HTML5: How to specify that the video will start playing as soon as it is ready?

Last update on February 14 2024 12:55:53 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

Solution:

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html><!-- Define document type as HTML -->
<html><!-- Begin HTML document -->
<head><!-- Start of document header -->
<meta charset="utf-8"><!-- Define character encoding -->
<title>How to specify that the video will start playing as soon as it is ready</title><!-- Title of the HTML page -->
</head><!-- End of document header -->
<body><!-- Start of document body -->
<video width="320" height="200" controls autoplay><!-- Video element with specified width, height, controls, and autoplay attribute -->
<source src="http://www.w3resource.com/html-css-exercise/basic/solution/php-demo1.mp4" type="video/mp4"><!-- Source of the video in MP4 format -->
<source src="http://www.w3resource.com/html-css-exercise/basic/solution/php-demo1.ogg" type="video/ogg"><!-- Source of the video in OGG format -->
</video><!-- End of video element -->
</body><!-- End of document body -->
</html><!-- End of HTML document -->

Explanation:

The HTML code defines a video element using the <video> tag.
Attributes such as width, height, controls, and autoplay are used.
autoplay attribute specifies that the video will start playing as soon as it is ready.
Within the <video> tag, <source> tags are used to specify different video formats (MP4 and OGG) using the src attribute and the corresponding MIME type using the type attribute.
This code creates a video player with autoplay enabled, allowing the video to start playing automatically when it is loaded.

Live Demo:

See the Pen video-autoplay-answer by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.

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