Videos that play everywhere
Video Fix finds videos that do not play in every browser and shows why. Pro converts them for you – on the server or right in the browser.
In WordPress the plugin is called Datoden Video Fix – in the DT-addons menu it is listed as DT-video-fix.
DT-video-fix checks the videos in the media library and shows which ones do not play in every browser. Many videos from phones, cameras and stock sites are 10-bit H.264 or HEVC, which Chrome often plays but Firefox and many phones show as “Media error”. With Pro, such videos are turned into standard H.264 MP4 in the same place, so the pages that use them keep working.
Every new video is checked as soon as it is uploaded. The media library gets a Playback column, and the details of each video show whether it plays in every browser or what is wrong, for example “HEVC. Does not play in Firefox and on many computers.”
DT-addons → DT-video-fix lists the videos on the website with format, size and status. At the top you see how many need fixing, and videos whose file is missing on the server are shown too.
You can upload MKV, M4V, MTS/M2TS, HEVC and 3GP, which WordPress does not accept on its own.
The Fix button turns a video into H.264 MP4 in the same place: it keeps its ID and, for MP4 files, its address. Fix all works through every video with a problem, one after the other. Sound is kept.
If the server has ffmpeg, the video is converted there in a few seconds, whatever browser you use. Otherwise it is converted in your browser – with WebCodecs if the browser can read the video, or with the built-in ffmpeg.wasm engine, which works in every modern browser including Firefox and Safari. Everything ships with the plugin; nothing is loaded from other servers.
With the Responsit theme or a theme with a header video, a box under the video field in the Customizer shows the video's status. With Pro, Convert automatically makes a web-ready copy, creates a still image and puts the copy in the field. The original stays in the media library.
Choose the largest width (1280, 1920 or 2560 px, or the original width) and the quality (Smaller files, Balanced or Highest quality). With Keep the original, the original file is kept next to the new one with -original in the name.
Everything without a Pro label works for free. What is marked Pro is included in the Pro version.
After installing – how to set up Video Fix.
Go to DT-addons → DT-video-fix in the WordPress menu. You see every video and how many need fixing.
Check videos when they are uploaded is on from the start. It adds the Playback column to the media library and the status to each video's details.
Set Largest width and Quality before fixing anything. Full HD (1920 px) and Balanced are preselected and recommended.
Click Fix on a video, or Fix all. If the conversion runs in the browser, keep the tab in front until it is done.
Pro builds on the free version – it stays as the base, with all your settings, and Pro adds the rest.
Everything in the free version, plus:
Choose how many websites and how you want to buy. Prices exclude VAT – VAT is calculated at checkout.
The licence follows your Datoden account – no key to paste.
The purchase is saved on your Datoden account as soon as the payment has gone through.
Get the Pro plugin under My account → My purchases → Licences.
Drop the zip file on Website Guard. Pro is added on top of the free version – everything you have done stays.
Connect the website in Website Guard. The Pro updates then arrive as ordinary WordPress updates.
Firefox cannot play 10-bit H.264 or HEVC. DT-video-fix shows which videos are affected, and with Pro, Fix turns them into standard H.264 MP4.
Not while Keep the original is on. It is kept next to the new file with -original in the name, and you can delete it later.
A few seconds if the server has ffmpeg. In the browser, about as long as the video, or a few minutes per video with the built-in engine.
The converted file is saved as a normal upload, so the website's upload limit applies. Very large videos are best converted on a server with ffmpeg.
Your browser may remember the old file. Reload with Ctrl+F5, or Cmd+Shift+R on a Mac.
Nothing stops working. A purchase never runs out, and when a subscription ends the plugins keep every function – only the updates from Datoden stop.
The first number in the version. A purchase includes every update in that major version, for example all 1.x versions. A new major version (2.0) comes about once a year with clearly new features and comes at a discount as an upgrade. A subscription always includes it.
Websites connected to your Datoden account with a Pro plugin switched on, in the order they were connected. Disconnect a website in My websites to move the licence to another.
No. The website is connected to your Datoden account with Website Guard, and Datoden knows which updates your licences include.
Yes. Deactivate Pro – the free version keeps running with the same settings. Functions that only exist in Pro stop, but nothing is deleted.
Yes. Pro is an add-on: the free version stays installed and active as the base and is updated from WordPress.org as usual, and Pro adds the Pro features on top. On WordPress.org the free versions are called Datoden …, for example Datoden Video Fix.
Prices exclude VAT. VAT is calculated at checkout from your country. Companies in other EU countries can enter their VAT number.
Your licences, websites and downloads are under My account → My purchases → Licences.
