Audio file does not play

Jun 30, 2022

I'm looking for a workaround, for this situation.  I have a "dummy/blank" slide (to avoid the large play button) and then it goes to the real slide, but it won't play the audio unless the user clicks, how can I trigger the audio to play automatically? It plays fine when you preview, but not when it's published.

 

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Jürgen Schoenemeyer

hi,
current browsers block audio and video with audio for good reason - but the exact behavior is different on Chrome/Firefox and Safari.

Firefox - (un)blocked list
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/block-autoplay

Chrome (MS Edge) - user interaction with the page:
https://developer.chrome.com/blog/autoplay/

Mac Safari - "automatic inference engine":
https://webkit.org/blog/7734/auto-play-policy-changes-for-macos/

iOS - user interaction with the audio element

there is no simple way to avoid play button - but the play button could of course be programmed more intelligently and only show up when it is really needed (-> javascript promise) 

how about a feature request?

Jürgen