Swift Slider Video all black on smartphone browser

[djsface]

Hey!

When i view http://purovita.djs-face.com/ in my Galaxy S5 standard Android Browser all i see is a black square. Is there any solution?

[David Martin – Support]

Yes, please upload a fallback image for the video. The video autoplay is not supported on mobile devices for self hosted videos.

[djsface]

Great help thank you!

Will it work when i host it somewhere else with the URL?

[David Martin – Support]

You can test a Vimeo/YouTube – autoplay may still not be available though.

Thanks.

[luisaarangom]

Why isn’t autoplay supported on mobile devices for self hosted videos? Is there a way to enable it?

[Swift Ideas – Ed]

Hi @luisaarangom

Do you mean for background videos?

Ed

[luisaarangom]

We use video in a full-width banner at the top of our homepage. Technically, it’s the only slide in a Swift Slider, just like the second slide on your “Home Naked” demo (http://swiftideas.com/home/home-naked/). So yes, I guess that’s a background video?

[Swift Ideas – Ed]

If you have the latest Swift Framework plugin, then these should autoplay now that they are supported (but this is device dependent!).

Ed

[luisaarangom]

We have what appears to be the latest version (2.5.53), but the video doesn’t work on Chrome for Android. One thing i found: When I run Chrome on desktop in “emulator mode”, emulating a smart phone, the <video> element is actually not present on the page (there’s only the .video-overlay div inside .video-wrap). So it looks like there’s some piece of JavaScript that either removes or doesn’t add the <video> element on Android devices? (the video works on iPhone)

I have solved it temporarily by adding the video via raw html (so my device does infact support autoplay videos).