Muting an embedded vimeo video

Question

On a website I am building I have a vimeo video embedded. The client needs to keep the sound on the video obviously for people that find it on vimeo. However for her website the sound is just plain annoying. So I need to find a way to mute the audio within the code for the embed. I have googled it but can't seem to find anything legible. As you can see from my code below, I have used the autoplay command within the link I was hoping I could do a similar thing to mute the sound.

    <iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/4415083?  title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=d01e2f&amp;autoplay=1" width="500" height="281"  frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe>

Thanks

Jarrettjarrid

check this link – Cogitable

@Cogitable thanks so much but I already found that and it didn't work, thats why I'm here. Thanks for trying though its much appreciated – Jarrettjarrid

Answer 1

In case it helps anyone, Vimeo have added a 'background' parameter for embedding videos, that autoplays videos silently. In some cases that will be useful where people want to mute videos - this is their example:

<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/76979871?background=1" 
    width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen 
    mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>

Bronwyn

This only works for videos uploaded by a Plus account unfortunately. – Balsaminaceous

Answer 2

For non-paying members

You just need to add the muted parameter. E.g.:

<iframe src="https://vimeo.com/48400332?autoplay=1&loop=1&muted=1" ></iframe>

 

For paid members

According to Vimeo, the background parameter is only supported for videos hosted by paid members.

Source: https://help.vimeo.com/hc/en-us/articles/115004485728-Autoplaying-and-looping-embedded-videos

Duple

Answer 3

you will be using setVolume api in your vimeo.. player.api('setVolume', 0); it will be like this...

<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
        <script src="//f.vimeocdn.com/js/froogaloop2.min.js"></script>
        <iframe id="vimeo_player" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/4415083?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=d01e2f&amp;autoplay=1&player_id=vimeo_player" width="500" height="281"  frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe>
        <script>
        var iframe = $('#vimeo_player')[0],
            player = $f(iframe),
            status = $('.status');

            player.addEvent('ready', function() {
                player.api('setVolume', 0);
            });
        </script>

Sigfried

i'm getting this error after applying the above script "Uncaught (in promise) Error: An id or url must be passed, either in an options object or as a data-vimeo-id or data-vimeo-url attribute.(…)" – Patrol

I have updated the answer with the latest API configuration – Foul

Answer 4

I tried the examples in the answers with no luck. After looking into the documentation I noticed there is missing the parameter &player_id=IFRAME_ID. Maybe something changed in the Vimeo API, anyway the following example works for me:

<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://f.vimeocdn.com/js/froogaloop2.min.js"></script>
<iframe id="vimeo_player" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/4415083?api=1&player_id=vimeo_player&autoplay=1&loop=1&color=ffffff" width="1920" height="1080" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>

<script>
$(function() {
    var vimeo_iframe = $('#vimeo_player')[0];
    var player = $f(vimeo_iframe);

    player.addEvent('ready', function() {
        player.api('setVolume', 0);
    });
});
</script>

Wilks

I had attempted EVERY possible permutation with no luck until I found this answer. And it worked like a charm. Definitely there is something with the &player_id=IFRAME_ID option that makes it work. – Jelks

works well, although I'm not sure why did you add ajax script? When using this solution, don't forget to change the bits after the video, in this case api=1&player_id=vimeo_player&autoplay=1&loop=1&color=ffffff – Allx

Answer 5

Seems like Vimeo is providing an updated library, and the API syntax is a bit different from the old one (Froogaloop). Here's how to mute an embedded video with JS:

<!--Add the id attr to the iframe tag to use as a selector-->
<iframe id="embeddedVideo" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/4415083? title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=d01e2f&amp;autoplay=1" width="500" height="281"  frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe>

<!--Include the Vimeo API Library-->
<script src="https://player.vimeo.com/api/player.js"></script>

<!--Select and manipulate your video-->
<script type="text/javascript">
    //Select the #embeddedVideo element
    var video = document.getElementById('embeddedVideo');

    //Create a new Vimeo.Player object
    var player = new Vimeo.Player(video);

    //When the player is ready, set the volume to 0
    player.ready().then(function() {
        player.setVolume(0);
    });
</script>

Hope this helps out anyone who's using the new library. Documentation is at vimeo/player.js

Petulant

Working perfectly. Just a little note: It's not necessary to wait until the player is ready to call setVolume(0) – Jerrodjerrol

Answer 6

Since most of the answers here are referring to Vimeo's old api. Here is the simplest way with the new api. You can include vimeo player.js from their CDN or you can download it or you can include it from npm.

