I like to go to YouTube and open a few (1-10) movies in tabs and after it has loaded I watch it (I have to manually pause every movie after I open it). Is there some way to make YouTube pause it by default? (any YouTube preference or maybe Firefox Plugin?)
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This would also be handy for when doing "open in new tab" on links that don't advertise their destination being youtube (i.e., redirected through a link shortener). Avoiding the unexpected audio followed by the search to find and pause/close the clip would be a Good Thing.– Dave SherohmanJan 4, 2011 at 10:12
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4Given that the solution is a Firefox extension, migrating this to Web Apps seems a bit churlish.– ChrisFJan 4, 2011 at 10:55
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Related: Is there any way to disable a YouTube video from automatically starting in Firefox?– galacticninjaJul 21, 2019 at 5:50
4 Answers
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/179387/ this is the most community endorsed addon ive found that does what you want. Apparently it does a lot of other youtubey things too.
And some scripts may help: YouTube Auto Pause On Tab/Window Change > http://wescript.net/scripts/18923
There's a handy script called YouTube Auto Buffer & Auto HD & Remove Ads for Greasemonkey.
Have a look at my screenshot, usage is self-explaining.
You can use YouTube Control Center open source add-on to configure autoplay behavior, buffering and much more.