Auto play of vimeo videos

Hi Mike.

It seems to be only on the first slide that the restriction happens.  If you have an "intro" slide before the video (with video on slide 2), it should auto-play.  I've just tested this on SCORM cloud, with firefox and chrome.  Seemed to work.

Chrome developers decided a few years ago that nobody likes autoplaying videos. It isn't Articulate's fault this is such a mess: https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2017/09/autoplay-policy-changes 

One workaround that I have been using is to use a short starter video on my first slide that allows the learner to have access to the play button. Then on the following slides, I cover the vimeo video with a transparent shape preventing access to the video controls from the learner and then setting up a conditional next button based on completion of the video

I'm jumping on this topic. I am linking to vimeo video files and they are not on the first slide. They are not autoplaying. Is this still an issue if using Chrome and not on the first slide? Our company only uses Chrome so we can't change browsers.

does your course start with the black page and the play button on Chrome?

No it shows the video in pause and there is a play button in the middle of the video. This is in Chrome and not on the first page.

on which server did you test?

here an example on our server -> autoplay is ok with Chrome and Firefox
https://www.feldmannmediagroup.com/test/public/Storyline/vimeo-video-autoplay-12/

and the same example on review 360 -> Firefox ok, Chrome no autoplay
https://360.articulate.com/review/content/7e9b0da6-36bc-4527-8298-eaa59659cb6f/review

both with iFrame integration
 - our server iframe same domain
   <iframe src="story.html" allow="autoplay; fullscreen"></iframe> *
 - review 360 iframe cross domain
  <iframe allowfullscreen="" src="https://articulateusercontent.com/ ... /story.html"></iframe>

perhaps this is the problem for chrome autoplay in vimeo

different result on different webserver => you have to test autoplay on your LMS webserver

Jürgen

* on our server there in no difference between allow="autoplay; fullscreen" and allow="fullscreen" for autoplay in chrome

thanks for the link

I have tested again

the direct link without iFrame on review 360 is working for me

https://articulateusercontent.com/review/items/uE5FxufWR9GAD0Kb/story.html

with clear media engagement score

and the normal version with iframe is not working:

https://360.articulate.com/review/content/7e9b0da6-36bc-4527-8298-eaa59659cb6f/review

perhaps there is a list in chrome with websites (allow/not allow) as default, I will look for it

I just read this trail, I am having the same issue with the auto-play with vimeo - even though I select the autoplay option before embedding. Is means the timeline might run out before the learner has fully watched the video (if they are slow to click the play button) I hope Articulate can fix this issue. I have written a text box to say - please click play to prompt the learner