unlike Chrome/Edge/Firefox, if a user has disabled JavaScript in Safari they are unable to play video - the poster appears with a play button over the content (but no other controls), but the button cannot be clicked. <html> <body> <video controls muted> <source src="https://www.w3schools.com/html/mov_bbb.mp4"> </video> </body> </html>
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 178040 ***