From 9a6bca5b5b6999fc5cbc16ebc908755d6ec1861c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timothy Farrell <tim@thecookiejar.me>
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:19:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Preserve video settings across page loads

---
 frontend.html | 15 +++++++++++++++
 main.py       |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/frontend.html b/frontend.html
index 282dcdf..534c79d 100644
--- a/frontend.html
+++ b/frontend.html
@@ -212,6 +212,21 @@
                 sessionStorage.setItem('sidebar-scroll', sidebar.scrollTop);
             });
         })();
+
+        // Preserve video volume and mute status between page loads
+        (function() {
+            var video = document.querySelector('video');
+            if (!video) return;
+            var saved = sessionStorage.getItem('video-volume');
+            if (saved !== null) {
+                var v = parseFloat(saved);
+                video.volume = v;
+                video.muted = v === 0;
+            }
+            video.addEventListener('volumechange', function() {
+                sessionStorage.setItem('video-volume', video.muted ? '0' : video.volume);
+            });
+        })();
     </script>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index e91d623..d708479 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ def _render_page(
     if content_type and content_type.startswith("video"):
         media_element = (
             f'<video class="media" src="{img_url}" controls autoplay '
-            f'loop muted playsinline {data_attrs}></video>'
+            f'loop playsinline {data_attrs}></video>'
         )
     else:
         media_element = (