<script src="https://player.vimeo.com/api/player.js"></script>

or

npm install @vimeo/player

then you can do the following.

    <script>
    var iframe = document.querySelector('iframe');
    var player = new Vimeo.Player(iframe);

    player.setVolume(0);
  </script>

that's it. And if you are using angular 2+,

import * as Vimeo from '@vimeo/player';

const iframe = e.target;
const player = new Vimeo(iframe);
player.setVolume(0);

here e.target is $event which would be passed from the template. Probably it could be iframe (load) event. Or may be you can use jquery to select iframe.

Forget

Oh boy, I just logged in to upvote your solution. I implemented it as it is in Shopify and BIM ! It works. Thank you so much. – Holler

Answer 7

@Gadss answer works great but I found that you need update the iframe src to include the activation of the Vimeo api. Just include api=1 after the vimeo id.

I've also found that this sometimes doens't work on Safari for some reason.

<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script src="//f.vimeocdn.com/js/froogaloop2.min.js"></script>
    <iframe id="vimeo_player" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/4415083?api=1&title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=d01e2f&amp;autoplay=1" width="500" height="281"  frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe>
    <script>
    var iframe = $('#vimeo_player')[0],
        player = $f(iframe),
        status = $('.status');

        player.addEvent('ready', function() {
            player.api('setVolume', 0);
        });
    </script>

Chishima

Answer 8

**Here is my solution: http://jsfiddle.net/jakeoblivion/phytdt9L/5/

(You will need your own play/pause mute/unmute icons)

  //load video muted
  var video = $("#myvideo");
  video.vimeo("play");
  video.vimeo("setVolume", 0);

    //toggle play/pause
  $('#play-pause').click(function() {
    $(this).toggleClass('play');
    if ($(this).hasClass('play')) {
      //pause video
      video.vimeo("pause");
      $(this).css('background', 'pink');
    } else {
      //unpause video
      video.vimeo("play");
      $(this).css('background', 'blue');
    }
  });

  //toggle mute/unmute
  $('#mute-unmute').click(function() {
    $(this).toggleClass('mute');
    if ($(this).hasClass('mute')) {
      //unmute video
  video.vimeo("setVolume", 1);
      $(this).css('background', 'green');

    } else {
      //mute video
  video.vimeo("setVolume", 0);
      $(this).css('background', 'red');
    }
  });

Spent ages trying and nothing seemed to work to.

I just wanted to have a Vimeo autoplay muted (volume 0) with simple Play/Pause Mute/Unmute controls, instead of their default ones. (feel free to use icons instead of the temporary colours I put).

(if you want to add the default controls back but keep muted, remove "?background=1". By default background=1 will set video.vimeo("setVolume", 0) and hide controls, so I also added the mute on load without the background=1 set).

Also note: "You’ll need to be running on a web server instead of opening the file directly in your browser. JS security restrictions will prevent the API from working when run locally."

Parmentier

Vimeo have changed their api, so instead of the other examples with .api("setVolume", 0); it is now: .vimeo("setVolume", 0); – Parmentier

Exactly what i was looking for. However you should update your code according to the new API – Portable

Answer 9

I've found a way to do it. You start the video muted so it autoplays, then on the first timeupdate you set the volume to 1.

var options = {
    id: 'video_id_here',
    width: 640,
    loop: false,
    muted: true,
    autoplay: true
};

var player = new Vimeo.Player('vimeo', options);

player.setVolume(0);

player.on('timeupdate', set_autoplay_volume );

function set_autoplay_volume(){
    player.setVolume(1);
    player.off('timeupdate', set_autoplay_volume );
}

Darill

This is the reverse of OP's question but did help me so upvoted, thanks! – Stonecrop

Answer 10

You try insert ?muted=1 after link in attribute src

For example

<iframe id="vimeo_player" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/257992348?muted=1">

Spidery

Answer 11

This is the only way it worked for me: http://jsfiddle.net/87dsjL8q/108/

var iframe = document.getElementsByTagName('iframe')[0];
var player = $f( iframe );

 player.addEvent('ready', function() {
     player.api('setVolume', 20); 
 });

Linares

Answer 12

<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/4415083?muted=1;  title=0;byline=0;portrait=0;color=d01e2f;autoplay=1" width="500" height="281"  frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe>

you can just give "muted=1" so the video will be muted... chrome allow the videos autoplay that are muted

Fresnel