
So the solution is pretty simple, you have to mute the video and then, only then, will Chrome play it normally when the page loads. The sound would start to play and Chrome doesn’t want that. The issue with this is Chrome would not play the video because it hasn’t been muted.

Using the HTML5 video tag, if I were to add a video to a page that has the controls visible, autoplays, and loops the code would look like this:

It will block it because it doesn’t want the user hearing an unwanted video.

For example, they added a feature that won’t play a video on a website if the sound is enabled. Home | SkillForge Blog | How to autoplay a video using HTML 5 in Chrome How to autoplay a video using HTML 5 in ChromeĬhrome is a great browser but sometimes it has a lot of security features that end up conflicting with your code and what you’re trying to do.
