Hide the Vimeo Play/Pause button? [duplicate]

Question

I am embedding a Vimeo video into my site using Vimeo iframe.

In Vimeo I have disable all the features.. thumb, title, volume etc. But I am unable to disable the Play/Pause button that sits in the middle of the video.

Because I am using the vimeo video as a background video I want to hide the Play/Pause button.

Is there away using jQuery perhaps to find the button then hide it?

Thanks in advance for the help!

Answer 1

I've been investigating this issue lately, and I think the answer is no. Basically, the Vimeo embedding options does not support disabling the play/pause button. If you could communicate with the player's iframe, you could insert a tag with some CSS rules to disable it. But you can't. You could, if the iframe was programmed by you and you added a listener for a cross-domain communication (like this: http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/585663/Communication-with-Cross-Domain-IFrame-A-Cross-Bro). But the Vimeo player iframe doesn't have that, for obvious security reasons.

In the Vimeo forums (https://vimeo.com/forums/topic:37769), a Vimeo staff member said one year ago:

Hey folks, If you're a PRO member, you can use a third party player that supports the removal of all player chrome: vimeo.com/help/faq/sharing-videos/embedding-videos#how-do-i-use-a-third-party-player-with-vimeo-pro Vimeo's player will not be removing the Play/Pause button.

So, basically, your/my only option is to go PRO and use a third party player, or to develop your own (which is the equivalent of not using Vimeo at all, and the only thing Vimeo will provide you with is the hosting of the video files, as far as I understand).