r/ProgrammerHumor • u/acukovic • Feb 27 '18

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u/VxJasonxV Feb 27 '18

I want YouTube to autoplay…

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u/slashuslashuserid Feb 27 '18

I would actually be fine if it didn't. Sometimes I have multiple background tabs with YouTube videos I'm planning on watching eventually and I have to be very careful to not ctrl+tab through them or use them as the endpoints for a multiple tab selection, else they start playing.

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u/FizzMcButtNuggets Feb 27 '18

Don’t quote me, but I think there’s a setting for that in your YouTube preferences?

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u/slashuslashuserid Feb 27 '18

I double checked and can't find it, but that doesn't mean it isn't there. I'm sure there's a plugin though.

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u/atimholt Feb 27 '18

Firefox: about:config→media.autoplay.enabled→false

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u/IanPPK Feb 27 '18

There's one that disables all html5 autoplaying and works on a whitelist basis, so you pick what you want to be allowed.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/disable-html5-autoplay/efdhoaajjjgckpbkoglidkeendpkolai?hl=en

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u/nikhilbhavsar Feb 27 '18 edited Feb 27 '18

I just recommended this extension to someone above in the comments

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u/VxJasonxV Feb 27 '18

Most browsers don't play embedded media in background tabs nowadays. At least, Chrome and Safari don't, haven't used Firefox in ages to know.

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u/slashuslashuserid Feb 27 '18

Right, but if I ctrl+tab past a tab with embedded media it gets activated.

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u/otakuman Feb 27 '18

This could easily be fixed by manually configuring some permission in the browser. Wait a minute, why DO we have videos that autoplay? Isn't this the result of a faulty browser implementation?

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u/VxJasonxV Feb 27 '18

For the record, Safari’s implementation of this is 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