iv been trying to upload youtube although they dont play automatically unless I mute the youtube. Is there a way to upload the and still have it play the auido on autoplay. Is it possible to do this by embeding a youtube and if so how do you change to code to make it play audio still while playing it on auto play.
No, the browser prevents audio with autoplay.
The user must interact first, so your best best might be-
- Setup your vid to autoplay muted
- Add a button somewhere, that triggers some custom code the unmute and also rewind ( seek 0 ) the vid to the beginning
That gives you the best of both worlds, but takes a bit of research into how to control the vid player with JS.
I dont fully understand would you be able to explain in further detail
Here’s a demo that shows the setup I typically build for clients-
- Initially autoplays, muted
- Click the unmute button, can be placed anywhere, and it unmutes and restarts, designed for talking-head & product marketing vids
- Interactions can also be used to add visual effects, like filter-desaturating the vid
Here I’m just showing how the UX works- use can use my approach as a reference. If you need help building it out, drop me a message here and I’ll share my rates.
Note, in my experience YouTube isn’t especially friendly to script control, but it likely depends on whether you’re using Webflow’s Vid element ( which uses the Embedly player , or Webflow’s YouTube element, or a direct YT embed.
Browsers block autoplay with sound by default, so the only workaround is autoplay muted + a user-triggered unmute. With a YouTube embed, you can add ?autoplay=1&mute=1 to the URL and then use the YouTube IFrame API to unmute/reset when the user clicks a button.
do you have a link to download your site to edit it
It’s not available in a library form, it demonstrates an approach I use for client builds, depending on the video player each client is using, interactions, trigger rules like modals and scroll-into-view, etc.
You can DM me here if you need a version built for you.