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Video Player Autoplay only if there’s only one video in page

By frafor, 1 year ago. Last reply by Andrew Misplon, 1 year ago.

Hi there, I have a website where two videos should be autoplaying at once. They’re just 4 seconds looping video animation in mp4 with no audio, there like ‘fill’ content.

If there’s only 1 vid in the page, it autoplays.

If I put the second one too, they just display the cover.

Is this intended behaviour or the browser blocking stuff (it shouldn’t) or just a bug?

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  1. 1 year, 4 months ago Andrew Misplon
    Hi, I Work Here

    Hi Frafor

    Thanks for getting in touch. I’ll forward your feedback and let you know what we find.

  2. 1 year, 4 months ago frafor

    Hi Andrew, after further investigation it seems that it is intended behavior but I can’t figure it out at what level (browser, player, hoting, standard…)

    I have tried to add video via a custom widget of mine using Plyr.io 3.7.8 but still only one player autoplays.

    If I use the SO Video Widget for one video, and my video widget for another, the result is still the same.

    If I use plain HTML5 element, it just work…

  3. 1 year, 4 months ago Andrew Misplon
    Hi, I Work Here

    Thanks for the testing feedback. I’ve asked Alex to follow-up when he’s able to. Cheers.

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