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Background Video Playback on Mobile

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The community members are discussing a problem with background videos not playing on mobile devices. Some suggestions include troubleshooting z-index issues, checking end-user settings, and ensuring the video is muted. One community member shared a read-only link to their site, and another mentioned that they were able to get it working on another project. The solution was to make sure the video is muted, as background videos with audio will not play on mobile.

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LLuis Garcia

Anyone know a work around for background videos not playing on mobile?

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PPhilip Stancil

That particular problem can be pretty difficult to troubleshoot. It could be an end-user setting that prevents autoplay, or it could be a z-index issue you’ve got going on, or other things. Can you share the read-only link? https://university.webflow.com/lesson/share-your-site#how-to-share-a-read-only-link

LLuis Garcia

https://preview.webflow.com/preview/dgs-customz-site-1?utm_medium=preview_link&utm_sou[…]1&preview=040b28d82ee01241bf141a3238feeaa1&workflow=preview

LLuis Garcia

im sure its a z index issue because I got it to work on another one of my projects: reduxdetail.com

LLuis Garcia

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LLuis Garcia

Nevermind I figured it out you have to make sure your video is muted if not it will not play, thats so weird and webflow should add an option to mute audio...

PPhilip Stancil

Ah, thanks for the tip, ! I don’t ever upload background video with audio, so I wouldn’t have even known that one! Glad you solved it. 🙂

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