Developers and website owners can now easily embed YouTube videos that autoplay with muted audio using the YouTube Player API. This feature is particularly useful for product websites that use short screencasts to highlight features or for websites that use YouTube video backgrounds.
To embed a YouTube video with muted audio, follow these steps:
YOUR_VIDEO_ID
in the provided code with the video ID.The example code provided uses the YouTube IFRAME API and includes options for customizing the player, such as hiding the video title, YouTube logo, and fullscreen button. The onReady
event is used to mute the video when it is ready to play.