# Video restart after changing tab
**URL:** https://community.w2g.tv/t/video-restart-after-changing-tab/42048
**Category:** Bugs
**Created:** [April 2, 2019, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.w2g.tv/t/video-restart-after-changing-tab/42048 "2019-04-02T12:19:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@andreasz1998](https://community.w2g.tv/u/andreasz1998)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2019, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.w2g.tv/t/video-restart-after-changing-tab/42048/1 "2019-04-02T12:19:11Z")
when a video has ended and somebody tabs back in the w2g tab, everybody in my room has the problem that the video restarts from the beginning.
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### Author:  [@user\_95f53b7185f71fb](https://community.w2g.tv/u/user_95f53b7185f71fb)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.w2g.tv/t/video-restart-after-changing-tab/42048/2 "2019-04-02T17:11:00Z")
Thanks for your feedback. Do i understand correctly that this **only** affects videos that ended, right?
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### Author:  [@andreasz1998](https://community.w2g.tv/u/andreasz1998)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://community.w2g.tv/t/video-restart-after-changing-tab/42048/3 "2019-04-02T17:16:36Z")
yes, that’s right, it happens after the video ended. This bug is there since some weeks.
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### Author:  [@user\_95f53b7185f71fb](https://community.w2g.tv/u/user_95f53b7185f71fb)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2019, 9:21am UTC](https://community.w2g.tv/t/video-restart-after-changing-tab/42048/4 "2019-04-03T09:21:04Z")
Thanks… So somehow a replay is triggered. I tried to reproduce this but whenever i tab back into a W2G tab the ended video is not restarting. Could this be triggered by any user in your room?
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### Author:  [@andreasz1998](https://community.w2g.tv/u/andreasz1998)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.w2g.tv/t/video-restart-after-changing-tab/42048/5 "2019-04-03T14:09:45Z")
I think it could be a Problem with Chrome, I testet it and i only have the Problem in chrome. but I’m not the only person where it happens, a friend of mine who is also using chrome has the same Problem.
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### Author:  [@user\_95f53b7185f71fb](https://community.w2g.tv/u/user_95f53b7185f71fb)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2019, 3:42pm UTC](https://community.w2g.tv/t/video-restart-after-changing-tab/42048/6 "2019-04-03T15:42:44Z")
Yes… i think this is related to a quite new Chrome “feature” that auto starts videos only when a tab comes into focus. Could it be that the video in the W2G tab has actually never played?
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### Author:  [@andreasz1998](https://community.w2g.tv/u/andreasz1998)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.w2g.tv/t/video-restart-after-changing-tab/42048/7 "2019-04-03T17:19:54Z")
It played, i can recreate it when im play a video tab out of the tab bevor it has endet and switch then back.
And then it playes for everybody in the room, like i skiped to the beginning.
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### Author:  [@user\_95f53b7185f71fb](https://community.w2g.tv/u/user_95f53b7185f71fb)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://community.w2g.tv/t/video-restart-after-changing-tab/42048/8 "2019-04-03T17:57:20Z")
I see, it ends after you changed the tab. That might make a difference. I’ll look into this again tomorrow!
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### Author:  [@user\_95f53b7185f71fb](https://community.w2g.tv/u/user_95f53b7185f71fb)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2019, 7:28am UTC](https://community.w2g.tv/t/video-restart-after-changing-tab/42048/9 "2019-04-04T07:28:27Z")
I’m still not able to reproduce this… I guess you are on Windows with the latest Chrome version (73)? Can you reproduce this when you create a new room where you are the only user?
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### Author:  [@andreasz1998](https://community.w2g.tv/u/andreasz1998)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2019, 1:02pm UTC](https://community.w2g.tv/t/video-restart-after-changing-tab/42048/10 "2019-04-04T13:02:08Z")
I am using Windows 10 with chrome 74.0.3729.61 and there i have it 100% of the time.
And I am Getting it with a new room too.
To test I created a VW with windows10 and chrome 73.0.3683.86. And there I don’t have the Problem. I don’t even have the Problem when I turn on Sync in chrome so all my settings and plugins are also present. Later in This day, I will search what I and my friend have in common in our Browsers.
