Autoplaying + Timestamps in URLs

Typically when you use a time bookmark, it plays the content automatically. It would be nice if the LBRY framework also did this for a smother experience.

Example:

$(document).ready(function () {
    if(window.location.href.contains("?t=") > -1) {
       // autoplay
    }
});

[mayeaux]

Okay, I can confirm that if autoplay is turned off via settings then it doesn’t autoplay given a timestamp.

I also confirmed that calling player.play() from the console did autostart the video from the given timestamp point.

$(document).ready(function () {
    if(window.location.href.contains("?t=") > -1) {
       // autoplay
    }
});

This code which was posted by @ElectronEsq is a pretty quick and dirty way to autoplay in all instances.

Probably a good approach would be to hook into an event, such as canplay and then call player.play() to force autoplaying the video in all instances where a timestamp exists.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLMediaElement/canplay_event

Not exactly sure where to drop that code yet but would be a pretty easy PR if someone knew the appropriate place to drop that code and if everyone is willing to sign off on that design.

[tzarebczan]

I think the last discussion we had about this was to ensure that even if the video is paused or autoplay is disabled, that clicking the timestamp would still start the video. Forgot to mention that in this issue.