What are the potential challenges in embedding and playing videos of different formats on a website using PHP?

One potential challenge is that different video formats may require different HTML5 video players or plugins to play properly on a website. To address this, you can use a PHP script to detect the video format and dynamically generate the appropriate HTML code for embedding the video. 

<?php
$video_url = "path/to/video.mp4"; // Example video URL

$video_extension = pathinfo($video_url, PATHINFO_EXTENSION);

switch($video_extension) {
    case 'mp4':
        echo '<video controls><source src="' . $video_url . '" type="video/mp4"></video>';
        break;
    case 'webm':
        echo '<video controls><source src="' . $video_url . '" type="video/webm"></video>';
        break;
    case 'ogg':
        echo '<video controls><source src="' . $video_url . '" type="video/ogg"></video>';
        break;
    default:
        echo 'Unsupported video format';
}
?>

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