There are different extensions like ImprovedTube,
FlashStopper, etc using which you can disable autoplay functionality and set
default video on streaming website YouTube.
By using ImprovedTube chrome extension.
ImprovedTube
is a Chrome extension that modifies YouTube to give users more control over all
aspects of the site. ImprovedTube is
the ultimate Chrome extension to disable video autoplay on YouTube. It is a
much needed thing considering the fact that many people actually don’t like the
autoplay feature on YouTube.
Here are some useful
options present in ImprovedTube:
Disable YouTube Autoplay
To do this, you need to click the red play button and then go to Player
Settings. There, you need to select Auto Play Disabled. Now, reload the YouTube
page. You can click on any video to see if it works.
Stop Playlist Autoplay and Up Next Autoplay
When we watch a video, an “up next” video list appears next to it. You can
disable these autoplay videos in the Playlist Settings in ImprovedTube. Also, you can customize
your YouTube experience by explore other options given in ImprovedTube .
How to stop video autoplay in Firefox?
By using media.autoplay.enabled
Mozilla Firefox has an
inbuilt functionality using which you can disable video autoplay on YouTube and
other websites. To turn this on, you need to change the value of
media.autoplay.enabled preference to false in the Firefox configuration editor:
1.
In the Firefox address
bar, type about:config and press enter.
2.
Click, I accept
the risk! warning message.
3. Search for
media.autoplay.enabled in the list of preferences. You can use the search bar
where you can type autoplay.
4. Double-click the media.autoplay.enabled and its value
will be set to false.
Now, you can visit
YouTube and play any video to see if it works.
By using FlashStopper
The inbuilt option in
Firefox can stop the video autoplay but the internet bandwidth is still
consumed. If you want to save your data, you can use this extension called
FlashStopper. In addition to disabling a video from playing automatically, it
also prevents it from buffering.
FlashStopper also works
on:
• YouTube - flash & html5
• Facebook
• Dailymotion
• Msn | Bing
• Yahoo - flash & html5 (with proactive blocking)
Disable YouTube Autoplay in Opera
Since Opera is based on
the Chromium web browser, it supports the extensions compatible with Chromium. Other popular web
browsers like Microsoft Edge, Apple Safari, and Internet Explorer don’t have
the functionality to disable HTML5 videos and eventually YouTube videos.
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