Comments on: Stop YouTube Videos from Automatically Playing in Firefox

By: doomed

doomed — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 05:46:26 +0000

remember this is a 2 year old posting , the stopyoutubeplayingalready extension made by this pages author will not work with current versions of firefox, and does not seem to have been updated since it was released.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:08:59 +0000

“TubeStop” seems like a poplular FireFox Add-On for the same purpose, but I don’t see it mentioned in this article? Do you think “Stop Autoplay” is better? Thanks!

By: AussieNoob

AussieNoob — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:59:14 +0000

Hey Deb,
There’s a little app for IE called ‘ Toggle Flash ‘. Once installed and enabled it will block all .flv from loading. To dissable just hit its little icon in the tool bar, then refresh or F5. It can be a little inconvenient though, as it is either ON or OFF and to toggle you have to refresh the page. But if your’re planning a YouTube session , just turn T’Flash on before you start. I’m sure there would be some others out there too but this might suit you in the meantime.

By: Deb

Deb — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:54:40 +0000

I used to go to youtube and the videos didn’t start unless I hit the play button. However, today something changed and now I don’t have to click on the play button and it just starts. Do you know how I can go back to the way it was? I am using IE actually and maybe there was some windows update that changed this? I really like to use the play stop and pause buttons and decide if I want to hear something. I did not do anything new and do not have a channel at youtube . Thanks for any help.

Deb

By: AussieNoob

AussieNoob — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:26:52 +0000

I use Stop Autoplay. It doesn’t just stop the .flv from playing, but it stops it from loading until you want. This is handy if you have a slower connection or a low download quota. It also means that you can read the comments on a video first to help decide wether or not you want to proceed and download/play it. This addon blocks most .flv advertisements too, speeding up page load times.

By: Andreas129

Andreas129 — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 22:45:20 +0000

* Sorry the video in background, not script!

By: Andreas129

Andreas129 — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 22:44:14 +0000

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/38553
This one loads the script in the background to! (Buffering)

By: M

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:56:14 +0000

Does this work on a mac?

By: abhisek

abhisek — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:58:38 +0000

thanks. Using the GM script.

By: HairyMonster

HairyMonster — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:34:31 +0000

Can I suggest NoScript – allows you to control precisely which scripts (including Flash) to run on a page.