When Autoplay is off, certain interactions with video player halts playback

Description

When the Autoplay permission is set to Block (manually or by default), any interaction with a video player (ex Youtube), such as changing the volume of the video or sometimes jumping forward/backward to certain points in the video will cause the player to halt playback. The user then needs to start the video again manually. Note that this happens every time you go to adjust/interact with the player, not just the first time.

Steps to Reproduce

1. In Brave v1.18.78 or higher, visit YouTube.com
2. Select a video to play and ensure that Autoplay is Blocked for YouTube, or that you select Block when prompted.
3. Start to stream the selected video.
4. In the player, attempt to change the playback volume and observe playback halted.

Actual result:

Playback stops after interaction: https://imgur.com/a/tAGdCLs

Expected result:

Playback should only be halted on first load (since Autoplay = Blocked) or if the user pauses the video directly – not when adjusting video settings.

Reproduces how often:

Always

Brave version (brave://version info)

Version 1.18.78 Chromium: 87.0.4280.141 (Official Build) (x86_64)

Version/Channel Information:

• Can you reproduce this issue with the current release? Yes
• Can you reproduce this issue with the beta channel? Yes
• Can you reproduce this issue with the nightly channel? Yes

Other Additional Information:

• Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Shields? No
• Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Rewards? No
• Is the issue reproducible on the latest version of Chrome? No

Miscellaneous Information:

User thread: https://community.brave.com/t/audio-stops-when-adjusting-volume-level/196109 cc @darkdh

[stephendonner]

It appears Twitch.tv still has the problem mentioned in #13586 (comment)

@stephendonner is there a follow up for this? if not, can you please log? Thanks!

Filed https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/24556 👍

[jbruchon]

I have to be honest, I’m pretty shocked that this isn’t fixed and it’s been a bug for over a year, plus “assigned” for 4 months. It’s extremely annoying that merely adjusting the volume control STOPS the video.