Auto play multiple videos when publishing?

[Anna29869074w6cc]

I need to get multiple videos on the same page to auto play in my published document.

I have linked the videos in my timing window, they play perfectly in my Indesign preview but once I publish you have to manually play each video which is spoiling the effect.

I would really appreciate help.

[BobLevine]

Many browsers do not allow autoplay of videos especially those with audio.

[Anna29869074w6cc]

hi Bob, 

Thank you for the message. There is no issue with auto play when it's one video per page, so it's weird to me that that would be a browser issue? I have seen examples where multiple videos are playing at the same time? 

[BobLevine]

Are these video set to play one after the other or all at the same time? Can you post a link to the Publish Online project? Screenshots of the settings in InDesign might be helpful.

[Anna29869074w6cc]

Hi Bob, Thank you for your reply. Please see below link to the published document. I've attached a screen recording of my preview in Indesign to show the effect I would like. I have also attached a screen grab of my settings.

In my media window I have the 'play on page load' and 'play in loop' buttons ticked.

In my timing window I have the below.

Timing is on 'page laod'

Delay: 0 sec

Videos are linked and I have ticked the loop box.

Let me know your thoughts. Thank you!

https://indd.adobe.com/view/4a0c150e-144a-4776-8b18-d1a5aef5b51c

[BobLevine]

Something that works in EPUB is not going to necessarily work in Publish Online. I'm not a huge fan of it so I don't use it very often. This may be a limitation because when I start one video it stops the other.

Perhaps someone else will come along with an idea for you.

[Anna29869074w6cc]

Thank you for checking it out though 🙂 Appreciate it!

[Frans v.d. Geest]

Most browsers (well, all) will automatically stop a video as soon as another starts playing and most will not start auto play anyway (but in Publish online mostly that works fine I must say by way of exemption)... but nothing you can do about the only one at a time video sorry to say...

[Anna29869074w6cc]

Hi Frans, thanks for your reply.

Any idea how they got it to wot on pg8 in the below doc?

https://indd.adobe.com/view/9710f204-9583-4777-a60d-d767048562f8

[BobLevine]

My guess is that it's a single video.

[BobLevine · Accepted solution]

Never mind. They're GIFs, not videos.

[Anna29869074w6cc]

ooooohhhh should I convert the mp4's to gifs? Would that do the trick?

[BobLevine]

Give it a try.

[Anna29869074w6cc]

LEGEND!!!

https://indd.adobe.com/view/72bf809c-e7fe-4fcb-884a-49b6d678e16b

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[Frans v.d. Geest]

Yes, that works 😉

[Frans v.d. Geest · Accepted solution]

Those are GIF's, not video's 😉

[Anna29869074w6cc]

Really appreciate you helping me out. It now is working I I can finally send it of to my client 😅