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yeah I just tested this, autoplay only works on the video tag if muted which seems like it defeats the point.

• afavour 3y ago
  It’s specifically to replace GIFs. If you don’t allow autoplay of muted videos people will just use GIFs which are way, way more bandwidth intensive. It keeping your computer awake sounds like a bug though, it’s not intended behavior.
  • padenot 3y ago
    Please open a bug at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Core&component=Audio%2FVideo%3A%20playback https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Core&comp... if that's the case, and CC padenot@mozilla.com, I'll have a look next week.
    • nfriedly 3y ago
      Here's the bug I filed several years ago: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1684718 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1684718 - I just cc'd you
      • afavour 3y ago
        I interpreted the comments on that bug to mean that the Adafruit site has an unmuted video that happens to have a silent audio track, which isn’t strictly a muted autoplay issue. But maybe I’m wrong.
        • nfriedly 3y ago
          Yeah, I think there was some confusion about which video on the page was causing the issue, but the test cases I created are much simpler - just one video per page.