ExpoAV Video, video I get from Django server is not loading

Question

I am working on an Expo app and I use the component from expo-av. When I source the video from my assets, it works. But when I try to display a video which is stored on my Django server, it is not loading.

here is my code

                 <Video
                  style={{width: window.width * .93, height: window.width * .93 * 1.05,}} 
                    source={{uri: server + "media/" + media.uri}}  
                    shouldPlay
                    usePoster
                    />

When I do the url on http request, I get the video I want. But it is not working on the expo app. How can I fix this?

Answer 1

It's possible that server + "media/" + media.uri resolve in a relative URI - path/to/file.mp4 which not intended URI.

An absolute URI - https://your-domain.com/path/to/video.mp4 is required to stream video from server.