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user2651351
user2651351

Reputation: 73

HTML5 video tag autoplay not working in Chrome (but OK in jsfiddle!)

I'm trying to do a simple video with autoplay on our homepage (http://froy.com). Nothing fancy. Everything works smoothly in Firefox and even IE.

However, the autoplay does not activate on Chrome. I have tried in incognito with no extensions and issue persists. Weird part is, trying the code out on jsfiddle works! Additionally, I see similar video tag used at other websites working as well.

In fact, I went through bit by bit adding different parts of the entire homepage's code to jsfiddle (html, css, javascript) to try to isolate the issue - no luck. I'm at a loss and any help would be appreciated.

Below is the code: 

<video preload="auto" autoplay loop muted width="100%" height="auto" style="margin-top:-25px" >
     <source src="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0220/3498/files/Video_Slider_1.mp4" type="video/mp4">
     <source src="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0220/3498/files/Video_Slider_1.webm" type="video/webm">
</video>

Does this have something to do with my javascript? If so, why is jsfiddle not picking this up when I include scripts in it?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 9223

Answers (1)

Varun Chakervarti
Varun Chakervarti

Reputation: 1042

I am using the same code which you are using, just the video is served from my server, and everything is working fine.

<video preload="auto" autoplay loop muted width="100%" height="auto" style="margin-top:-25px" >
     <source src="http://www.example.com/clip.mp4" type="video/mp4">
     <source src="http://www.example.com/clip.webm" type="video/webm">
</video>

Google Chrome Version: Version 38.0.2125.111 m

Upvotes: 2

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