Kaltura player functionality overriden in ios ?

[udithv]

My use case consists of playing the kaltura player as soon as it is loaded.

// Kaltura config

...
'readyCallback' : function( playerId ){
            var kdp = document.getElementById( playerId ); 
 
            
            if(playNow) {
                kdp.kBind('mediaReady', function () {
                    kdp.sendNotification('doPlay');
                });
            }

        },
...

The following works in all operating system and respective browsers like chrome, firefox etc...

But when I use an IOS system the video doesn't play on load instead the video is shown in paused state.

While using in iphone. Kaltura player is overriden by apple's default player..
Is there an way to fix this ?

[alexumn]

Try setting the Kaltura player UI variable EmbedPlayer.WebKitPlaysInline to true. Then the Kaltura player will appear inline on the page instead of going fullscreen to the iOS player. I'm not sure that will allow autoplay to function on iOS, but it will get you closer.

BTW, I suggest you think really hard about whether videos should autoplay in the first place, since that is a bad experience for screen reader users among other reasons. For more information see The A11Y Project: Quick tip: Don't auto-play video, music and more.

[kaltura-hooks]

Hi @udithv,

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[udithv]

@alexumn Thanks, this seems to stop it from going full screen in apple mobile. but I want the apple player to take control when I user clicks the fullscreen button in the player.
Is there any way to do that ?

Furthermore I am not trying to play the video once it is loaded using the autoplay variable in flashvars. But executing the "doPlay" command in the "on ready" callback. But this doesn't work and it requires me to click on the player to play the video.
Is there a way to override this ?