Here are my views on your dilemma:

Auto play: I agree with you that if the video was the only content on
the page, it would have made sense to autoplay. 

Triggered play: Not everyone likes to arrive at a page and be
surprised by a video playing on screen... more importantly.. if the
user has been surfing non-rich media content for a while he has also
forgotten what the volume his notebook/pc speakers is. Sometimes when
a video autoplays it causes the user to be startled as he might be in
a cafe/library/office, and does not want to attract too much
attention. 

Therefore I think you should convince the client that it might not
create the best user experience to have the video in autoplay mode.


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