From 516d571d0db3d0e84ebdcf00120ea7150d7d973e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Isaac Connor <isaac@zoneminder.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2025 14:21:18 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Only a value of true will equate to true for muted

---
 web/skins/classic/views/watch.php | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/web/skins/classic/views/watch.php b/web/skins/classic/views/watch.php
index a586488d0..3d160c2ec 100644
--- a/web/skins/classic/views/watch.php
+++ b/web/skins/classic/views/watch.php
@@ -441,8 +441,10 @@ echo $monitor->getStreamHTML($options);
 <?php 
 $volume = isset($_REQUEST['volume']) ? validInt($_REQUEST['volume']) :
   (isset($_COOKIE['zmWatchVolume']) ? validInt($_COOKIE['zmWatchVolume']) : 50);
-$muted = isset($_REQUEST['muted']) ? validInt($_REQUEST['muted']) :
-  (isset($_COOKIE['zmWatchMuted']) ? validInt($_COOKIE['zmWatchMuted']) : false);
+# 'true' is the only true value for muted. Anything else is false.
+$muted = (isset($_REQUEST['muted']) and $_REQUEST['muted'] == 'true') ? true :
+  ((isset($_COOKIE['zmWatchMuted']) and $_COOKIE['zmWatchMuted'] == 'true') ? true : false);
+ZM\Debug("Muted $muted");
 
 ?>
     <span class="volume">