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Santiago Lopez
3,446 PointsBackground-video
Can you put a video as a background of the <body></body> with url ? if yes, how would you do it with css please?
2 Answers
Colin Bell
29,679 PointsHere is a good link on what I believe you want to do:
Jason Berteotti
12,352 PointsYou would need to use JavaScript to do this, even if you only learn enough to do it with a jQuery plugin like Vide.
Jesus Mendoza
23,289 PointsJesus Mendoza
23,289 PointsI'm not sure you can set a video as a background, but you can create a full height container and send it to the background using z-index, then add background transparency to the rest of the containers.