How do I play embedded audio just once, then mute

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Hi All,

My first post here... :-)

I'm fairly new to web development and I've just been tasked this and I don't know where to start.

I would like to embedded a video into the homepage of a website. When people visit they see the video (with audio) once, then the video loops (and the audio mutes)

Is this possible with the audio in the mp4 OR should I make two separate files? I'm assuming I use javascript to achieve this?

Any tips / pointers greatly appreciated. In the meantime I will keep researching.

thx!

What I have tried:

I am googling trying to find a solution, but so far no luck, hence why I'm posting here. Currently using this

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<source src="/sites/default/files/HOMEPAGE_HEADER_VIDEO.mp4" type="video/mp4" />

Posted 30-Oct-19 12:23pm

datadrvn

Updated 30-Oct-19 13:32pm

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Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 1 · 2019-10-30T13:33:00

This is only possible if the player you have in your page supports muting the audio from javascript code. I don't know of any myself.

But, there's a reason why NOBODY worth their weight has sound on their web pages when they load. It's annoying and makes people hit "close tab" faster than they hit the mute button.