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    How to Stop YouTube or any flash video auto starting

    Today's tip :
    ( in a series for anyone as bad on computers as I am)

    Fed up with videos and adverts starting on their own and annoying / startling the fuck out of you ?
    Here's how to stop them on your PC:


    Chrome

    Open a new tab and paste

    chrome://chrome/settings/content

    into the empty url search box - at the very top - and press enter.


    Now scroll down to Plug-ins
    and select Click to play
    press done

    You might need to restart chrome .




    Internet Explorer

    ( never tried it this one )
    Go to Tools, Safety and then click on the ActiveX Filtering option. This will then put a tick next to the option, indicating that filtering is enabled.
    Firefox

    you'll need a proper addon to stop it there

    eg
    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...on/flashblock/

    Then the flash video thumbnail picture gets replaced with an f which you click to play the video.

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    Sincere thanks for that!

    Autostart Videos are the bane of my life - when browsing News sites (for example) I open Articles I am interested in in new Tabs, planning to go back and read them all when I finish. It's VERY irritating when one of them has an Autostart Video and my Speakers start blasting away; I then have to go through all the Tabs to find the offending Video and stop it.

    Many thanks again.

    Patrick

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    flashblock , like adblock is essential

    all these unwanted downloads add to your data usage

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    Cheers for that, Blue. You must have overheard me shouting at my computer recently.


    I'd green you if I could but, as I can't, have a fishie...


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    Update - for stopping Videos auto starting in YouTube

    Needed because naughty YouTube annoyingly keeps changing.
    solution :
    this free add on for Chrome, Firefox and Opera 15+.

    Homepage + download
    Magic Actions for YouTube? | The Best Way to Watch YouTube Videos

    or Chrome webstore
    https://chrome.google.com/webstore/d...cdgepllmpfceif




    The stop Autostart feature works great
    Most of the other features I prefer turned off, via the options icon under the youtube video ( a cog ),
    but I like having this switch available for turning the white boundary black, when the mood wants.



    I also like :

    Don't Show Video Annotations,
    Enlarge thumbnails on mouse over,

    Hide Ads,

    Enlarge avatars [ Hover your mouse over a user's avatar ].




    I do too ..


    Magic Actions for YouTube™ is a lightweight and useful add-in designed for a more comfortable watching experience. Magic Actions is easy to use! Key features v6.8:
    ✔ AutoHD feature - start play all YouTube™ videos in HD + Highres > HD1440p > HD1080p > HD720p > 480p > 360p > 240p > 144p + works with HTML5 player!
    ✔ Instant control over volume by scrolling mouse wheel! + OSD on-screen display + works with HTML5 player!
    ✔ Cinema Mode - 1-click and the whole page is shaded + make you feel as if you were in a movie theater! + click again to toggle back to the normal view + over 20 predefined color themes + your own custom colors + works with HTML5 player!
    ✔ 1-click to take snapshot from playing video and save as PNG, JPEG or WEBP image format!
    ✔ Cool Day/Night toggle swicth to browse YouTube in black or white
    ✔ View and delete your watch history
    ✔ Ratings preview for related videos
    ✔ Enlarge avatars and video thumbnails on mouse over
    ✔ Display user info in comments + country flag, uploaded videos count, views, subscribers, description, date joined etc.
    ✔ Expand videos to full window size
    ✔ Auto Wide - always play in wide player mode + works with HTML5 player!
    ✔ Stop Autoplay - manage whether or not the initial video will autoplay + allow/deny preloading a video + play a sound when loading complete + works with HTML5 player!
    ✔ Replay - repeat, replay a video again and again + works with HTML5 player!
    ✔ Autohide Player Controls - video controls will automatically hide after a video begins playing + works with HTML5 player!
    ✔ Hide Annotations - Don't show video annotations + works with HTML5 player!
    ✔ Ability to hide comments, related videos, etc.

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    Been using this for a couple of years now. Works most of the time.

    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...on/flashblock/

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    Good one blue as was your ad munch link. Thanks.

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    Boot up on DOS and type "delete c:*.*"

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    when using TOR do not use flash

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    Quote Originally Posted by 9999 View Post
    Boot up on DOS and type "delete c:*.*"
    Trying that now, will let you kno

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    Quote Originally Posted by nidhogg
    Trying that now, will let you kno
    My DOS syntax may be a little rusty, it's been a while, but should solve your probs.

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    Thanks Blue. Have a Green.

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