Stops video autoplay gracefully.

Latest Version

Version
1.9.8.1
Update
September 10, 2023
Size
48.49KiB
Developer
Category
Users
100,000+
Rating
4.05832 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Permissions
Http://*/*
Https://*/*
Tabs
ContextMenus
Storage
WebNavigation
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AutoplayStopper Extension

Make video players (flash & html5) show video thumbnail instead of autoplaying…

IMPORTANT NOTICE: some video conferencing sites will only work if they are allowed to autoplay...

If videos still autoplay try enabling proactive blocking for the site by either
Clicking the 'Allow autoplay for...' menuitem until it's highlighted dark red.
Adding 'Block (shadow)' autoplay exception for the site from the settings.

Features:
• Allow autoplay for websites
• Enable proactive blocking for websites
Stop media autoplay in shadow dom (performance impact)
• Allow session autoplay for websites
Stop only first autoplay for a continuous session in the website (for video sites like Dailymotion)
• Disable flash detection for websites
Force sites to use their html5 player which can always be stopped.
• Quick add-on enable/disable (left-dblclick)
• Play/Pause context menu item will show for covered video elements (ctrl+right-click to ensure default context)

Release Notes:
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Version 1.9.8.1 10/9/2023
• Fixed popup menu.

Version 1.9.8 7/12/2022
• Fixed shadow for msn.

Version 1.9.7 6/9/2022
• Fixed context menu & popup.

Version 1.9.6 13/7/2022
• Added proactive blocking.

Version 1.9.5 25/2/2022
• Added exceptions import/export.

Version 1.9.4 26/7/2021
• tweaks...

Version 1.9.3 1/6/2021
• Improved jwplayer handling.

Version 1.9.1 14/3/2021
• Improved youtube handling.

Version 1.9.0 23/2/2021
• Added keyboard activation.
• Improved youtube handling.
• Improved site permissions interaction.

Version 1.8.7 30/1/2021
• Added deep nodes handling.

Version 1.8.5 17/1/2021
• Added strict blocking mode.
• Improved play rejection.
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx","description": "__MSG_extensionDescription__","manifest_version": 2,"name": "AutoplayStopper","version": "1.9.8.1","applications": {"gecko": { "id": "[email protected]"}},"default_locale": "en","icons": {"32": "icons/icon32.png","48": "icons/icon48.png"},"permissions": ["http://*/*", "https://*/*","tabs","contextMenus","storage","webNavigation"],"background": {"scripts": ["utils.js", "background.js"]},"browser_action": {"default_icon": {"32": "icons/icon32.png"},"default_title": "AutoplayStopper","default_popup": "skin/popup.html","browser_style": true},"content_scripts": [{"run_at": "document_start","all_frames": true,"match_about_blank": true,"matches": ["http://*/*", "https://*/*"],"js": ["content/handler-utils.js", "content/content.js"]}],"options_ui": { "chrome_style": true, "browser_style": true, "page": "skin/options.html"},"devtools_page": "skin/devtools.html?view=page","optional_permissions": ["file://*/*"]}
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User reviews

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Tran Hung (ID: 000000d64f57ab41) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 12/05/2024 it works, but when play the video, we could not block autoplay for that video again and some web, some time it work well, some time it is not able to block autoplay, some time it I can't play the video when I want

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Jonathan Cox (ID: 000000219dca9517) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 06/18/2024 This extension works really good, especially considering the fact that I brought it back to Brave, because it has a glitch with its own autoplay feature. Whenever I played a video, it plays 1-2 seconds of it before stopping. But that's nothing this extension can't fix! Don't take my word for it, it's still good!

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Yahrite Fohb (ID: 000000a93f5a964f) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 02/26/2024 Got this to stop annoying gifs on reddit from autoplaying, it doesn't do anything it seems. It does work good on youtube. All my other autoplay scripts/extensions still don't prevent some stuff on youtube from playing for a second before pausing etc. Unfortunately, this extension prevents thumbnail mouseover preview which is quite annoying.

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Randy Henry (ID: 0000004c3551549b) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 11/11/2023 I installed this to stop the annoying Amazon influencer videos from playing in Brave Browser. So far it's working.

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Scott Gronwold (ID: 000000af77d6eaf5) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 11/09/2023 Doesn't work on Chicago Tribune or Yahoo news articles. Assume it doesn't work anywhere.