How to Make a Seamless Looping Hero Video
A hero video that visibly jumps at the loop point looks unfinished. Here's how to avoid that with the right animation settings.
Try Mockly FreePlan the start and end points
For a clean loop, the animation's final frame should sit close to its starting position — a full scroll pass that ends near the top, rather than stopping mid-scroll, avoids an obvious jump.
Use a pause at both ends
A brief start delay and a matching pause at the end of the scroll gives the loop a natural breathing room, so the restart doesn't feel abrupt even if there's a slight visual jump.
Set the embed to loop and autoplay muted
On the website side, set your video element's loop and autoplay attributes with muted enabled, since most browsers block audible autoplay by default.
Frequently asked questions
Mockly exports a standard MP4; achieving a seamless loop is mostly about how you configure the scroll start and end points before exporting, then setting the loop attribute on your embed.
Linear scroll with matching start and end pauses tends to loop more cleanly than human-custom stops, which can create a more noticeable jump if the last stop is far from the top.
Most hero background videos are silent by convention — export without relying on audio, since autoplay with sound is blocked in most browsers anyway.