diff --git a/src/components/post/attachments/visual-container.jsx b/src/components/post/attachments/visual-container.jsx
index 9386f39c8..e94eec707 100644
--- a/src/components/post/attachments/visual-container.jsx
+++ b/src/components/post/attachments/visual-container.jsx
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ export function VisualContainer({
               videoSrc: attachmentPreviewUrl(a.id, 'video'),
               msrc: attachmentPreviewUrl(a.id, 'image'),
               meta: a.meta ?? {},
+              duration: a.duration ?? 0,
             }),
         originalSrc: attachmentPreviewUrl(a.id, 'original'),
         width: a.previewWidth ?? a.width,
diff --git a/src/services/lightbox-actual.js b/src/services/lightbox-actual.js
index 3f4b3bb91..4676ef17d 100644
--- a/src/services/lightbox-actual.js
+++ b/src/services/lightbox-actual.js
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ function initLightbox() {
   lightbox.on('contentLoad', ({ content }) => {
     const { data, element } = content;
     if (data.type === 'video') {
-      if (data.meta.animatedImage) {
+      if (data.meta.animatedImage || (data.meta.silent && data.duration <= 5)) {
         element.muted = true;
         element.loop = true;
         element.controls = false;