When autoplay is active many web sight videos will not play even when pressing the play button. This forces me to temporarily disable the extension to watch the video.

Eloston / disable-html5-autoplay

[CURRENTLY UNMAINTAINED] An extension for Chromium-based browsers that disables autoplay of HTML5 audio and video

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When autoplay is active many web sight videos will not play even when pressing the play button. This forces me to temporarily disable the extension to watch the video. #178

Open sudolj opened 7 years ago

sudolj commented 7 years ago

Thanks for taking the time to contribute to Disable HTML5 Autoplay!

BEFORE YOU PROCEED, please read the following: https://github.com/Eloston/disable-html5-autoplay/blob/master/NEWS.md

Also, make sure to have consulted the Wiki first; especially the Support page

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malcolm1973 commented 7 years ago

I encountered this bug too.

Additional detail: it seems to occur when a website (such as Youtube) cues up an advertising video before the video requested, where Youtube's intention is that the advert will play (either automatically or not), then the requested video will autoplay once the advert is complete (or you hit "skip"). Disable Autoplay appears to be detecting this behaviour and preventing either the ad or the main video from playing.