HTML autoplay Attribute

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Example

<video width="340" height="260" controls autoplay="autoplay">
	<source src="demo/video.mp4" type="video/mp4">
	<source src="demo/video.webm" type="video/webm">
	Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video>
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Meaning

This attribute indicates the browser should playing the audio/video as soon as after page load once it has loaded enough of the audio/video to avoid buffering.

Note: Some browsers do not allow autoplay in most of the cases. However, muted autoplay is always allowed.



Standard Syntax

HTML: <element autoplay>
XHTML: <element autoplay="autoplay">


Browser Support



Status



Applies to:

The autoplay attribute can be used on the following element:

Element Attribute
<audio> autoplay
<video> autoplay




Attribute Values

Value Description
autoplay This is a boolean attribute, the presence of a boolean attribute on an element represents the true value, and the absence of the attribute represents the false value.
❮ HTML Attributes