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Autoplay Vimeo videos in a webflow lightbox

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The community member is trying to find a way to autoplay Vimeo videos in a Webflow lightbox. Other community members suggest using a background video instead of a lightbox, and provide some resources such as a video tutorial and a Finsweet attribute for auto-playing videos. However, there is no explicitly marked answer in the comments.

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NNathaniel Ola

Hello,
I’m trying to find a way to autoplay Vimeo videos in a Webflow lightbox. Has anyone successfully done this? Are there any code solutions available?

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MMatt Johnson

instead of using a lightbox, why not use a background video and click into a modal or? Need more context to provide better direction, I think.

NNathaniel Ola

Thanks, , So I wanna add this walkthrough video to the hero section of the homepage.
Here is the read-only link.

MMatt Johnson

Yeah, I would do a background video here. Check out this video where T.Ricks goes over various approaches. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-OQTr0akKc&pp=ygUZYmFja2dyb3VuZCB2aWRlb3Mgd2ViZmxvdw%3D%3D

MMatt Johnson

I also just found this - I forgot they had this.
https://finsweet.com/attributes/auto-video

NNathaniel Ola

Awesome, thanks

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