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[Manny Costales]

Hi, the video used as a background is not playing automatically, instead, I have to click on the right side of the section in order to start the video.
Also, if the video is not playing, I don’t see my thumbnail, so, what is the purpose of putting it?
This is the URL to my website http://mgm.jump2web.com/

[Rupok]

Hi there,

Thanks for writing in! I can’t see the video on your section. Would you mind providing us with login credentials so we can take a closer look? To do this, you can make a post with the following info:

– Link to your site
– WordPress Admin username / password
– FTP credentials

Don’t forget to select Set as private reply. This ensures your information is only visible to our staff.

[Manny Costales]

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[Lely]

Hi There,

Thank you for the credentials. I did try to login and check but then you page is not loading in Cornerstone so I can’t see your setup at the moment:

You can try adding this in your wp-config.php located at the root directory of your site.

define( 'WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '256M' );
define( 'WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT', '512M' );

You can add it before the line

/* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */

[Manny Costales]

Done!
try again

[Rupok]

Hi there,

Thanks for updating. I have checked and found that you have just placed a YouTube URL. You are supposed to place a video URL that’s hosted somewhere. If you want to sue YouTube video background then you need to sue Revolution Slider.

Hope this makes sense.

[Manny Costales]

In reality, it doesn’t have too much sense.
Anyway, what do you recommend? I’m not going to use Rev Slider, I really don’t like that plugin.
Do you think is OK if I upload the video to my hosting?

[Rupok]

Hi there,

Thanks for writing back. It’s simple that you need a real video URL to use as video background. YouTube link is not actually a video URL. You can download the video and upload to your hosting and grab the URL.

Hope this make sense.

[Manny Costales]

Hummm, don’t like the solution, but….
One more question, will this slow down my website?

[Lely]

Hello There,

If you’re hosting is a shared server, yes. Please check the following comparison:
https://www.liquidlight.co.uk/blog/article/youtube-videos-vs-self-hosted-which-one-is-better-for-you/

10 Reasons Why You Should Never Host Your Own Videos

Hope this helps.

[Manny Costales]

OK, I guess the best solution is to use Rev Slider.
Thanks

[Paul R]

You’re welcome! 🙂

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