Google decided that it was annoying that, when entering a web page, a video could be played automatically. So Chrome is quite restrictive about it . Automatic translation of the web:
As you may have noticed, web browsers are adopting policies of
automatic reproduction to improve the experience of the
user, minimize the incentives to install blockers
announcements and reduce the consumption of data in expensive networks and / or
restricted. These changes are intended to give greater control of
the reproduction to the users and benefit the editors with cases
of legitimate use.
Chrome's automatic playback policies are simple:
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Muted autoplay is always allowed .
- Autoplay with sound is allowed if:
- The user has interacted with the domain (click, tap, etc.).
- On the desktop, the Interaction Index threshold has been crossed with the user's media, which means that the
user has already played video with sound.
- On mobile devices, the user has added the site to their home screen.
- Top frames can delegate autoplay permission to their iframes to allow automatic playback with
sound.
Index of interaction with the media (MEI, of Media Engagement Index )
The MEI measures the propensity of an individual to consume media in a
site. Chrome's current focus is a proportion of visits to
significant media reproduction events by origin:
- Media consumption (audio / video) must be greater than 7 seconds.
- Audio must be present and not muted.
- The tab with video is active.
- The size of the video (in px) must be greater than 200x140.
From that, Chrome calculates a participation score of
media that is higher in the sites where the media are reproduced
periodic form. When it is high enough, the reproduction
Multimedia can only be played automatically on the desktop.
The user's MEI is available on the internal page chrome://media-engagement
.