How to autoplay mobile web video iOS (see demo)

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Is there any library that sequences images and audio playback? I'm guessing that's the only way this could work..

Which picture formats would work best? I'm guessing that pictures wouldn't be as compressed as a video, but this example loads instantly for me:

Demo: Autoplay Inline Video iOS

Planning to just convert the video with ffmpeg. Any knowledge and advice would be great before I get started. Thanks

Is this for mobile web? Or native applications? – Matt S. May 31 '16 at 04:19 — Matt S., May 31 '16 at 04:19
it's for mobile web, the iOS safari browser – neaumusic May 31 '16 at 05:16 — neaumusic, May 31 '16 at 05:16

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I believe that since iOS 6.1 you can no longer autoplay videos.

Referring to this stackoverflow post

"Apple has made the decision to disable the automatic playing of video on iOS devices, through both script and attribute implementations.

In Safari, on iOS (for all devices, including iPad), where the user may be on a cellular network and be charged per data unit, preload and auto-play are disabled. No data is loaded until the user initiates it." - Apple documentation.

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered May 31 '16 at 02:36

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Yea but there are workarounds, somehow. I worked in ad tech and we were thinking to sequence images. The link I sent shows working video – neaumusic May 31 '16 at 02:45

How to autoplay mobile web video iOS (see demo)

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