This can be achieved with a single line of code that you can add anywhere on your web page. The trick is that you embed a regular YouTube video (with autoplay=1) and set the height & width of the video player to zero so the embedded IFRAME element stays invisible. PS5 lets you watch YouTube as you play games on the same screen Sonys next-gen PlayStation 5 actually lets you pin a webpage to the side of your current gaming session.
They mostly used raw audio files, like MP3, WAV or even the MIDI format, to embed music but you can even use any of your favorite YouTube tracks for embedding background audio. Remember the Geocities era when websites would automatically play background music as soon as you opened them much to the embarrassment of office workers. Embed Background Music with YouTube Audio Tap on the floating window and the app will be fetched from the background while the. In this way you can open and use more apps while watching the video. The minimized window can be moved as desired. The downside is that your background video won’t work on mobile devices and it is not possible to mute the sound of a video without using JavaScript. In this mode, the app will be closed and the video will be minimized on the homescreen in a popup window (Floating Player). Also, the z-index is set to negative so the YouTube video layer will appear several levels below the main content of your page. Internally, we are using YouTube’s IFRAME tags to embed that video such that it occupies the entire page (both width and height are set to 100%). Not all of us can afford nor justify such an expense, but if your iPhone is jailbroken, you can get your hands on this sought-after feature and much more without spending a dime. Replace ID with the actual ID of your YouTube video If you want the ability to play YouTube videos in the background as you multitask on your iPhone, youll have to shell out 11.99 a month for the privilege of doing so with YouTube Premium. You should also replace the ID with the actual video ID of the YouTube video that you would like to use in the background. To get started, simply paste the code below near the opening tag of your web template. The other more simple approach, as you can see in this demo, uses HTML and CSS tags (no JavaScript) to help you place any YouTube video in the page background.