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Asked: 2026-05-14T21:02:14+00:00

I have the following, which displays an image and when the user clicks on

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I have the following, which displays an image and when the user clicks on the image, it takes them to the Youtube video:

<html>
<head>
<script src="http://www.google.com/jsapi"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
google.load("jquery", "1", {uncompressed: true});
</script>

<script>
jQuery(function($){
    $('a').click(function() {
        $(this).html('<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Msef24JErmU&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Msef24JErmU&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>');
        return false;
    });
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
    <a href="javascript:void();"><img src="http://www.clipov.net/pic/paul_oakenfold+%5Bstarry_eyed_surprise%5D+_+3-07+mtv_dance_beats+clear.jpg"></a>
</body>
</html>

Q: How do I autoplay the video to keep the user from having to click on it (a second time)?

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  1. Editorial Team

    http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=56107

    Yes, you can autoplay movies! In the "About This Video" section of the video watch page, we give you the source code to embed the video:

    <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OdT9z-JjtJk"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OdT9z-JjtJk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>

    To make it autoplay, just append "&autoplay=1" after the video ID so it looks like this:

    <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OdT9z-JjtJk&autoplay=1"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OdT9z-JjtJk&autoplay=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>
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