Embed autoplay false not working in Mozilla

Question

I am using embed tag in Mozilla. Video start playing on page load only. Autoplay (autoplay="false") is not helping me. Can any one help me please?

Thanks in advance !

<embed id="video1" src="Wildlife.wmv" type="application/mediaplayer" autoplay="false" width="470" height="280"></embed>

Answer 1

This is a know bug for Chrome and Firefox. Try using another source extension, .wmv is also not valid for Mac users without Flip4mac.

Also this bug can be fixed by using <object> like this:

<object width="470" height="280" type="application/x-mplayer2">
  <param name="fileName" value="Wildlife.wmv">
  <param name="autostart" value="0">
</object>

The bug in the <embed> can be caused by using the wrong type, so move on to the better solution:

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Best solution in this case

Then again, the best solution for using <embed> is setting the plugin url, type and autostart like this:

<embed type="video/x-ms-wmv" pluginspage="http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/MediaPlayer/" autostart="0" width="470" height="280" loop="0" src="Wildlife.wmv"></embed>