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### Author:  [@user\_95f53b7185f71fb](https://community.w2g.tv/u/user_95f53b7185f71fb)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.w2g.tv/t/video-restart-after-changing-tab/42048/11 "2019-04-04T15:30:51Z")
Thanks a lot for your in-depth tests! Could it be related to Chrome 74 (vs. 73 in your VM)?
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### Author:  [@user\_95f53b7185f71fb](https://community.w2g.tv/u/user_95f53b7185f71fb)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2019, 11:07am UTC](https://community.w2g.tv/t/video-restart-after-changing-tab/42048/12 "2019-04-19T11:07:07Z")
Just checking back on this - were you able to gain any further insights?
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### Author:  [@andreasz1998](https://community.w2g.tv/u/andreasz1998)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2019, 11:46am UTC](https://community.w2g.tv/t/video-restart-after-changing-tab/42048/13 "2019-04-19T11:46:05Z")
I tried some more things and it only happens in my chrome even after i reset chrome(no different with no plugins or all i have installed.), so i hope after i reset my computer it is resolved. I think its a Programm wich i have install, but im not quite sure. And after i Talked to my friend I’m sure that its only my computer and not hers, she didn’t have it a single time since then but i had it a few times.
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### Author:  [@user\_95f53b7185f71fb](https://community.w2g.tv/u/user_95f53b7185f71fb)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2019, 11:57am UTC](https://community.w2g.tv/t/video-restart-after-changing-tab/42048/14 "2019-04-19T11:57:19Z")
Thanks for you reply! I actually heard from some other user who reported the same issue but i’m still not able to reproduce it. So i guess there is something but it really depends some external factors. Let me know if you find out anything else.
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### Author:  [@andreasz1998](https://community.w2g.tv/u/andreasz1998)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.w2g.tv/t/video-restart-after-changing-tab/42048/15 "2019-04-19T14:59:29Z")
I don’t know if it could help you, but the chrome debug output while i change tab back and he starts the video:
1. try: [https://pastebin.com/3vgZUwr6](https://pastebin.com/3vgZUwr6)
2. try: [https://pastebin.com/k4cKWxKB](https://pastebin.com/k4cKWxKB)
The lines who are the same are:
> VERBOSE1:cast\_channel\_api.cc –\> this line is the Chromecast in my network
After i shutdown the chome cast the error is gone.
→ I think it could be the chrome cast function which pings (?, I don’t know what exactly happens) the Chromecast and restarts the video with this. I don’t know how exactly, i am not a Programmer. but i think this should be it. You could ask the other person if they have also a Chromecast.
After i shutdown the Chrome cast the problem was gone.
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### Author:  [@user\_95f53b7185f71fb](https://community.w2g.tv/u/user_95f53b7185f71fb)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2019, 3:07pm UTC](https://community.w2g.tv/t/video-restart-after-changing-tab/42048/16 "2019-04-19T15:07:20Z")
Thanks a lot! I’ll try to reproduce this next week with a Chromecast setup.
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### Author:  [@andreasz1998](https://community.w2g.tv/u/andreasz1998)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2019, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.w2g.tv/t/video-restart-after-changing-tab/42048/17 "2019-04-19T15:08:47Z")
No problem, I’m curious if this is realy the problem.
I wish you a nice Easter weekend!
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### Author:  [@user\_95f53b7185f71fb](https://community.w2g.tv/u/user_95f53b7185f71fb)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.w2g.tv/t/video-restart-after-changing-tab/42048/18 "2019-04-19T15:18:59Z")
Thank you! Same for you as well.
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### Author:  [@andreasz1998](https://community.w2g.tv/u/andreasz1998)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.w2g.tv/t/video-restart-after-changing-tab/42048/19 "2019-06-10T17:15:17Z")
Hey,
I just wanted to ask if you found any think out.
The last month or so I had the Chromecast just offline but now another Person in my house is using one and the problem started again.
I understand fully when you say it’s a small problem without priority, I’m just curios.
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### Author:  [@user\_95f53b7185f71fb](https://community.w2g.tv/u/user_95f53b7185f71fb)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2019, 4:34am UTC](https://community.w2g.tv/t/video-restart-after-changing-tab/42048/20 "2019-06-11T04:34:34Z")
Hi, so far I haven’t had the chance to look into it. I’m planning a bigger revamp of the Chromecast integration and wanted to look into this issue as well while doing that. I will update this thread when i found something. Sorry for the delay!
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