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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!
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    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!

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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

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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...

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