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html5 video safari HTML

I tried several approaches but none seem to work... I'm having an scenario with the `<video>` element in HTML5 where the video does not resume playback after a user interacts with the page, particularly in Safari. I am using the following code to initialize the video: ```html <video id="myVideo" width="600" controls> <source src="video.mp4" type="video/mp4"> Your browser does not support the video tag. </video> ``` I have set the controls attribute, which should allow users to pause and play the video. However, when the video is paused and the user clicks on another element on the page, like a button that triggers some JavaScript, the video does not resume playback when they click back onto the video element. I've tried adding an event listener on the video to handle click events: ```javascript const video = document.getElementById('myVideo'); video.addEventListener('click', () => { if(video.paused) { video.play(); } else { video.pause(); } }); ``` This approach works in Chrome and Firefox, but in Safari, it seems to create a behavior where the video remains paused despite the interaction. There are no behavior messages in the console, and the video plays normally until the user clicks away and comes back. I suspect it’s an scenario with how Safari handles focus on the video element after user interactions. I've also tried using the `playsinline` attribute for mobile devices, but that didn’t resolve the scenario. Does anyone have a workaround or an explanation for why this is happening specifically in Safari? Any help would be appreciated. This is part of a larger application I'm building. Any help would be greatly appreciated!