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autostart: "true" attribute not working in IPAD


Hello Longtail, I am developing a website having a JW Player video, targeted at IPad users,
My video auto starts while testing it on my laptop/pc, works in all browswers on my laptop, how ever the video would not auto start on Ipad
Am I doing some thing wrong? or would the auto start code be any different for Ipad.

Given below is my Code.

<div id="HDOT264SOG">Player Loading</div>

<script type="text/javascript">
function LoadSegment(startTime, duration) {
jwplayer("HDOT264SOG").setup({
flashplayer: "JWplayer/player.swf",
controlbar: "bottom",
height: 400,
width: 650,
skin: "JWplayer/skin/metarby10.swf",
autostart: "true"
}).onReady(function() {
if (this.container.tagName.toLowerCase() == "object") {
// Flash case
this.load({
file: "Sample_Video.mp4",
streamer: "rtmp://*****.*****.net/****", //Streamer Masked for Security
provider: "rtmp",
start: 200,
duration: 400
});
} else {
// HTML5 case
this.load({
file: "http://*****.*****.net/****/mp4:Sample_Video.mp4/playlist.m3u8",
//Streamer Masked for Security
start: 200,
duration: 400
});
}
});
}
</script>


One more thing, I am using all the necessary Header files and javascripts,
The Javascript function - LoadSegment shown above is called by Ajax Events
and it all works fine, I have no problem in the video playing, it plays well
on pc, it plays well on ipad as well after the user hits the play button,
problem is
I want it to autostart on ipad, i.e make it start automatically
with out the user having yo push the play button on the player.
..

Help is welcome, thanks in advance
-Developer From India
..

2 Community Answers

JW Player

User  
0 rated :

Note* - i have also tried variations like

autostart: "true"
autoplay: "true"
autostart: true
autoplay: true

None of them work for Ipad

JW Player

User  
0 rated :

Thaank you, that helped

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