Andorid : hybrid html app play mP4 video

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I got stuck with a strange problem.

I created a screen recording from my Asus Nexus 7 Tablet using adb shell command:

adb shell screenrecord --bit-rate 6000000 --time-limit 30 /sdcard/kitkat.mp4

The video was created with device in portrait mode, the detail of video are as below.

What I found is most default Android video players were unable to play it, while some can play:

    Asus Nexus :4.4 --> Plays Video
    Asus Nexus :5.2 --> Can not play Video message
    Asus Memopad 7: 4.4.2 --> Can not play Video message

and other most of device can not play video.

Any custom player like MX player or other video plays in all devices.

Below are video details:


    General
    Complete name                            : D:\kitkatfinal2.mp4
    Format                                   : MPEG-4
    Format profile                           : Base Media
    Codec ID                                 : isom
    File size                                : 1.52 MiB
    Duration                                 : 17s 643ms
    Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
    Overall bit rate                         : 725 Kbps
    Encoded date                             : UTC 2015-01-19 20:55:55
    Tagged date                              : UTC 2015-01-19 20:55:55

    Video
    ID                                       : 1
    Format                                   : AVC
    Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
    Format profile                           : Baseline@L5.0
    Format settings, CABAC                   : No
    Format settings, ReFrames                : 1 frame
    Muxing mode                              : Container profile=High@1.3
    Codec ID                                 : avc1
    Codec ID/Info                            : Advanced Video Coding
    Duration                                 : 17s 643ms
    Bit rate mode                            : Variable
    Bit rate                                 : 722 Kbps
    Maximum bit rate                         : 6 000 Kbps
    Width                                    : 1 200 pixels
    Height                                   : 1 920 pixels
    Display aspect ratio                     : 0.625
    Frame rate mode                          : Variable
    Frame rate                               : 13.944 fps
    Original frame rate                      : 60.000 fps
    Minimum frame rate                       : 0.880 fps
    Maximum frame rate                       : 106.635 fps
    Color space                              : YUV

Now basically I want to play this video from webview / Hybrid html app. I am using `Crosswalk` browser and to play video these uses a native Android video player.

How could I play the video? I thought of below cases, would any be possible?


* I can install my custom player which would server as default player for Android

* I can embed a custom player in my Hybrid Html app and video plays from there (I could not find way to use embedded player in hybrid apps)

Any advice would be appreciated.