Autoplay doesn't work in Chrome or vMix v77
Browsers may prevent videos from auto-playing on initial page load
Since 2017, Browsers have required users "interact" with a website in some way before videos will be allowed to auto-play. You can modify Chrome to allow for auto-play, but it's not super easy to do.
In OBS and the Electron Capture app, auto-play is allowed.
vMix v77 does not support auto-play, which must be an oversight on their behalf... right?? haha. A complaint has been filed regardless; voice your own request for the feature here: https://forums.vmix.com/posts/t22181-CEF-V77-browser-setting.
A full-screen-sized play button will show up to help accommodate the need for user gestures before auto playing videos.
TL;DR; you have a few options:
- use the Electron Capture app or OBS Studio to play videos; these apps have gesture-requirements disabled
- in Chrome, go to:
chrome://settings/content/sound?search=soundand add vdo.ninja to the list of "allowed to play sound" list - add
&noaudioto your VDO.Ninja view link, so no audio track loads -- without audio, the video should auto-play. - try adding
--autoplay-policy=no-user-gesture-requiredto the Chrome/Chromium command line to have the auto-play policy changed on load (this may not work with recent versions of Chrome though) - make sure there are no Adblockers installed or other extensions install; sometimes these may interfere with auto-playing
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