How to set your videos to loop, autoplay, mute, and more.
Videos are a great way to make your flipbooks more interactive. In what follows, we'll see what settings you can make to get the most out of your embedded videos. First, add the video widget to your page.
To do so, click on Video, then drag and drop the Video widget element on the page
Once the widget is on your page, just add your link.
Each video option has different settings you can choose from:
Youtube
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You can set a tooltip for the widget;
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Show/hide controls;
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Autoplay;
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Mute;
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Loop;
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Start at.
Note: The Mute feature is unavailable because Autoplay videos must be played in mute mode due to browser constraints.
Vimeo
- You can set a tooltip for the widget;
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Autoplay;
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Mute;
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Loop.
Important: In order for YouTube and Vimeo videos to function properly, they need to be set as public and shareable. Unlisted videos will not work. Additionally, Vimeo videos must also have a rating assigned to them.
Your own URL
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Show controls;
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Autoplay;
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Mute;
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Loop.
Important: The URL must have ".mp4" at the end. Otherwise, it cannot be detected and work as intended.
Uploaded videos
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Show controls;
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Autoplay;
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Mute;
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Loop.
Technical limitations with autoplay
No matter how useful these settings are, we have some bad news, unfortunately. Chrome and iOS policies prevent the videos from autoplaying. Unlike iOS, which has no workaround for this limitation (see article here), Chrome allows the videos to autoplay if the video is muted. For this reason, the Mute option is checked by default, and it can't be unchecked, when you check the Autoplay option.
Here's an example of a flipbook where a YouTube video was set to autoplay. As you can see, when you get to page 2, where the video was embedded, it starts automatically.
Important: After a change made by Google, the Related videos option cannot be disabled anymore.
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