any identifiable information!):

<?php
$CONFIG = array (
  'instanceid' => 'occu4tz5yj3a',
  'passwordsalt' => 'asbLuxzDlx2Cb++WEdT3Ydr/cqu9fR',
  'secret' => 'pALRjVx8gyDBr73g4rOIC4viLpGeGs3sDTCpzvBtr4H3inHh',
  'trusted_domains' =>
  array (
    0 => 'localhost',
    1 => 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx',
    2 => '*******.ddns.net',
  ),
  'datadirectory' => '/var/www/nextcloud/data',
  'dbtype' => 'mysql',
  'version' => '15.0.2.0',
  'overwrite.cli.url' => 'http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx',
  'dbname' => 'nextcloud_db',
  'dbhost' => 'localhost',
  'dbport' => '',
  'dbtableprefix' => 'oc_',
  'mysql.utf8mb4' => true,
  'dbuser' => 'xxxxxxxxxx',
  'dbpassword' => xxxxxxxxxxxxx',
  'installed' => true,
  'mail_from_address' => 'xxxxxxxxxxxx',
  'mail_smtpmode' => 'smtp',
  'mail_sendmailmode' => 'smtp',
  'mail_domain' => 'xxxxxx.xxxt',
  'mail_smtpauthtype' => 'LOGIN',
  'mail_smtpauth' => 1,
  'mail_smtpname' => 'xxxxxxxxxxxx',
  'mail_smtppassword' => 'xxxxxxxxxx',
  'mail_smtphost' => 'xxxxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx',
  'mail_smtpport' => '587',
  'maintenance' => false,
  'loglevel' => 2,
  'enable_previews' => true,
  'memcache.local' => '\\OC\\Memcache\\APCu',
  'memcache.locking' => '\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis',
  'redis' =>
  array (
    'host' => 'localhost',
    'port' => 6379,
  ),
);


The output of your Apache/nginx/system log in /var/log/____:

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Hi,

So 400 MB is the magical limit? Video files of the exact same type (same codec and all the other stuff identical) just smaller work fine?
I’m asking because I discovered once, that not every mp4 file is identical; some can be played without issues and some can’t. File size wasn’t the problem for me back then: 1GB file played, 5 MB did not.

So after do some more digging. I can play larger mp4s on the server where NC is installed. SO I remote to my server, Windows 2016, login to my NC and play a 2.5GB mp4. It takes a while to load but it eventually starts to play. When accessing NC from my Desktop I attempt to play the same mp4 where it eventually appears to time out and i get the error: The video could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported.

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Anybody???

Pretty sure it has to do with the video codec not beeing supported by the player.