add onScrollStateChanged() for checking if there is an item view inside the screen. If so, tell the item view(VideoView) that it can start movie.

MainActivity.java

  recyclerView.addOnScrollListener(new RecyclerView.OnScrollListener() {
            @Override
            public void onScrollStateChanged(RecyclerView recyclerView, int newState) {
                super.onScrollStateChanged(recyclerView, newState);

                int firstCompletelyVisibleItemPosition = ((LinearLayoutManager) recyclerView.getLayoutManager())
                        .findFirstCompletelyVisibleItemPosition();
                boolean isVideo = recyclerView.getAdapter()
                        .getItemViewType(firstCompletelyVisibleItemPosition) == TYPE_MOVIE;

                if (!isVideo) {
                    return;
                }
            }

            @Override
            public void onScrolled(RecyclerView recyclerView, int dx, int dy) {
                super.onScrolled(recyclerView, dx, dy);
            }
        });

OnScreenScopeListener.java

  interface OnScreenScopeListener {
        void getCompletelyVisiblePosition(int firstCompletelyVisibleItemPosition);
  }