Apr 08 2019 09:18 AM
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 more control and I want to be able to disable all auto play videos, regardless of sound, and selectively whitelist certain sites.
#EdgeInsider
Apr 08 2019 09:22 AM
Apr 08 2019 09:27 AM
there is a option called Autoplay policy inside edge://flags/
Apr 08 2019 09:30 AM
@Deleted That isn't quite the same behavior as what Edge had:
https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2017/09/autoplay-policy-changes
This flag talks about "user gesture required" with the page, which is confusing.
Quite frankly, the Chrome behaviors are confusing to understand and some of the switches require command line arguments.
A simple option like Edge had would be a huge improvement.
Apr 26 2019 08:27 AM
Has this been resolved. I have started using Canary as my daily driver, however, the inability to prevent videos from autoplaying may drive me back to edge...quickly
@ClaireNovotny wrote: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 more control and I want to be able to disable all auto play videos, regardless of sound, and selectively whitelist certain sites.
#EdgeInsider
May 17 2019 10:42 PM
May 17 2019 11:21 PM - edited May 20 2019 06:46 AM
Install Chrome extensions: Silent Site Sound Blocker and AutoplayStopper . Works every time (almost). Don't forget uBlock Origin.
May 18 2019 03:16 PM
I'd also like full disabling of ALL auto-play: video, audio. Users should be able to whitelist sites if we ever do click to play any media (like YouTube, for example). Perhaps like a "Play once" or "Auto-play at any time".
Essentially, all media (audio / video) should be click-to-play, as an user option in Edge C. You can make the default auto-play everything: I don't mind. But, the "deny auto-playing media" option must be extra-vigilant.
No triggers, like "user interaction", should be able to override the denials. Just because users make the "fatal error" of inputting text into a text box (i.e, writing a comment on Imgur) should not mean any ad from any company can now play video or audio.
May 20 2019 02:00 AM
May 20 2019 06:50 AM - edited May 20 2019 06:52 AM
Push for web development is driven largely by advertising and goods & services sale revenue. I don't think any large browser developers will incorporate full adds blocking features. Instead they try to soften user experience by more intelligent algorithms for ads show including video and audio ads.
Sep 26 2019 01:01 PM
@sambul95 I have looked and I don't have this on my browser
Jan 16 2020 01:52 PM
Feb 23 2020 01:03 AM
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