top video when tabbed out...

webui/src/mini/MiniSummaryApp/MiniSummaryContent.jsx

@@ -328,6 +328,13 @@ export default function MiniSummaryContent() {
                         snapshotFeed={null}
                         audioSessionInfo={isActive ? activeAudio : null}
                         forceMute={!isActive}
+                        /*
+                          /mini intentionally keeps every carousel stream warm so
+                          rotation never waits for WHEP negotiation. Opting out
+                          preserves that behavior despite the shared player's
+                          normal offscreen-video bandwidth gate.
+                        */
+                        pauseVideoWhenHidden={false}
                         label={rover.name || rover.id}
                         sensors={frames[rover.id]?.sensors || null}
                       />
@@ -338,6 +345,8 @@ export default function MiniSummaryContent() {
                         snapshotFeed={snapshotFeeds[rover.id] || null}
                         audioSessionInfo={isActive ? activeAudio : null}
                         forceMute={!isActive}
+                        /* Keep /mini snapshot rotation behavior identical to its live-video path. */
+                        pauseVideoWhenHidden={false}
                         label={rover.name || rover.id}
                         sensors={frames[rover.id]?.sensors || null}
                       />

webui/src/mini/MiniSummaryApp/components/InfoColumn.jsx

@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ export default function InfoColumn({
                       videoMode={videoMode}
                       snapshotFeed={snapshotFeed}
                       audioSessionInfo={null}
+                      /* All /mini previews retain their existing always-mounted media behavior. */
+                      pauseVideoWhenHidden={false}
                       label={rover.name || rover.id}
                       sensors={frame?.sensors || null}
                     />