Prevent video autoplay

[MissDonna]

MissDonna last edited by

News sites such as CNN.com include videos that automatically begin to play. I have no interest in most of these videos. Can you include an option to prevent video autoplay? It's a huge data waste to load all that video content.

[diezi]

diezi last edited by

@MissDonna you can use an extension to prevent autoplay. Try https://addons.opera.com/es-419/extensions/details/disable-html5-autoplay/

[A Former User]

A Former User @MissDonna last edited by

@MissDonna it's in 'settings > site settings'... you should be able to activate it just for cnn.com ?

[winblood]

winblood @MissDonna last edited by

@MissDonna I concur, this is quite annoying. Using an extension for now.

[eltee7x]

eltee7x last edited by

I agree, autoplay for videos and audios is very annoying, there should be a global setting to disable it for every website and it should not require external extensions.

[A Former User]

A Former User @winblood last edited by

@winblood said in Prevent video autoplay:

@MissDonna I concur, this is quite annoying. Using an extension for now.

Which extension are you using?

[winblood]

winblood @Guest last edited by

@qrc007 I'm using https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/disable-html5-autoplay/efdhoaajjjgckpbkoglidkeendpkolai but seems it's unmaintained

[A Former User]

A Former User @winblood last edited by

@winblood Thanks.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Just remembering that extensions don't work on Opera for Mobiles.