RadMediaPlayer issue in Safari browser

[Yogesh]

I am using Start time property to keep video thumbnail.. it is working in all browsers but in safari browser those properties are not working like auto Play, Start Time properties can any one has solution for this please suggest.

 

Thanks,

Yogesh Kumar

[Rumen]

Hi Yogesh,

Thank you for reporting this issue!

I researched it and found out that it is a browser behavior because the same markup provided by Google YouTube works in IE/Edge, but not Chrome:

 

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/J18zDKtiBFE" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

This is the code provided by YouTube when you click the Share -> Embed button of the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J18zDKtiBFE video and if you put it in an html or aspx page and load it in Chrome it won't start to play, but it will play in IE:

 

RadMediaPlayed generates the same HTML to play the video (it is a standard) and since the latest Chrome does not play it it is a browser behavior that may change in the future as it was working in the earlier versions of the browser.

I searched a little bit more in Google and found that it is actually a Chrome Policy which prevents the autplay videos to play:

• Autoplay Policy Changes
• How to control audio and video autoplay in Google Chrome.

I hope this helps.

 

Regards,
Rumen
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[Yogesh]

Thank you Rumen..I'll check this and will let you know

Thanks

Yogesh Kumar

[Rumen]

Please take your time, Yogesh! If you have any other questions please let me know.

 

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Rumen
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[Yogesh]

Hai Rumen,

RadMediaPlayer property StartTime property not working in safari browser other than I don't have any issues in chrome browser.. please help me on this issue..is there any other way to handle this?

Thanks

Yogesh Kumar

[Rumen]

Hi Yogesh,

I performed a test with a regular video tag with autoplay and noticed that the latest Safari browser on MAC does not automatically starts the video - https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml5_video_autoplay. 

 

Can you please test it and let me know whether the video plays automatically in your Safari? It looks like a Safari issue. 

RadMediaPlayer is rendering the videos in a regular video tag like this one

<video id="RadMediaPlayer1_video" autoplay style="width: 100%; height: 100%;"><source src="../images/file_example_MP4_480_1_5MG.mp4"></video>

and if Safari does not respect the autoplay attribute this is the reason for the issue including the StartTime one.

Regards,
Rumen
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