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HTML HTML Video and Audio (Retired) Media Basics The Video Element

Posted by Zach Allan
Zach Allan
19,452 Points

Why do I need to run a web server (MAMP) to play video and audio files locally that come from a remote source?

The video and audio files are working just fine running them locally. I don't see why I have to run a web server. Nick Pettit mentioned something about same-origin policy. What does this mean?

1 Answer

Thomas King
Thomas King
15,197 Points
Thomas King
Thomas King
15,197 Points

Here is the article that discusses this guideline from the Mozilla Developer Network: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Security/Same-origin_policy

The PHP Development track goes into some of the more common CSRF attacks that can happen to websites. PHP Form Validation is discussed as one strategy to implement to prevent these malicious attacks.

Thomas King
Thomas King
15,197 Points
Thomas King
Thomas King
15,197 Points

More is said in the article as it pertains to HTML embedding and JavaScript APIs.

Zach Allan
Zach Allan
19,452 Points

Thanks Thomas! Appreciate it.