Safari does not allow video elements without renderer to autoplay#58284
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Safari does not allow video elements without renderer to autoplay#58284youennf wants to merge 3 commits intoweb-platform-tests:masterfrom
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To workaround this difference, we make the test explictly call play on the video element.
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If this now passes in all browsers, I don't see a problem with it. The difference in behavior is out of scope for WebRTC testing. |
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| v.addEventListener('loadedmetadata', () => { | ||
| const metadataToBeLoadedAndPlaying = new Promise((resolve) => { | ||
| v.addEventListener('loadedmetadata', async () => { | ||
| await v.play(); |
Co-authored-by: Harald Alvestrand <hta+github@alvestrand.no>
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To workaround this difference, we make the test explictly call play on the video element.
We keep waiting for loadedmetadata to make sure the video element size is as expected.