How to mute an html5 video player using jQuery

Question

I\'ve found how to pause and play the video using jquery

$(\"video\").get(0).play();
$(\"video\").get(0).pause();

But I can\'t find t

Answer 1

Are you using the default controls boolean attribute on the video tag? If so, I believe all the supporting browsers have mute buttons. If you need to wire it up, set .muted to true on the element in javascript (use .prop for jquery because it's an IDL attribute.) The speaker icon on the volume control is the mute button on chrome,ff, safari, and opera for example