How can I play a local video in my IPython notebook?

Question

I've got a local video file (an .avi, but could be converted) that I would like to show a client (ie it is private and can't be published to the web), but I can't figure out how to play it in IPython notebook.

After a little Googling it seems that maybe the HTML5 video tag is the way to go, but I don't know any html and can't get it to play.

Any thoughts on how I can embed this?

Answer 1

(updated 2019, removed unnecessarily costly method)

Just do:

from IPython.display import Video

Video("test.mp4")

Or if you want to use the HTML element:

from IPython.display import HTML

HTML("""
    <video alt="test" controls>
        <source src="test.mp4" type="video/mp4">
    </video>
""")

Answer 2

Play it as an HTML5 video :]

from IPython.display import HTML

HTML("""
<video width="320" height="240" controls>
  <source src="path/to/your.mp4" type="video/mp4">
</video>
""")

UPDATE

Additionally, use a magic cell:

%%HTML
<video width="320" height="240" controls>
  <source src="path/to/your.mp4" type="video/mp4">
</video>

and the same applies for audio too

%%HTML
<audio controls>
  <source src="AUDIO-FILE.mp3">
</audio>

Answer 3

Use a markdown cell:

<video controls src="path/to/video.mp4" />

Citation: Jupyter Notebook » Docs » Examples » Markdown Cells

Answer 4

An easier way:

from IPython.display import Video
Video("OUT.mp4")

Answer 5

Look at this link, you'll find more https://gist.github.com/christopherlovell/e3e70880c0b0ad666e7b5fe311320a62

from IPython.display import HTML

from IPython.display import HTML

HTML('<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/S_f2qV2_U00?rel=0&amp;controls=0&amp;showinfo=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>')

Answer 6

from IPython.display import HTML

# Youtube
HTML('<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/S_f2qV2_U00?rel=0&amp;controls=0&amp;showinfo=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>')