EasySignage Web Player

This help page explains how to launch and use the EasySignage web player to display digital signage content in a browser. It explains how to open the player using your screen’s pairing code and keep it running reliably. It also covers tips for optimizing playback and preventing screen sleep, so your browser-based signage stays on without interruption.

 

How to Use EasySignage Web-based Player?

 

Important: Chrome Autoplay Policy and How to Resolve It

 

What is the Chrome Autoplay policy?

Modern browsers like Chrome block autoplay of videos that include sound unless the user has interacted with the page (e.g. click, tap, or key press). This is designed to prevent unexpected noise and improve user experience — but it may affect signage playback if your videos include sound.

 

How to resolve the Chrome Autoplay policy

To ensure videos autoplay without restriction:

Option 1: Mute the video in EasySignage

  1. Go to manage.easysignage.com
  2. Edit the video item in your playlist
  3. Check the “Mute” checkbox
  4. Click Publish

Muted videos are allowed to autoplay in all browsers without any user interaction.

 

Option 2: Disable the autoplay policy in Chrome

For kiosks or controlled environments, you can disable the autoplay restriction:

Method 1: Launch Chrome with a special flag

  • On Windows:

    chrome.exe --autoplay-policy=no-user-gesture-required

  • On macOS:

    /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome --autoplay-policy=no-user-gesture-required

  • On Linux:

    google-chrome --autoplay-policy=no-user-gesture-required

 

Method 2: Chrome experimental flag (may not work in newer versions)

  • Open chrome://flags/#autoplay-policy
  • Set to “No user gesture is required”
  • Restart the browser

Note: This method is ideal for development or kiosk use. For public users, using muted videos is the recommended approach.