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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!
  • 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!

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pneenkoalabear
Iron Contributor
Jul 29, 2019
I preferred the older flag. That one didn't rely on an algorithm and was quite nice
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ms4132
Iron 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.

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    ms4132
    Iron Contributor
    Aug 17, 2019

    And while I am hoping, I am hopeful that whatever the final solution is it will provide a way to stop the Netflix background preview autoplay and any others like it.

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      smlombardi
      Copper Contributor
      Aug 21, 2019
      I doubt that will be block-able. In Safari, which lets you stop autoplay videos, those still play.

      You might be able to set netflix.com to not autoplay videos, but it interferes with the normal operation of the site (movies).

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