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Video Block: Make users aware about Autoplay and Muted combination #69218

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Rishit30G opened this issue Feb 17, 2025 · 7 comments · May be fixed by #69232
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Video Block: Make users aware about Autoplay and Muted combination #69218

Rishit30G opened this issue Feb 17, 2025 · 7 comments · May be fixed by #69232
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[Block] Video Affects the Video Block [Status] In Progress Tracking issues with work in progress [Type] Bug An existing feature does not function as intended

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Currently, we don’t have a way to inform users that autoplay and muted must be enabled together for the video to play. As it stands, if a user enables the autoplay toggle, the video does not play on the frontend unless muted is also enabled.

To improve clarity, it would be helpful to provide users with a short description when they toggle the autoplay switch, informing them that autoplay only works when the video is muted.

Step-by-step reproduction instructions

  1. Create a new post
  2. Add a 'Video' block to it
  3. Upload a video to the block
  4. Toggle the 'Autoplay' from the right panel
  5. Click on save and check the post on frontend, notice that the video looks like an image and it doesn't autoplay
  6. Go back to the editor and on the right panel toggle the 'Muted' switch
  7. Save the post and check it on the frontend, notice that now the video is playing

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Screen.Recording.2025-02-17.at.1.02.09.PM.mov

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  • WordPress: 6.7.2
  • Gutenberg: 20.2.0
  • Chrome and Safari

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Please confirm that you have tested with all plugins deactivated except Gutenberg.

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@Rishit30G Rishit30G added the [Type] Bug An existing feature does not function as intended label Feb 17, 2025
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User can basically toggle the 'Playback control' along with 'Muted' and 'Autoplay' to make an unmuted autoplay, that's one way.

But IMO, something like the below screenshot should be appropriate, I would like some eyes on this before implementation

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Infinite-Null commented Feb 17, 2025 •
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Hi @yogeshbhutkar,

I believe @Rishit30G is referring to the fact that newer versions of mobile browsers on Android and iOS do support the autoplay function. However, it only works when the video is muted or has no audio channel:

Screen.Recording.2025-02-17.at.3.55.29.PM.mov

When muted is on:

Screen.Recording.2025-02-17.at.3.58.29.PM.mov

Reference - https://webkit.org/blog/6784/new-video-policies-for-ios/
Reference - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16965170/html5-video-autoplay-not-working-correctly
Reference - https://developer.chrome.com/blog/autoplay

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Thanks for the clarification!

@t-hamano t-hamano added the [Block] Video Affects the Video Block label Feb 17, 2025
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Thanks both for looking into it, appreciate your efforts! 🙇🏻

Reference - https://webkit.org/blog/6784/new-video-policies-for-ios/
Reference - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16965170/html5-video-autoplay-not-working-correctly
Reference - https://developer.chrome.com/blog/autoplay

Yes, I'm also coming from the same references and I believe they have been considered while building this block, and if they are then we should assist the user to use the functionality as intended.

However some more expert eyes can suggest some better insights for this one 👀

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I think the auto play option should be disabled until muted is enabled.

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I think the auto play option should be disabled until muted is enabled.

Thank you for your suggestion 🙇🏻
I have raised a PR for the fix: #69232

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