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Hi
I've upgraded to chromium edge but now videos are autoplaying again. I had this disabled on classic Edge but can't work out how to do this on the new version.
I've set "Media autoplay" to "Limit" in the "Site Permissions" section of settings but this doesn't seem to have had any effect at all (yes, I've restarted Edge / Windows).
I had also had this problem with dev / beta builds of Edge but hadn't got around to chasing it up until it became my primary browser.
In particular it's annoying on the MSN new pages linked to from the new tab page in Edge when they all have autoplaying video.
Thanks
Managing media playback issues and settings in Microsoft Edge on Windows 10
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Why isn't there an option called "Block"?
You'll probably find that the block option has to be enabled. Copy the next line into the address bar and press Enter:
edge://flags/#edge-autoplay-user-setting-block-option
Once this flag is enabled, you should see Block on the autoplay options menu.
Hi MichalTadeas and thanks for reaching out. My name is Joseph. I'm an independent advisor. I'll be happy to help you out today.
I would suggest you refer to the below steps and check if it helps to resolve the issue.
I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions and let me know how it goes.
Thank you!
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Hi Ash,
I am Sumit, an Independent Advisor and a 3 year Windows Insider MVP here to help.
In the new Microsoft Edge, the option of automatic playback is limited.
However, you can install an extension like autoplayblocker from the Chrome web store to disable Autoplay. (You may have to enable extensions from other store).
... viewing pages that have autoplay videos, for example CNN or BBC.
I looked around for a page at the BBC site with video that might autoplay when I visit it. This one should, I think: BBC iPlayer - Watch BBC News live. If I have autoplay set to Allow, it does. If I have autoplay set to Block, it doesn't.
Again I'll ask - can you give the URL of a page where a video autoplays in Edge even though autoplay is set to Block?
I'm not sure what you mean about using BBC iPlayer as I do not need to use it. In order to set Firefox to not autoplay videos, go to Firefox Settings/Options/Privacy and Security. Scroll down to Permissions where you will find Autoplay. Click on Settings to the right of that word and make your choice from the drop-down menu.
Then view any BBC or other video of your choice on the internet. A red line will form the border of the chosen video with word "Click to play" appearing top centre within the red border. It works every time.
This is the end of this conversation for me. I hope it has been helpful.
mine no longer autoplay as i got a 3rd party extension that blocks html5 autoplay, normally even the videos on MSN homepages autoplay this one does when you scroll down the page a mini window opens, I never asked the browser to do this so it is unexpected behaviour, behaviour I don't want and block is enabled, the flaw is edge blocks most videos except html5 as if I turn on my html5 blocker it stops all videos.