How to play video on iOS mini browser?

Question

Hi!
We are trying to play video (mp4 /webm) in iOS mini safari browser (aka pseudo browser) which comes up when iOS detects that there's no internet connection and there's a captive portal involved.
We have tried a number of things like various types of video codecs, video streaming methods, etc. But the video doesn't play. All the HTML5 components load properly, the Play butting shows up. But when we click not he Play button the video doesn't start.
Here are the various apple devices we tested:
IOS 8.1.3  iPhone6 ------ Video was playing.
IOS 8.1.3  iPhone5 ----  Video was not playing.
IOS 8.1.3  iPad mini ----- player loads, play button was there but video was not playing.
IOS 8.1.2  iPad  ------- Video was not playing, but able to click on play Button, count down timer was decreasing
Out captive portal page is HTTPS.
Any insights in to how we can resolve the issue will be helpful.
Thanks!
Aditya

Answer 1

Hi.
Please see the DMPDM user guide. Its book-length PDF is available here:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/video/digital_media_systems/dmp/user/guide/5_x/5_2_x/dmpdmuse.pdf
In particular, please check its final chapter, "Video and Audio."
If you need other DMP documentation in addition to that, please see these guides.
The DMP getting started guide is here:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/video/digital_media_systems/dmp/getting/started/guide/5_2_x/5_2_2/GSG_all_DMPs.pdf
Regulatory compliance and safety information is here:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/video/digital_media_systems/4400g/regulatory/compliance/rcsi2_4400g.pdf
Content creation best practices (for users without DMM) are here:
http://developer.cisco.com/web/dms/docs
Good luck.
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Regards,
Gary