I have a background video on the hero section as well as a short video that autoplays on the contact page.
For some reason the background video on the hero will stop playing part way, and the short video on the contact page will sometimes not play (works on my end but doesn’t play on my client’s chrome browser)
I’m wondering what the issue is and how to get the videos to play correctly and if there are any things I can do to improve the speed and performance of the site.
This issue has been around for awhile and I most commonly hear about it in the context of Vimeo and Youtube-embedded videos. It’s a tough one to diagnose because it can be a number of things. Key ones;
Personally, I think I’d try ditching the IFRAME and host the video directly in a video element on the page. You can still use Vimeo for that if you have a pro account it can give you the direct video URL, or you can host the video elsewhere.
By the way, ace job on the building/location vid, that’s a great way to solve the “no one can find us” problem.