Would it be possible to start the video using JavaScript?

Invoking a click on an element withing the iframe is not allowed to prevent XSS.

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varghese CreditAttribution: varghese as a volunteer commented

We can set the auto play settings.
configuration->Video Embed Field->Video Embed Styles.
It will list the video style. Edit the style there have the configuration to "Allow Autoplay" the video

example
http://example.com/admin/config/media/vef/vef_video_styles/list/myvideos...

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mpp CreditAttribution: mpp as a volunteer and at AmeXio commented
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Thank you for the feedback. While it is nice one can configure autoplay it's (usually) not a good UX practice to autoplay video's.

The initial question is more about dynamically starting the video (using another element or action on the page).