Video doesn't autoplay when document is published.

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February 13, 2019
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The video in my InDesign documents is set to play when the page loads. In the preview it autoplays just fine but when I publish it online it doesn't. You have to click the play button. Any suggestions?

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Correct answer stevenb486694959360735

Thanks, everyone. I figured this out shortly after I made the post. Unfortunately, this document will be going to people who probably have their browser autoplay setting on default, which is to not play on page load. Nothing I can do about that.

Frans v.d. Geest

Community Expert

Depends on the broser, most browsers these days prevent auto play. You have to change this in the browser itself.

Diane Burns

Inspiring

Frans is exactly right. I was confusing auto-play with appearance of the controller, which always comes up, and which I am accustomed to. Changing in the browser does the trick, but by default, this setting would mostly be off.

In Safari, it's Preferences > Websites > Autoplay (on left), then choose the sites you want to allow.

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stevenb486694959360735AuthorCorrect answer

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Thanks, everyone. I figured this out shortly after I made the post. Unfortunately, this document will be going to people who probably have their browser autoplay setting on default, which is to not play on page load. Nothing I can do about that.

Diane Burns

Inspiring

I've not had this problem. Is it possible to share your document's URL?