How can I enable autoplay for a video?

Starting the playback automatically as soon as Bitmovin Player is loaded is possible via the player configuration:

var config = {  
    key: 'PLAYER_API_KEY',  
    source: {  
        dash: '//URL/stream.mpd',  
        hls: '//URL/stream.m3u8',  
        progressive: '//URL/file.mp4'  
    },  
    playback: {  
        autoplay: true  
    }  
}

This works on mobile devices as well, as long as the player is muted from the beginning:

var config = {  
    key: 'PLAYER_API_KEY',  
    source: {  
        dash: '//URL/stream.mpd',  
        hls: '//URL/stream.m3u8',  
        progressive: '//URL/file.mp4'  
    },  
    playback: {  
        autoplay: true,  
        muted: true  
    }  
}

More information regarding browsers autoplay policies can be found in our according blog post.