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Amanda Bater
7,686 PointsAutoplaying videos on mobile...
Say I have a video background as part of my site...so it plays in the background automatically. When I view my site on a mobile device obviously the autoplay doesn't work, so I just get the embedded play button instead.
Is there anyway I can swap the video for an image only for mobile devices? Or even a way to get rid of the embedded play button, even if you just see the first frame of the video and nothing else this would be fine.
Really grateful for any tips here, this is something I've been trying to work out for a while!
2 Answers
Cindy Lea
Courses Plus Student 6,497 PointsHeres a great article on why the autoplay is disabled on many cellular devices:
https://www.aerserv.com/why-does-video-autoplay-on-mobile-devices-not-work/
You may have to test for the device types first then either display video or a picture.
Amanda Bater
7,686 PointsCool, thanks for the info! I understand why now. I know that my video will not autoplay on mobile devices, so I'd like to display a picture instead, just not sure how to do that!