iPad Pro iPad dimming and then auto-locking despite video playing in full-screen mode

[jk73]

I have a new iPad Pro (2021), which is great, and it’s running iOS 14.6. I’m running into an odd problem and I can’t tell if it’s a bug or due to an errant setting.

I like to watch TV or videos in Safari in full-screen on mute while listening to music using the Music app. For example, a YouTube video, or a baseball game on ATT.tv with the announcers muted.

For reasons I can’t figure out, when I do this, the iPad dims and then auto-locks after two minutes, as per my auto-lock setting. It does not auto-lock if the video is playing with sound, with the Music app inactive.

I suspect this is a bug, with the Music app somehow overriding the video, but I’m not sure. Any ideas? Thanks.

 

[neutrino23]

Same configuration, but no problem as you described. However, I only view videos with the sound from that video and haven’t seen the problem described.

Report it to Apple. They may fix it soon.

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[jk73]

Updated to 14.7.1 and still happening.

If others could try to replicate this, I’d appreciate it. I assume it’s a software issue and not my iPad, but who knows.

As noted above, the key thing is that the video has no sound or is on mute. Thanks.