To mute or unmute video players when initiating playback, you can use ‘muted’ query parameters to control the audio settings of the player. Here’s how you can achieve this:

  1. Enabling Mute: 

You can set the `muted` parameter to `true` or `1` in the video URL. This will ensure that the video starts playing with the audio muted. For example:

https://your-video-player-url.com?muted=true 

  1. Disabling Mute:
    You can set the `muted` parameter to `false` or `0` in the video URL.. This way, the video will start with audio enabled, and viewers can mute or unmute as they wish. For example:

https://your-video-player-url.com?muted=false

Setting the `muted` parameter to `true` mutes the video initially, while setting it to `false` allows the video to start with sound enabled, giving you the option to mute or unmute as you please.

Note: ‘true’ = ‘1’ and ‘false’ = ‘0’. You can use either ‘true’ or ‘1’, and ‘false’ or ‘0’.