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Stop video autoplay
July 18, 2017 | upchuck

Posted on 07/18/2017 8:24:40 AM PDT by upchuck

I'm looking for a Chrome extension that will make all embedded videos "Click to start." Auto starting videos, like Foxnews, et al are annoying and use lots of bandwidth on my metered connection.

I have looked at Chrome Extensions and can't find what I'm looking for. Lots of stop autoplay for Youtube, but that's not what I'm looking for. I need something universal.


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To: GOPJ

Wonderful - now, how do I turn off the ‘touchpad’ on a laptop...


On my ASUS laptop, I can just go to the Keyboard Properties in the Control Panel and turn it off.

I can also set it to turn off automagically when I plug in a mouse.


21 posted on 07/18/2017 10:19:08 AM PDT by chaosagent (Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
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To: upchuck

Scriptsafe is usually the best extension for this problem.

Disable HTML5 Autoplay is also a viable solution.


22 posted on 07/18/2017 10:21:06 AM PDT by Vanguard17
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To: stylin19a

Thank you!


23 posted on 07/18/2017 10:21:52 AM PDT by RikaStrom ("To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize." ~Voltaire)
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To: upchuck

I concur. I utterly detest autoplay. I click to read an article, and am reading it when suddenly the speakers start blaring some unrelated tripe at me.

BEGONE, autoplay, and may your creator suffer a long slow painful death, SOON!


24 posted on 07/18/2017 6:34:23 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: gaijin
but so few freepers know how to post photos.

I used to use photobucket to post pics, but they stopped free 3rd party hosting recently. What site(s) do you recommend?

25 posted on 07/19/2017 5:53:58 AM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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To: Varmint Al

Bump!


26 posted on 07/20/2017 2:49:45 AM PDT by mcmuffin (Jan. 20, 2017, Thank God!)
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To: upchuck

did you ever find anything universal ?

I added “flashcontrol” extension for chrome.
so far, so good for Opera and SlimJet - all autoplay seem to be stopped in it’s tracks.

For IE, i disabled Flash - still testing.

I haven’t done anything with Edge.

On some pages (Fox news is one), as you scroll past the video, it pops up at the bottom.
I haven’t found a way to stop it.


27 posted on 07/24/2017 9:12:31 AM PDT by stylin19a
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