Disable audio/video autoplay

Ensures that HTML5 audio and video elements do not autoplay, based on http://diveintohtml5.info/examples/disable_video_autoplay.user.js

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey, Greasemonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Userscripts to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install a user script manager extension to install this script.

(I already have a user script manager, let me install it!)

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

(I already have a user style manager, let me install it!)

Author
James Edward Lewis II
Daily installs
2
Total installs
4,989
Ratings
27 0 2
Version
1.2.0
Created
2015-02-12
Updated
2015-03-05
Size
4.91 KB
License
N/A
Applies to
All sites

After YouTube switched to using HTML5 by default, I wondered why Mark Pilgrim's classic "Disable video autoplay" UserScript from Dive into HTML5 wasn't working, and why it didn't keep Vine videos from autoplaying; I didn't notice anything wrong with the script itself, and I learned that YouTube uses a different method to make videos autoplay when I saw that the autoplay attribute was already false, but I was still inspired to extend the old script to turn off autoplay for HTML5 audio. I might figure out how to make this keep Youtube and Vine from autoplaying too.

I added a workaround for YouTube (and possibly Vine) based on this: https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/6487-pause-all-html5-videos-on-load

I have also incorporated more sophisticated anti-autoplay script based on Stop Youtube HTML5 Autoplay by Leslie P. Polzer of PORT ZERO [email protected]: http://www.port-zero.com/en/chrome-plugin-stop-html5-autoplay/

I added a workaround for the older Flash-based YouTube, based on this: http://userscripts-mirror.org/scripts/review/100858

I also added an attempted workaround for some videos on Tumblr, based on this: https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/921-tumblr-disable-autoplay

For the benefit of those who would use this script in IE7Pro, I have used Eduardo Cereto Carvalho's cross-browser implementation of addEventListener: https://gist.github.com/eduardocereto/955642