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Break Page Visibility API and Fullscreen API so video plays in background

7 mentions on Hacker News by 7 people: 1 story, 6 comments · first 2020-12-17 · latest 2026-05-05

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  1. Yes, actually! Well, it does require you to install an extension[0], but it can be done. [0]: < https://github.com/mozilla/video-bg-play >
    comment by sham1 · 2026-05-05 · in Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent
  2. https://github.com/mozilla/video-bg-play
    comment by roywiggins · 2026-02-26 · in Twitch: "Hey, come back! This commercial break can't play while you're away."
  3. This seems like a good place to mention my favorite Firefox Addon for Android: https://github.com/mozilla/video-bg-play Some days ago I was wondering how it works and was kinda surprised just now that this is from mozilla itself. Reading…
    comment by _def · 2025-01-14 · in I Switched to Firefox and Never Looked Back
  4. …Fullscreen API. This add-on is designed to block events and properties exposed by the APIs." [1] https://github.com/mozilla/video-bg-play
    comment by bionoid · 2024-11-11 · in IMG_0416
  5. For Firefox: https://github.com/mozilla/video-bg-play
    comment by cocok · 2024-10-27 · in You-get: Dumb downloader that scrapes the web
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    Allow videos to play when phone is locked (Android)
    story by ngc6677 · 2022-12-21 · 0 comments
  7. …did not "artificially limit" the extensions available, you are misinformed. They certainly did – https://github.com/mozilla/video-bg-play for example is a very simply content script which doesn't use any special extension APIs at all and…
    comment by iggldiggl · 2020-12-17 · in Firefox Was Always Enough