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Rohit Yadav's avatar
Rohit Yadav
Bronze Contributor
May 31, 2019
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Media Autoplay

Hi there,

Would Media Autoplay be introduced in the Edge Chromium?

Earlier it was available as a Flag, but now the Flag also isn't available...
Thanks!

  • DarrenMH's avatar
    DarrenMH
    Jun 05, 2019

    Thanks Rohit Yadav !

     

    I'm not sure why the flag has been removed. I did find there is a bug with possible issues with Media Autoplay, thus could be related why the flag is not there today.

     

    As for the future of Media Autoplay, we've captured your feedback and ask.

     

    Thanks!

  • smlombardi's avatar
    smlombardi
    Copper Contributor
    Jul 24, 2019

    Rohit Yadav There's a key, but it seems to have no effect on sites I'd like to see blocked.  Not sure what is meant by "Most popular websites ", but I'd like to be able to block autoplay on a web site like i can in Safari, perhaps in the "padlock" menu.

     

    Limit Media Autoplay

    Algorithmically limits certain websites from playing media automatically. Most popular websites will remain unaffected. – Mac, Windows

    • pneenkoalabear's avatar
      pneenkoalabear
      Steel Contributor
      Jul 29, 2019
      I preferred the older flag. That one didn't rely on an algorithm and was quite nice
      • ms4132's avatar
        ms4132
        Steel Contributor
        Aug 17, 2019

        In Canary 78.0.249.0 the Limit Media Autoplay flag has disappeared for me. I hope that this is an indication that it will move to a standard feature as in Edge Legacy. I am also hopeful that the feature will be implemented as Block Media Autoplay instead. The Limit Media Autoplay flag did not seem to stop much in the way of autoplaying video.

    • Rohit Yadav's avatar
      Rohit Yadav
      Bronze Contributor
      Jul 25, 2019

      smlombardi you're correct. Not sure how the algorithm works, but I guess earlier even the flag wasn't available. Now that the flag is available, they must be working on it, and we should expect more clarity on this...

  • Peter_Dinh's avatar
    Peter_Dinh
    Brass Contributor
    Jun 26, 2019

    Today I tried to disable Autoplay, and to my surprise, it was not available in edge://flags/ anymore!

     

    Media Autoplay is very annoying especially when I am in the meeting.


  • Al_Howard's avatar
    Al_Howard
    Copper Contributor
    Jun 20, 2019
    I agree. Loved it when it was added to EDGE, and really miss it on the Dev Edge.
  • DarrenMH's avatar
    DarrenMH
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    Jun 05, 2019

    Thanks Rohit Yadav !

     

    I'm not sure why the flag has been removed. I did find there is a bug with possible issues with Media Autoplay, thus could be related why the flag is not there today.

     

    As for the future of Media Autoplay, we've captured your feedback and ask.

     

    Thanks!

    • BJPilot's avatar
      BJPilot
      Copper Contributor
      Jun 20, 2019

      DarrenMH 

       

      +100 ... a setting to block autoplay videos will elevate Edge Chromium above Chrome and in line with Safari to us macOS users. that, and continuing to support adblock extensions, please!

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