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Step 1: Have a YouTube vid open in an Orion tab on iPhone—but not playing, because "Play" hasn't been tapped yet, or because I have paused the video.

Step 2: Put down the phone, for example because it's an instructional video on how to repair a machine, and I've just watched a step and am now going to do it on my machine.

Phone eventually self-locks, then the audio from the YouTube vid might start autoplaying on the lock screen. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't, and I can't figure out what makes the yes/no difference. But it surely is annoying when it happens!

Honestly, I don't see why the audio from a YouTube vid in Orion can be played/paused on the phone's lock screen at all Most YouTube vids are useless as audio-only, but even those "10 hours of blissful forest sounds" (or whatever) types of vids ought to be fully user-controlled, not autoplayed under any circumstances.

Maybe this is controllable with an iOS or YouTube setting I've overlooked, but I have looked without success.

It would be better if YouTube vids would remain all-the-way stopped until I deliberately make them go.

Orion 1.3.18 (6) (WebKit 8618.5.1.10.5) under iOS 17.7.2

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    …and now I've figured out how to make the objectionable behaviour happen.

    Step 1.5: tap the [ ] icon to full-screen the video.

    Now either put the phone down and let it auto-lock, or just go ahead and lock the phone. The video play/pause panel comes up on the lock screen, and self-selects Play.

    The other part of it I can't figure out how to trigger: full-screen the video, pause it, and then switch to another application—whereupon the vid will resume playing in the background.

    Sorry no video; AFAIK screen-recording always stops as soon as the phone locks.

    (Oh, and the only way I've found to stop this when it happens is to either close the YouTube tab or quit Orion)

      isocat It's not working for me, are you a paying subscriber?

          Yannick A paying subscriber to what, YouTube? No. Would it help if I were to use a different camera (like another phone) to make a video demonstrating this happening on my phone?

              isocat

              A paying subscriber to what, YouTube?

              That was the question yes 🙂

              Would it help if I were to use a different camera

              I don't think so.
              Let me speak with my team

                  @Yannick I figured out how to capture what looks like another tentacle of the same issue. Look at this what happens when I have a YouTube vid in full screen, pause it, then switch to another app; it self-unpauses:

                  If the YouTube vid is not in full screen, the problem doesn't seem to happen:

                  I have checked and confirmed, this auto-unpause behaviour does not occur in Safari, even when the YouTube vid is in full screen mode.

                    Hi isocat, thank you for taking the time to report this bug!

                    This looks really annoying indeed, sorry for that. Unfortunately I have no luck reproducing this issue and don't really know where to look!
                    By any chance, could you try and see if disabling bluetooth on your device would have any impact?

                    Thank you for your patience and for your help in making Orion a better browser!

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