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The HTML5 Media Framework. (Unmaintained. See https://github.com/menismu/popcorn-js for activity)
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Chrome beta on mobile not playing via #play() #305

Open jondot opened 11 years ago

jondot commented 11 years ago

Hi, Looks like Chrome beta (possibly non-beta too) not playing via the #play() interface.

To reproduce, hook remote debugging to your mobile device, and within Chrome Beta, go to http://popcornjs.org and issue a Popcorn('#video').play() in the Javascript Console on your desktop (which is remote debugging the mobile Chrome).

Nothing will happen.

Thanks.

rwaldron commented 11 years ago

My lazy, unconfirmed answer would be that browsers on mobile devices require "human opt-in" to playback HTML5 media and fail silently when api calls are made.

(Now I'm going to set this up and test)

Rick

On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Dotan J. Nahum notifications@github.comwrote:

Hi, Looks like Chrome beta (possibly non-beta too) not playing via the #play() interface.

To reproduce, hook remote debugging to your mobile device, and within Chrome Beta, go to http://popcornjs.org and issue a Popcorn('#video').play() in the Javascript Console on your desktop (which is remote debugging the mobile Chrome).

Nothing will happen.

Thanks.

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jondot commented 11 years ago

I think you're right. Though I thought this only includes 'autoplay' to avoid unattended battery drain and not explicit Javascript calls. Thanks in any case

rwaldron commented 11 years ago

On Tuesday, March 26, 2013, Dotan J. Nahum wrote:

I think you're right. Though I thought this only includes 'autoplay' to avoid unattended battery drain and not explicit Javascript calls. Thanks in any case

Explicit JavaScript calls would allow a side channel autoplay

Rick

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