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autoplay and play button do not work for videos

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dutch78
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I am trying to play a video (the website supports .webm, .ogv, mp4) but neither autoplay nor the start button seem to work. However, if I slide the control button to the right (+/- 40 sec) the video does play.

I have tried many of the solutions suggested in other threads (deactivating potential conflicting plugins, resetting Firefox, etc.) but none of them work.

What am I missing?

I am trying to play a video (the website supports .webm, .ogv, mp4) but neither autoplay nor the start button seem to work. However, if I slide the control button to the right (+/- 40 sec) the video does play. I have tried many of the solutions suggested in other threads (deactivating potential conflicting plugins, resetting Firefox, etc.) but none of them work. What am I missing?

Chosen solution

The problem had an easy solution: changing the order of the videos, listing first the .mp4 source and next the .webm source made the videos run on Firefox, Explorer and Chrome.

Does anybody know why?

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user709721
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Hello,

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dutch78
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Thanks.

You will find the screenshot attached.

dutch78
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additional information: IE, Chrome and Safari work without problems - with Safari using Quick-Time. However on my Android phone I have problems as well. There it seems the video is continuously restarting. The website has the following code:

omitting the brackets:

video width="320" height="240" controls loop autoplay 

   source src="http://www.website.com/videos/videoX.webmsd.webm" type="video/webm"
  /source
  source src="http://www.website.com/videos/videoX.ipad3.mp4" type="video/mp4"
  /source
  source src="http://www.website.com/videos/videoX.oggtheora.ogv" type="video/ogv"
  /source
 /video"

Modified by dutch78

dutch78
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Looking forward to support ..

Modified by dutch78

dutch78
dutch78 Question owner
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Chosen Solution

The problem had an easy solution: changing the order of the videos, listing first the .mp4 source and next the .webm source made the videos run on Firefox, Explorer and Chrome.

Does anybody know why?