Request disable netflix autopreview

[ryanmusante]

Is this possible to incorporate? It is chrome compatiblity.

Harken back to the glory days of no weird hover states, autoplaying videos, and annoying Who's Watching prompts.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/netflix-classic/mokjkiliipanjhlfbpagnmlpihmaohde

[gort818]

I cannot implement extensions into qtwebengine, I might be able to disable the auto preview with javascript.. but I don't really know javascript sooo I'm not sure.

[gort818]

@ryanmusante Good news! figured it out this is how it looks when you load netflix

[gort818]

@ryanmusante but bad news not quite sure how to implement it :(

document.getElementsByClassName('billboard-row')[0].setAttribute('style', 'display:none')

[gort818]

I found a hacky solution that would work well with some cool new features coming.. stay tuned

[ryanmusante]

Sounds good!

[gort818]

QString code ="try { " \
                           "billboard = document.querySelector('.billboard-row');"\
                           "if (billboard) {" \
                           "var video = document.querySelector('video');" \
                           "video.muted = true;"\
                           "video.playbackRate = 0;"\
                           "video.setAttribute('preload', 0);"\
                           "video.setAttribute('autoplay', 'false');"\
                           "video.pause();"\
                           "}" \
                           "} catch (e) {  } " ;

             webView()->page()->runJavaScript(code);

This seems to work! it is not pretty but there will be no more autopreview crap

[gort818]

Here is how it looks now just need to find a way for users to opt in.

[ryanmusante]

It works, simply amazing! So, to opt-in, some possible suggestions:

1. Selection that can be accessed from the corner or inside of windowed mode
2. Selection at application launch, so that if users need to switch, it requires exiting and re-doing
3. Selection available from right-clicking interface and choosing from drop down menu

[gort818]

I think option 2 is the best just have a command line argument like -na for no auto play. Will work on this today, I'll let you know when it is ready.

[ryanmusante]

This makes use of command line arguments and uses qt web engine for comparison. https://github.com/magiruuvelvet/LightweightQtDRMStreamViewer

[gort818]

@ryanmusante qtwebflix has command line arguments, just haven't implemented this yet sorry :( maybe this weekend

[ryanmusante]

Status update for feature implement?