Autoplay video in Bootstrap modal window on modal opening

Question

I have a Bootstrap 3.3.7 modal window which contains a video using the HTML5 video tag, e.g.

<video controls autoplay>
    <source src="video.mp4" type="video/mp4">
    Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video>

The trouble with this is that when my web page loads, the video starts playing (even though it cannot be "seen" since the modal is closed, the audio also plays).

I understand that the autoplay tag is doing this. But how can I get the video to autoplay when the modal is loaded? And stop when the modal is closed?

Answer 1

You can use the shown.bs.modal and hidden.bs.modal events to run some javascript code when the modal is shown/hidden:

$('#myModal').on('shown.bs.modal', function () {
  $('#video1')[0].play();
})
$('#myModal').on('hidden.bs.modal', function () {
  $('#video1')[0].pause();
})

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" />
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<!-- Button trigger modal -->
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary btn-lg" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#myModal">
  Launch demo modal
</button>

<!-- Modal -->
<div class="modal fade" id="myModal" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="myModalLabel">
  <div class="modal-dialog" role="document">
    <div class="modal-content">
      <div class="modal-header">
        <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span></button>
        <h4 class="modal-title" id="myModalLabel">Modal title</h4>
      </div>
      <div class="modal-body">
        <video controls id="video1" style="width: 100%; height: auto; margin:0 auto; frameborder:0;">
          <source src="https://archive.org/download/WebmVp8Vorbis/webmvp8_512kb.mp4" type="video/mp4">
          Your browser doesn't support HTML5 video tag.
        </video>
      </div>
      <div class="modal-footer">
        <button type="button" class="btn btn-default" data-dismiss="modal">Close</button>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

Answer 2

You should use a javascript function to start the video and call it when the modal is loaded: (and remove the autoplay attribute ) Here is an example:

var vid = document.getElementById("myVideo"); 
function playVid() { vid.play(); }