[rz] Background Video *** UPD 2018-Jun-02 ***

[[RZ]]

thank you for your always positive feedback, even when i must spend a considerable time investigating issues!

[rasure]

I purchased this extension 6 May 2018, how do I get the update please?

[[RZ]]

for support, please get in contact privately following the links bellow this post in the signature

[mashtaytey]

Hi. Does this allow video to auto play on ios mobiles and ipad yet?

[[RZ]]

usually full size background videos are not allowed to play automatically, mainly on mobiles
browsers are becoming stricter with this policy, chrome did it first on desktop versions

[mashtaytey]

I know there has been restrictions in the past but still there are websites out there with it working.
see this thread

https://forum.webflow.com/t/html5-video ... bile/40584

[[RZ]]

the restrictions are not related to the past but to the actual time and may become stricter than currently are as it seems a new policies trend
on some cases some videos may be played when produced without sound, but this does not apply to all mobiles (i.e. android and/or ios versions and some desktop versions like chrome and similar chromium based browsers)

[mashtaytey]

Yes in this case I want to play video without sound.
So I’m looking for a way of doing this - and I thought you might be implementing it in your plugin

[[RZ]]

i disabled the auto play on mobiles due to the many issues across platforms, browsers and versions (and still count)
chrome recently added this new restriction policy
i did not find enough congruent information for mobiles yet, whenever i find a solid way to implement more workarounds, obviously i will do immediately; as you can see, the extension has been updated for the recently changes...

[[RZ]]

* New in version 1.0.5

- Space around the instance in percentages and/or pixels; this allows to setup the background areas to not be covered.

[zinc]

Nice!!!!!

[[RZ]]

thanks

[alymac]

does this option overcome the issue of autoplay in chrome?

[[RZ]]

the video is always played, if sound cannot be started due to stricter policies of the browser, the video is automatically muted and starts anyway -- then you can manually click on the button to activate the sound
this applies to i.e. chrome, however, mobiles are even stricter, so a custom static image will be shown instead