Option to Disable Autoload and Autoplay of HTML5 Videos
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This one (reloaded/fork) seems as work. Will remove it, do not like one new extension for such stupid thing.
Give us just one new option under "Tabs" Settings. "Mute all Tabs". So simple. Most irritating is loud sound, not pitty bandwidth issues.
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@Stagger_Lee That's the one i've been using for yonks. Yes it's a pity to have to use an extension for such a function, but until V can do this natively i'm not going to remove it in a pique of high dudgeon simply for reasons of puritanical principle alone, when doing so would manifestly be cutting off my nose to spite my face.
Mainly this extension does work ok for me, but it has one unexpected adverse trait on some websites. On these sites it works "too well", in that even when i then specifically, repeatedly, click the embedded media "play" button it still refuses to play, unless & until i fully deactivate the extension for that site. On the majority of sites though, it works fine for me.
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Brave does this well.
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is there still no option for this?? when i scroll through reddit, everything starts to play directly. that is pretty horrid. ectually this is way worse then the old flash videos that start directly, whats the reason not every browser has this, a deal with the advertisment industry??
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As it is becoming standard, you'd need a feature to enable autoplay rather than disable it. In the near future all video will be "click to play".
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So I commented on this about 9 months ago and whilst I'm hugely grateful for all the work that's been done, it's a real shame that it's still not been sorted out nor is in the pipeline. Whilst pafflick kindly stated some general reasons why features aren't implemented, I still don't understand this particular one.
I've never met a single person who liked autoplay videos (and most people absolutely loathe them) - it seems to be purely aggressive marketing and is on par with pop-ups of old - it seems to be the biggest 'profits over users' policy that I've seen from the commercial browsers. All that to say, there's an obviously high demand for the feature and I can't see this being an insurmountable technical problem as plugins have managed it before (admittedly to varying degrees of success).
As I said before, I believe this could be one of the strongest 'selling points' (as pointed out, it's free, but it would draw a big crowd) of Vivaldi and a big win for the user. As such, I'd like to state my request again for this to be added to the pipeline if at all possible.
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in the meantime
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/autoplaystopper/ejddcgojdblidajhngkogefpkknnebdh
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@iAN-CooG
I installed the extension and so farit seems to work(see addition below)
Nevertheless such an essential feature should be part of Vivaldi. You never know who is behind an extension and what they are doing with the data they can get their hands on.Edit: It works to block some ads that Youtube No Buffer doesn't block. But behaviour on Youtube is erratic; half the time it doesn't work.
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Two years after this issue was posted, it proved fruitful for me. Viva necro threads! One of the extensions listed works well to stifle YouTube's autoplay, so... Yeah, thanks.
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Is there any update on this? Two years is a long time to be patient, especially with radio silence on whether or not they're even looking into this.
It's strange to me that "the most customizable browser" wouldn't give the option to block obnoxious, resource-hogging autoplay videos that most people say have a very negative impact on their browsing experience, while Chrome, Edge, and Firefox do. I've had to give up on using entire websites before because the autoplay videos were so intrusive and wouldn't stop or go away. Those vids are not Vivaldi's fault obviously; I'm just saying that if I were using Chrome, Edge, Firefox, or Brave instead, I would be able to use those websites. So I guess it's time to use one of those instead. Hopefully Vivaldi will catch up soon so I can start using it again!
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@GoddessKait The thread is tagged as In Progress, which means they are currently working on it.
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I'm waiting for this feature too.....
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@Regnas The thread is now tagged as Pipeline, which means that you may have to wait until next year.
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@Pesala said in Option to Disable Autoload and Autoplay of HTML5 Videos:
@Regnas The thread is now tagged as Pipeline, which means that you may have to wait until next year.
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Yo, I found an extension that does the job. It's quite severe lol, but it works.
I was almost ready to give up on vivaldi because of this., but this extension saved the day.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/html-content-blocker/nobnkgabkebhhlgfddbemmefjnjnahoe -
@Regnas said in Option to Disable Autoload and Autoplay of HTML5 Videos:
Yo, I found an extension that does the job. It's quite severe lol, but it works.
I was almost ready to give up on vivaldi because of this., but this extension saved the day.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/html-content-blocker/nobnkgabkebhhlgfddbemmefjnjnahoeSeems like it requires some messing around instead of being designed expressly for this purpose. I'll have to pass on this one.
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Please stop Autoplay, the most annoying feature of Vivaldi
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@osbornexy don't be silly, it's not a feature of Vivaldi, it's the sites you visit that force autoplay. Autoplay Stopper extension should be enough for you.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/autoplaystopper/ejddcgojdblidajhngkogefpkknnebdh -
@iAN-CooG : thx for your comment. I didn't know that .
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@iAN-CooG Autoplaystopper does not work. Example:
Scrolling down a pop-up-window with an autoplay-video appears.