OWL 2 Carousel Auto Play not working

I have two slides. I used OWL 1 and it worked great. I want an infinite loop, so it moves to OWL 2.

The following code works fine. The slides remain in sync, but the autoplay never starts. I need to drag slides or show nav and click next / prev button.

Hoping that the answer is pretty obvious to someone with more experience.

$(document).ready(function() {

var carousel_1 = $('#the_carousel'),
carousel_2 = $('#the_carousel_content');

carousel_2.on('change.owl.carousel', function(event) {
carousel_1.trigger('to.owl.carousel', [event.item.index,100,true]);

});

carousel_1.owlCarousel({
items:1,
loop:true,
autoPlay: true,
autoplayTimeout: 100,
slideBy: 1,
autoplaySpeed: 100,
 rewindNav: false
});

carousel_2.owlCarousel({
items:1,
loop:true,
autoPlay: false,
autoplaySpeed: 100,
autoplayTimeout: 100,
nav:false,
slideBy: 1,
rewindNav: false
});

});
</script>

      

        
        
        
      

    

Thank!