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HTML HTML Video and Audio Media Basics The Video Element

Posted by Nick Evershed
Nick Evershed
6,415 Points

Autoplay not working

As the title describes

2 Answers

mk37
mk37
10,271 Points
mk37
mk37
10,271 Points

you must include the 'muted' attribute alongside with 'autoplay', as some browsers will ignore 'autoplay' alone.

Taison Fragao
Taison Fragao
3,061 Points
Taison Fragao
Taison Fragao
3,061 Points

Thanks mk37, it worked with muted attribute.

Michael Newman
Michael Newman
39,495 Points

muted attribute also worked for me! Thanks!

Jan Oberreiter
Jan Oberreiter
77,992 Points
Jan Oberreiter
Jan Oberreiter
77,992 Points

in the HTML, Nick changes "controls" to "autoplay" ... if you just leave controls, it will automatically get the boolean value "true" assigned and the controls will appear, but if you change it to "Autoplay" ... as soon as you hit the site, the player will start the clip ... hope that helped ... regards, Jan.