Sep 25 2019 11:54 AM - edited Sep 25 2019 11:55 AM
Autoplay blocking option is set to "Block". restarted the browser, then I got to YouTube, click on a video and it starts automatically as before.
Edge insider Version 79.0.285.0 (Official build) canary (64-bit)
Sep 25 2019 11:59 AM - edited Sep 28 2019 12:13 AM
It appears that it actually doesn't work anywhere.
tried it also in here:
http://123tvnow.com/watch/abc/
and here
https://clips.twitch.tv/NaivePreciousMouseMikeHogu
and here
https://www.foxnews.com/
no effects. turned off ublock origins (adblocker extension), still no effects.
Sep 26 2019 12:52 AM
@HotCakeX I confirm. I have the same problem.
Sep 28 2019 01:44 AM
Sep 28 2019 06:01 AM
Sep 28 2019 12:10 PM
Does Brave auto play blocking stop the Netflix background preview "feature"? If so, I will probably add it to my browser selection for just that one feature.
I'm not holding my breath, but I sure hope the new Edge block auto play will be smart enough to block that behavior too. I'm sure that it it is valued by some subscribers, but I would like to have the choice.
If Netflix has now introduced a way to stop this and I missed hearing about it, I am glad to be enlightened. I saw that Apple TV is introducing the same thing and some other services have it, but have the option to disable it.
Oct 01 2019 01:12 PM
Oct 04 2019 08:01 AM
It appears these sites are playing the video a short while after the page is loaded. It does not also work on the sites that start playing the video as we start scrolling into it. It should be changed so that only a user's action would start the video playback.
Oct 04 2019 09:43 AM
Oct 06 2019 02:27 AM
Current Edge Canary build 79.0.294.0.
In some of the more recent Edge Canary builds, the Netflix homepage auto-play preview seems to be blocked most of the time. Today the main auto-play preview started the first time I opened the homepage, but after that it did not play.
Hovering over a show also seems to be successfully blocking the auto-pay preview. But if I click the down-arrow to read the description, the auto-play preview it the dropdown window starts playing and is not blocked.
Reported via smiley feedback.
Oct 06 2019 03:01 AM
Oct 06 2019 03:50 AM
@HotCakeX correctly I realized that began to block and advertising on yutube? I tried but doesn't work this on yutube.
Oct 06 2019 04:02 AM
Dec 12 2022 10:58 PM
Since April 2018, Google made some changes to the Autoplay Policy. You not only need to add the autoplay=1 as a query param, but also add allow='autoplay' as an iframe's attribute
So while embed youtube video, you will have to do something like this:
<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VIDEO_ID?autoplay=1" allow='autoplay'></iframe>