Player.js: "Play" event is not firing for autoplaying videos

[danaburger]

Issue Description

The console is not generating a message for autoplaying video (using ?autoplay or ?background params)

Expected Behavior

Console log displays play event

Actual Behavior

"Played the video!” string is not firing in the console

Steps to Reproduce

1) Open Console
2) Visit https://codepen.io/esedeerre/pen/MXmXBV

cc/// @fisherinnovation

[dmitrykiselyov]

Yep, I have the same issue.

[fisherinnovation]

So this seems to be related to the setup and usage of a player specifically in the iframe embed setup you are using (the event listener isn't created in time). To get around this for the time being (while we figure out the best method to solve this proper) you can utilize the API to create the player for you which will ensure the listener will created in time. Here is an example https://jsfiddle.net/9rjcwaf2/

[dmitrykiselyov]

@fisherinnovation Hey, thanks for advice, but this is exactly how my code is setup and the play event not working.

[fisherinnovation]

Do you see the event firing with the demo I provided (https://jsfiddle.net/9rjcwaf2/)?

[dmitrykiselyov]

No, I don't, the demo doesn't work (Uncaught ReferenceError: Vimeo is not defined at window.onload)

[fisherinnovation]

@dmitrykiselyov Sorry about that, updated the link, can you try once more?

[dmitrykiselyov]

No problem. The demo is working :) Thanks!

[dmitrykiselyov]

With this video 84708837 it not working.

[esedeerre]

Hi, can we expect this to be solved this week? Thanks!

[dmitrykiselyov]

@fisherinnovation Hey, I tried another video 84708837 (Chrome 67.0.3396.87) with your demo and it dosn't work http://jmp.sh/vDwRDVi. This is a big issue for me. Can you please look at this problem. Thanks!

[fisherinnovation]

Hoping to have this resolved ASAP. Thanks for your patience everyone.

[rnpgeo]

Thanks for looking into it fisherinnovation 👍 .
Is this the same reason that javascript player.play() does not seem to be working? We have various uses of this where we play video No.1, then load and play video No.2. But as of today, video No.2 loads but does not play. I can provide more info if needed.

[fisherinnovation]

Thanks again for your patience everyone. This should be resolved now. Example https://jsfiddle.net/0zqo5yrc/

Please reopen if you are still encountering issues.