Edge Kiosk Mode - autoplay embedded video

Question

I run IE in kiosk mode that calls a local HTM file that contains an embedded local video file. Works fine in IE.
I'm upgrading this to Edge and I run this:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --kiosk --no-first-run --edge-kiosk-type=fullscreen "file:///C:/test/test.htm?color=white&video=video1.mp4&textvalue=12"

The problem is, when it's run in Kiosk mode, the video doesn't start playing. Remove the Kiosk options and it works fine. How can I get this to autoplay in Kiosk mode?

I've tried adding registry entry:
AutoPlayAllowed (dword) with a value =1 in "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge" but doesn't make any difference.

Answer 1

Hi @David Hepburn

Which version of Edge and Windows do you use? I test with enabling policy AutoPlayAllowed, it works well with kiosk mode.

You can also try adding this flag --autoplay-policy=no-user-gesture-required, it works on my side with auto playing video in Edge kiosk mode:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --kiosk --no-first-run --edge-kiosk-type=fullscreen --autoplay-policy=no-user-gesture-required "file:///C:/test/test.htm?color=white&video=video1.mp4&textvalue=12"

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