Handheld.PlayFullScreenMovie failing for networked location

Unity Engine
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I’m trying to use Handheld.PlayFullScreenMovie() to play a movie in an Android/iOS app. So far, I have only tested in an Android build.

The call appears to work as expected when playing a movie out of my project’s StreamingAssets folder. However, when I try to play the same movie from a web location (using a path beginning with “http://”), my screen changes to the designated background color for about 5 seconds (less than the length of the movie) and then returns to my app, without the movie ever appearing (or being heard).

I have visited the same URL in a browser and confirmed the movie is available at that path.

Any theories what the problem might be?

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…and it has mysteriously started working. Same exact build, on the same device, accessing the same movie at the same URL. Consistently failed last night, consistently works this afternoon.

EDIT: Nope, it consistently worked for a few minutes, but now it’s failing again.