I had done something to get Youtube vids to autoplay when opening in a new tab without visiting the tab. However, I recently tried some changes to stop vids from other sites from autoplaying and this messed up my settings. Now, Youtube vids only play after I've visited the tab. I've done everything I've come across, from reinstalling Chrome completely (took forever to reinstall my add-ons), to going into the chrome://flags and changing the autoplay policy ("No user gesture is required").
Couldn't find a solution. Any help appreciated. Thanks.