Does autostart not work on Android/iPhone/iPads on v6?
Is it just me or is the autostart parameter in v6 useless on mobile devices? It just gets ignored and the videos don't start automatically...
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JW Player
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I'm quite sure it didn't work in v5 either.
Those mobile devices have never allowed autoplay...
Ethan Feldman
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Autostart is simply not allowed on these devices in html5 <video> natively.
http://www.longtailvideo.com/html5/
JW Player
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I've noticed that a lot of sites seem to be able to autostart video on the iPad now, so maybe this is a new development, but I have found that video WILL autostart on the iPad with the following HTML5 code:
<video width="876" height="470" controls="controls" autoplay="autoplay" src="http://content.bitsontherun.com/videos/lWMJeVvV-364767.mp4" type="video/mp4" id="myPlayerId" tabindex="0"></video>
Is this a new development that JWPlayer just hasn't caught up with yet?
Ethan Feldman
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Not that I know of. Do you have an example that does that? If you look at our html5 demo that I linked above, some of the examples autoplay , but not on iOS, and this is just using a standard <video> tag, so I doubt Apple has removed this restriction.
JW Player
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ok, so if autoplay isn't allowed on Android with <video> tag, why doesn't it play when I force "flash" in the parameters either?
JW Player
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This page uses the same code I showed in my last post:
http://excelcentral.com/test.html
This video successfully auto-starts when I test it with my iPad.
Comparing it with jwplayer's HTML5 code, the difference seems to be that jwplayer doesn't set the autoplay="autoplay" flag.
Ethan Feldman
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@Serb – Please provide a link.
@TSM – This link just gives me a player with a play icon. I still need to physically press the button. What iOS version and iPad model are you using?
JW Player
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I'm using the "Retina Display" (model MD510B), with iOS version 6.0.1.
As well as the example I provided, it will also autostart videos from YouTube, Lynda.com and probably others.
Ethan Feldman
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I have an iPhone 5, iOS 6.0.2. Your link does not autostart.
JW Player
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I wish I knew why it is autoplaying on mine - everything I've read on the internet suggests that it shouldn't be able to, and yet it does.
My best guess is that there must be some app installed that's allowing it to autoplay, but if so I can't figure out which app.
I'll try doing a factory reset, as it obviously isn't going to be much use for video testing if it doesn't behave the same way as other iPads.
Ethan Feldman
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Yeah, that might be doing it, some app. I wouldn’t want you to do a factory reset and lose everything though. Do you have any other way to check any iDevices to see?
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