Is there any way to autoplay a youtube video when you scroll to it on the page? I\'ve tried to google this and it looks like theres some methods for the old youtube embed c
<iframe id="ytplayer" type="text/html" width="640" height="390"
src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/M7lc1UVf-VE?autoplay=1&origin=http://example.com"
frameborder="0"/>
Use the above to play the video automatically. per your question to play it only when scrolled down, check this thread.
Triggering a video autoplay based on scroll position
Here is the complete code. have tested this on firefox and chrome. You can check the sample working here.
http://www.foftv.com/samplejs/vidscroll2.html
<html><head>
<style>
#e1, #e2, #e3, #e4, #e5, # ytplayer{
height:390px; width:640px; display: block;
opacity: 0;
}
</style>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
// Load the IFrame Player API code asynchronously.
var tag = document.createElement('script');
tag.src = "https://www.youtube.com/player_api";
var firstScriptTag = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
firstScriptTag.parentNode.insertBefore(tag, firstScriptTag);
// Replace the 'ytplayer' element with an <iframe> and
// YouTube player after the API code downloads.
var player;
function onYouTubePlayerAPIReady() {
player = new YT.Player('ytplayer', {
height: '390',
width: '640',
playerVars : {
autoplay : 0
},
videoId: 'M7lc1UVf-VE'
});
}
$(window).scroll(function() {
$("iframe").each( function() {
if( $(window).scrollTop() > $(this).offset().top - 200 ) {
$(this).css('opacity',1);
player.playVideo();
} else {
$(this).css('opacity',0);
player.stopVideo();
}
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="e1">Some element 1</div>
<div id="e2">Some element 2</div>
<div id="e3">Some element 3</div>
<div id="ytplayer">Youtube player here</div>
<div id="e4">Some element 4</div>
<div id="e5">Some element 5</div>
</body>
</html>
I'm aware this is an old question but I found a solution that fits my need perfectly so I thought I would share it. I found out you can actually append &autoplay=1 to the iframe src, it automatically plays the video.
$(window).scroll(function() {
//will trigger when your element comes into viewport
var hT = $('#YourElement').offset().top,
hH = $('#YourElement').outerHeight(),
wH = $(window).height(),
wS = $(this).scrollTop();
if (wS > (hT+hH-wH)){
//appends &autoplay=1 to iFrame src, making it autoplay
var videoUrl = $('#YourIFrame').attr('src');
$('#YourIFrame').attr('src', videoUrl + "&autoplay=1");
}
I know it's a very old question, but I've been googling it and none of the answers worked for me, so this is the solution I ended up implementing:
<div id="video-box">
<iframe id="i_video" src="" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</div>
<script>
window.onscroll = function() {
var dv = document.getElementById('video-box');
var v = document.getElementById('i_video');
if ((window.scrollY < (dv.offsetTop + dv.offsetHeight)) && ((window.scrollY + window.outerHeight) > dv.offsetTop)) {
if (v.src=='' || v.src==location.href) {
v.src='VIDEO_URL';
}
} else {
v.src='';
}
}
</script>