May 31 2019 03:09 AM
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!
Jun 05 2019 09:44 AM
SolutionThanks @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!
Jun 19 2019 05:11 PM
+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!
Jun 20 2019 12:59 PM
Jun 26 2019 01:16 PM - edited Jun 26 2019 01:18 PM
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.
Jul 24 2019 11:14 AM - edited Jul 24 2019 11:15 AM
@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
Jul 25 2019 10:57 AM
@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...
Jul 28 2019 05:17 PM
Jul 28 2019 11:35 PM
@pneenkoalabear Yea, the flag was better, but seems they have removed that from the Chromium codebase itself...
Jul 29 2019 11:32 PM
Aug 16 2019 11:21 PM
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.
Aug 17 2019 01:32 AM - edited Aug 17 2019 02:03 AM
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.
Aug 21 2019 10:44 AM
Jun 05 2019 09:44 AM
SolutionThanks @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!