I know since WP 3.6 we’ve been able to upload and embed various file formats and that the ‘Add Media’ button effectively implements the correct media embed shortcode for us.
I’m having a problem in WP4.0 using ‘Add Media’ to embed quicktime (.mov) files. The embed works fine for the other supported video MIME types but I’m not offered ‘Embed Media Player’ when I try adding a .mov file to a post.
See screen grabs/explanation:
See how .mov embed has reverted to a simple hyperlink (recorders) at this page
Does anyone have any suggestions as to why this is, or to a possible fix so I can embed .mov as easily as .mp4 – seems to be the preferred format of the client. For the moment we’re having to manually add the
Similar for the .avi and .wmv extensions: