PlaceHolder image for video doesn't disappear ever. Why?

[RhineRiver]

Hello LayTheme community,

I have the following problem:
The placeholder image I've set for a video never disappears. It is still displayed even when minutes have passed and the video must have loaded

Thats the website: https://rebeccagrundmann.com/not-in-my-name/
The thing marked "placeholder image" is in fact a placeholder image for a video. Both were properly uploaded via laythemes native option for this. The video is big and might load slowly (depending on your dataspeed) which is why I've set a placeholder image in the first place.

Background information:
–– First I uploaded only the video – no placeholder. Soon I found out, that the video due to it's size of 58MB only loads slowly when your Wifi connection is weak.
–– The video originally came with a size of 400MB. I compressed it to the limit, down to 58MB.
–– The reason for embedding such a big video is that I want to avoid an ugly cookie-banner or a long cookiebanner-design-process...

Things I've already tried:
–– When I deactivate the placeholder, the video loads normally. (a bit faster when in fast Wifi – a bit slower when in slow Wifi...)
–– I went through all configurations in the video-upload-dialog like (Autoplay / Mute / Show custom play button / etc...) Currently activated: "Show Standard controls".
–– I tested my case with different operating systems and different browsers on both mobile and desktop.
–– I deactivated all Plug-Ins and I updated LayTheme.

I appreciate your attention and support!

Very best,
Christian

[arminunruh]

hey!
you need a way to play the video

so you either need play/pause enabled
or you need "show custom play icon enabled"

or you need autoplay enabled (in that case you could just remove the placeholder image entirely though)