How to make embedded videos autoplay or play at a specific time

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Please Note

Embedded Loom videos with Autoplay may not work on all sites or browsers. Some web browsers and sites have policies and restrictions around Autoplay which Loom cannot always bypass.

How to embed a video with autoplay or play at a specific time

  1. You'll first need to grab the Loom video HTML embed code. To do this click the Share icon at the top of your video.
  2. Then select the Embed tab. Choose between Responsive or Fixed and copy the code.Embed1.gif
  3. Now grab the URL parameter below based on what you need (autoplay or specific time) and add it to the end of the Loom video URL. 
For autoplay For playing at a specific time
Add ?autoplay=1 or autoplay=true to then end of the Loom URL link.

Examples of how to add Embed URL Parameters:

Auto-play

<iframe width="630" height="394" src="https://www.useloom.com/embed/703e48c9d12d4271833254702fb90?autoplay=1" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> 

Specific time

<iframe width="630" height="394" src="https://www.useloom.com/embed/703e48c9d12d4271833254702fb90?t=80"frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> 

Do you have any other Embed URL parameters?

Yes! Check out our article here for more parameters. 

Questions, comments, concerns? Contact us here.

Happy recording! 🎥😄

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