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I am trying to present an mp4 video (h264) using html5:

analyzing video codec with ffmpeg gives the following:

ffprobe ch01_00000100068000101.mp4

ffprobe version 2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1 Copyright (c) 2007-2020 the FFmpeg developers

built with gcc 5.4.0 (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.12) 20160609

configuration: --prefix=/usr --extra-version=0ubuntu0.1 --build-suffix=-ffmpeg --toolchain=hardened --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --incdir=/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu --cc=cc --cxx=g++ --enable-gpl --enable-shared --disable-stripping --disable-decoder=libopenjpeg --disable-decoder=libschroedinger --enable-avresample --enable-avisynth --enable-gnutls --enable-ladspa --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libcdio --enable-libflite --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-librtmp --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libssh --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx265 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzvbi --enable-openal --enable-opengl --enable-x11grab --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libiec61883 --enable-libzmq --enable-frei0r --enable-libx264 --enable-libopencv

libavutil 54. 31.100 / 54. 31.100

libavcodec 56. 60.100 / 56. 60.100

libavformat 56. 40.101 / 56. 40.101

libavdevice 56. 4.100 / 56. 4.100

libavfilter 5. 40.101 / 5. 40.101

libavresample 2. 1. 0 / 2. 1. 0

libswscale 3. 1.101 / 3. 1.101

libswresample 1. 2.101 / 1. 2.101

libpostproc 53. 3.100 / 53. 3.100

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Input #0, mpeg, from 'ch01_00000100068000101.mp4':

Duration: 00:09:27.33, start: 35024.106667, bitrate: 507 kb/s

Stream #0:0[0x1e0]: Video: h264 (Baseline), yuv420p, 1280x720, 10 fps, 10 tbr, 90k tbn, 20 tbc

a possible relevant detail is that playing the video using ubuntu's default video reader (ffmpeg in the background) doesn't show any video controls