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ClaireNovotny
Brass Contributor
Apr 08, 2019

Disable video auto play

Edge had a great feature that let me disable all autoplaying videos and I could whitelist certain sites.   Chrome works differently and tries to guess based on playing with audio or not. I want m...
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sambul95
Iron Contributor
May 18, 2019

transentia 

 

Install Chrome extensions: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/silent-site-sound-blocker/hkbdhiphllimobjnfeeekaogfibmdgfe and https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/autoplaystopper/ejddcgojdblidajhngkogefpkknnebdh . Works every time (almost). Don't forget https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm.

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bobpave
Copper Contributor
Jan 16, 2020
Thank you for this, media auto playing is the most annoying thing. AutoplayStopper seems to do the job.
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    Davy49
    Iron Contributor
    Feb 23, 2020

    bobpave 

    Hi,

    To give the autoplay stopper extension a good trial, go to https://www.yahoo.com/   and see how it performs there. At least for me it fails to prevent quite a few video's from auto playing.

    David

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