Video autopause when visibility is hidden but doesn't automatically resume. Why?

[Uzo101]

I am trying to embed a hubspot video on a CMS page and I have an issue with the video auto-pausing when the tab changes, and when the video doesn't automatically resume play when I return to the video tab. Is there any walk around to this?

[FrancoQ]

So hubspot autopauses the video once the user switches the tab.
you can add a custom module to your theme with these,
This is the fields.json you can use

[

 {

"name" : "add_video_link",

"label" : "Link",

"required" : false,

"locked" : false,

"supported_types" : [ "FILE" ],

"type" : "link",

"default" : {

"url" : {

"content_id" : null,

"type" : "EXTERNAL",

"href" : ""

 },

"open_in_new_tab" : false,

"no_follow" : false

 }

 }

]

And this html

<div class="video-module">

<video muted loop autoplay>

<source src="{{ module.add_video_link.url.href }}" type="video/mp4">

</video>

</div>

[Jaycee_Lewis]

Hey, @Uzo101 👋 Thanks for your question.

This pausing behaviour is expected as it is part of how browsers handle resource management. There isn't a setting or switch to override this. If you have a developer or developer resources, you could look at leveraging the visibilitychange event — Document: visibilitychange event. 

I hope this helps get you moving forward! — Jaycee