---
title: "Feature: #66371 - Introduce autoplay option for video and audio files"
manual: "TYPO3 Core Changelog"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/changelog:feature-66371"
source: "Changelog/7.5/Feature-66371-IntroduceAutoplayOptionForVideoAndAudioFiles.rst"
modified: "2026-09-15T10:46:36+00:00"
---

# Feature: #66371 - Introduce autoplay option for video and audio files

See [forge#66371](https://forge.typo3.org/issues/66371)

## Description

The `RenderingRegistry` added with #61800 introduced the option to render video
and audio tags with the new `MediaViewHelper` added with #66366.
To improve the usability of this feature an autoplay checkbox has been added to
the `sys_file_reference` records to enable the editor to configure this option
on a per file basis.

To make the autoplay option available in sys_file_reference records, make use of
the new palettes `videoOverlayPalette` and `audioOverlayPalette` in your TCA.

However, the autoplay property of the `sys_file_reference` is only taken into
account if the view helper does not explicitly specify an autoplay option.

### Examples:

Example config of an sys_file_reference field in TCA:

```php
'media' => array(
	'exclude' => 1,
	'label' => 'Media',
	'config' => \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\ExtensionManagementUtility::getFileFieldTCAConfig(
		'media',
		array(
			'foreign_types' => array(
				\TYPO3\CMS\Core\Resource\File::FILETYPE_AUDIO => array(
					'showitem' => '
						--palette--;;audioOverlayPalette,
						--palette--;;filePalette',
				),
				\TYPO3\CMS\Core\Resource\File::FILETYPE_VIDEO => array(
					'showitem' => '
						--palette--;;videoOverlayPalette,
						--palette--;;filePalette',
				)
			)
		),
		'wav,mpeg,mp4,ogg'
	)
)
```

```html
<code title="MP4 Video Object with autoplay option set regardless of sys_file_reference checkbox">
	<f:media file="{file}" width="400" height="375" additionalConfig="{autoplay: '1'}" />
</code>
<output>
	<video width="400" height="375" controls autoplay><source src="fileadmin/user_upload/my-video.mp4" type="video/mp4"></video>
</output>

 <code title="MP4 Video Object without autoplay option set will respect the configuration of the sys_file_reference record">
	<f:media file="{file}" width="400" height="375" />
</code>
<output>
	<video width="400" height="375" controls><source src="fileadmin/user_upload/my-video.mp4" type="video/mp4"></video>
</output>
```