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Aaron_Charles
Aaron_Charles
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Jul 26, 2024 2:45 AM UTC
Question

Video isn't playing on Figma Slides presentation mode on Desktop app but works on Browser?

  • Previously, videos would autoplay on it’s own and it seems like Figma pushed an update which allowed us to have more granular control i.e. autoplay/loop/sound
  • But it seems like my video isn’t playing on presentation mode anymore irregardless of the video settings.
  • After troubleshooting, I found that this is an issue with Figma Desktop App as the video plays as intended on browser.
  • I have also updated my Figma Desktop App, restarted my computer etc but to no avail.

Just wondering if i’m the only one going through this 😕

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    djv
    Figmate
    djv
    Community Support
    Oct 1, 2024 6:17 PM UTC

    Thanks, @ekaterina.sharipova!

    Are you able to share the .mov video you’re seeing this issue with? If so, we’ll pass it onto the Slides team to investigate further.

    Jonathan Smith
    Jonathan Smith
    New Member
    Feb 27, 2025 8:17 PM UTC

    This might help some people but make sure you’re not applying some level of opacity. If you add an alpha channel to the video it will never play. This was my big dumb mistake. Once I set the opacity to 100%, it played videos everywhere.

      Sean Goodwin
      Sean Goodwin
      New Member
      Apr 6, 2025 3:02 AM UTC

      This might help some people but make sure you’re not applying some level of opacity. If you add an alpha channel to the video it will never play. This was my big dumb mistake. Once I set the opacity to 100%, it played videos everywhere.

      This solved my issue entirely. Today I learned that video layers won’t play if a less than 100% Opacity is applied on the Appearance of that layer.

      Waynos Waynos
      Waynos Waynos
      New Member
      May 22, 2025 1:00 AM UTC

      Problem persists on

      Mac OS Sonoma 14.7.5

      Figma Desktop App version 125.4.9

      I am reading up Grids and none of the embedded YouTube videos play on desktop.

       

      Edit: Actually, when I test this link on Firefox videos also do not play.

       

      Edit2: this is the original link. But it only gives the option to view in the Desktop App it would seem.SO I can’t actually check the browser version. https://www.figma.com/community/file/1484548529005244626  

       

      Dave_Kok
      Dave_Kok
      New Participant
      Jul 4, 2025 12:44 PM UTC

      12 months later… Come on Figma.

      Thanasis Markomichalis
      Thanasis Markomichalis
      New Participant
      Aug 9, 2025 3:17 AM UTC

      Wink will be the choice you need.

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