How do I get an MP4 video file to autoplay instead of download

I am using Dreamweaver CS5.5.  I am trying to embed an .mp4 video on my website to autoplay.  When I take it to "Live View" the file plays - if I use the "Play" function in Properties I get the following message - "Unable to find the plugin that handles this media type. Dreamweaver looks in both the "Configurations/Plugins" folder, and the plugins folder for each of your selected browsers."  When I publish the page and go to my website to view, the video does not play - instead, the file downloads to my computer.  What can I do to remedy this issue?

Autoplay is not universally supported by all devices.  Many smatphone data plans can't handle the burden of preloaded and auto playing media.  There's nothing you can do to change this b/c mobile devices simply ignore the parameter.   All that said, why are you still using player plugins?  You don't need them with HTML5 video.
Copy & paste this code into a new, blank document.  Change video files to your own.
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>HTML5 with Video</title>
<!--help for older IE browsers-->
<!--[if lt IE 9]>
<script src="http://html5shiv.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
</head>
<style>
video {
    max-width:100%;
    display:block;
    margin:0 auto;
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Use 3 File Types to support all browsers &amp; mobile devices:  MP4, WEBM and OGV.</h2>
<h3>Online Video Converter
http://video.online-convert.com/</h3>
<!--begin video-->
<video controls poster="Your_poster_image.jpg">
<!--these are 6 sec sample videos for testing purposes. Replace sample-videos with your own files-->
<source src="http://techslides.com/demos/sample-videos/small.webm" type="video/webm">
<source src="http://techslides.com/demos/sample-videos/small.ogv" type="video/ogg">
<source src="http://techslides.com/demos/sample-videos/small.mp4" type="video/mp4">
If you're seeing this, you're using an
outdated browser that doesn't support
the video tag. </video>
<!--end video-->
</body>
</html>
EDIT:  I forgot to move the closing </head> tag in my original post.
Nancy O.

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