Moved the definition of autoplay attribute to videoalpha_module.py file. Changed double negative if statement for autoplay check to simple if.

common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/videoalpha/display/video_player.coffee

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class @VideoPlayerAlpha extends SubviewAlpha
     @video.log 'load_video'
     if @video.videoType is 'html5'
       @player.setPlaybackRate @video.speed
-    unless onTouchBasedDevice() or $('.video:first').data('autoplay') == 'False'
+    if not onTouchBasedDevice() and $('.video:first').data('autoplay') is 'True'
       $('.video-load-complete:first').data('video').player.play()
 
   onStateChange: (event) =>

common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/videoalpha_module.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from lxml import etree
 from pkg_resources import resource_string, resource_listdir
 
 from django.http import Http404
+from django.conf import settings
 
 from xmodule.x_module import XModule
 from xmodule.raw_module import RawDescriptor
@@ -147,7 +148,8 @@ class VideoAlphaModule(VideoAlphaFields, XModule):
             'caption_asset_path': caption_asset_path,
             'show_captions': self.show_captions,
             'start': self.start_time,
-            'end': self.end_time
+            'end': self.end_time,
+            'autoplay': settings.MITX_FEATURES.get('AUTOPLAY_VIDEOS', True)
         })
 
 

lms/templates/videoalpha.html

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
       data-start="${start}"
       data-end="${end}"
       data-caption-asset-path="${caption_asset_path}"
-      data-autoplay="${settings.MITX_FEATURES['AUTOPLAY_VIDEOS']}"
+      data-autoplay="${autoplay}"
   >
     <div class="tc-wrapper">
       <article class="video-wrapper">