Chrome 64 Mobile Android not preload and not autoplay muted videos

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We encounter issue with Chrome 64 video element which not loaded and not autoplay although we used video attributes preload="auto" and muted on HTML element.

the video start load and paused, after research, we discovered it never starts to play, like the browser blocked it from playing.

our video doesn't have sound, no sound channel at all, and still no autoplay.

Chrome 63 working great and the same device with 64 stop autoplay.

we did all the things Google Chrome wrote in the release notes, but we think there is another issue we don't know about.

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 28 '18 at 23:03

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We discover that you need to add preload="auto" as HTML element attribute, but you also must put on JavaScript HTML element videoElement.muted=true as normal JS attribute.

it looks like a bug in Chrome.

answered Jan 28 '18 at 23:03

Nisim Joseph

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Is this specific to Android or also on desktop/ios? – dazza5000 Jan 28 '18 at 23:07
any android, the issue is Chrome 64 – Nisim Joseph Jan 28 '18 at 23:11
How to add videoElement.muted=true to a video element? – Davide De Maestri Apr 05 '18 at 10:04
videoElement.setAttribute('muted','true'); – Tushar Vaghela Apr 05 '18 at 10:13
do so using attribute BUT also using javascript `videoElement.mute = true` – Nisim Joseph Apr 06 '18 at 10:30

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 31 '18 at 04:43

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Make sure data-saver is disabled. If data-saver is on, it will not load video.

answered Jan 31 '18 at 04:43

Tushar Vaghela

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we did check it. with Chrome 63 working and with 64 it not when `data-saver` is disabled, in the same device. – Nisim Joseph Jan 31 '18 at 09:10
I also tried to reset the chrome and install Chrome 63. it returns to play. installing again Chrome 64 and it stopped. do the fix https://stackoverflow.com/a/48492315/2542111 and it working! – Nisim Joseph Jan 31 '18 at 09:18
How to add videoElement.muted=true ?? – Davide De Maestri Apr 05 '18 at 10:04
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videoElement.setAttribute('muted','true'); – Tushar Vaghela Apr 05 '18 at 10:13

Chrome 64 Mobile Android not preload and not autoplay muted videos

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