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Video Block: Make users aware about Autoplay and Muted combination #69218

@Rishit30G

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@Rishit30G

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Currently, we don’t have a way to inform users that autoplay and muted must be enabled together for the video to play. As it stands, if a user enables the autoplay toggle, the video does not play on the frontend unless muted is also enabled.

To improve clarity, it would be helpful to provide users with a short description when they toggle the autoplay switch, informing them that autoplay only works when the video is muted.

Step-by-step reproduction instructions

  1. Create a new post
  2. Add a 'Video' block to it
  3. Upload a video to the block
  4. Toggle the 'Autoplay' from the right panel
  5. Click on save and check the post on frontend, notice that the video looks like an image and it doesn't autoplay
  6. Go back to the editor and on the right panel toggle the 'Muted' switch
  7. Save the post and check it on the frontend, notice that now the video is playing

Screenshots, screen recording, code snippet

Screen.Recording.2025-02-17.at.1.02.09.PM.mov

Environment info

  • WordPress: 6.7.2
  • Gutenberg: 20.2.0
  • Chrome and Safari

Please confirm that you have searched existing issues in the repo.

  • Yes

Please confirm that you have tested with all plugins deactivated except Gutenberg.

  • Yes

Please confirm which theme type you used for testing.

  • Block
  • Classic
  • Hybrid (e.g. classic with theme.json)
  • Not sure

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[Block] VideoAffects the Video Block[Status] In ProgressTracking issues with work in progress[Type] BugAn existing feature does not function as intended

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