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Tiago
Tiago

Reputation: 442

How to stop Google Chrome from thinking my flash is an Ad?

So,

A few days ago, Google Chrome started to block Flash advertisement from auto-playing, by default.

The problem is that I'm using videojs media player to play an HLS live stream on my page. And, since Chrome does not support HLS protocol natively, the player falls back to a small Flash file to play the video.

But Chrome thinks this Flash file is an AD - thus not allowing it to auto-play as it should.

Is there any way to tell Chrome that this file is actually an important part of my page, and not an AD?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 160

Answers (2)

user5443079
user5443079

Reputation: 36

Add an empty Flash file larger than 398x298 to the bottom of your page. I found once you have at least one Flash file above their minimum Chrome will not pause any of your Flash. You cannot hide this extra Flash file with CSS. Optionally use a javascript timeout (3 seconds) to hide the empty Flash file in case it messes with your page layout. I'm using swfObject for embedding.

Upvotes: 2

Brian
Brian

Reputation: 11

I am dealing with the same issue, but I think the size of the video and location on the page are factors. Try making the video player bigger. When I went up to 410x308 the problem went away.

Upvotes: 1

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