Chrome beta on mobile not playing via #play()

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Issue posted: mozilla#305
Posted by: @jondot

@jondot
jondot commented on 26 Mar 2013
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
Contributor
rwaldron commented on 26 Mar 2013
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
jondot commented on 26 Mar 2013
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
Contributor
rwaldron commented on 27 Mar 2013
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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