Unmute click-to-play self hosted videos#16179
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This is so that any click to play videos are unmuted by default. Otherwise, videos where autoplay is enabled are muted by default.
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What does this change?
SelfHostedVideo now initialises isMuted based on whether the video will attempt to autoplay, rather than always defaulting to true.
When the videos is resumed / unpaused, it will retain its previous mute state.
The initial mute state is derived from
Why?
Previously, all self-hosted videos started muted regardless of whether they autoplayed or required user interaction to begin. This was correct for autoplay videos (browsers block autoplay with audio), but not for click-to-play videos.
A user clicking play on a Default-style article video has made a deliberate choice to watch it. Forcing them to then also click unmute creates an unnecessary step. Starting unmuted removes that friction and better matches the expected behaviour of a user-initiated media player.
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