Opera GX - youtube videos keep randomly playing out of nowhere on tabs

pyromsi

pyromsi

Guys I've found it.

It's the extension called "Dark mode for PDF files".

I've tried disabling all my extensions one by one to figure it out and after disabling this, I've never experienced this problem again.

quik

quik @ziggythezog

Another user experiencing the same issue had an extension called "Simple Volume Booster"

Even if you do not have that extension, might help to try disabling all extensions to see if it has any effect on the issue at all.

Dream on till your dream comes true

RusCatso

RusCatso @quik

@quik I would like to add these extensions as well : "Nice Volume Booster" and "Return YouTube Dislike"

Another user experiencing the same issue had an extension called "Simple Volume Booster"

Even if you do not have that extension, might help to try disabling all extensions to see if it has any effect on the issue at all.

kevyn2p

kevyn2p @quik

@quik I sewer if I had to go thro all this just because of a volume booster. I will disable it and come back with the results tomorrow.

burnout426

burnout426 Volunteer

Links to all these problem extensions?

pyromsi

pyromsi @RusCatso

@ruscatso i have return youtube dislike and haven't had a problem with it so far.

EndlessDivinity

EndlessDivinity

I think Opera's Adblocker might be the issue. I just disabled it, and seems to solve the problem. I think you all should try it out.

burnout426

burnout426 Volunteer @EndlessDivinity

@endlessdivinity Are you (or were you before disabling Opera's adblocker) getting weird videos that you never actually watched added to your watch history in Youtube where those weird videos are/were the ones playing in the background?

EndlessDivinity

EndlessDivinity @burnout426

@burnout426 Actually disabling the adblocker also didn't solve the problem. Neither clean reinstalls work... Those weird videos were being added to my history and lagging my system, both before and after I disabled my Opera Adblock. I am left with no choice except changing my browser.
Just have a look at this tab preview!!!!!
The same type of videos are the ones causing this mess!

burnout426

burnout426 Volunteer @EndlessDivinity

@endlessdivinity said in Opera GX - youtube videos keep randomly playing out of nowhere on tabs:

Just have a look at this tab preview!!!!!

So, you have tab previews turned on in Opera, the start page tab is focused, you're hovering over the background https://www.pea.edu.np tab with the mouse and the preview for the https://www.pea.edu.np tab is showing some crazy Youtube video?

Definitely weird.

pyromsi

pyromsi @burnout426

@burnout426 my youtube account had liked random arabic and japanese videos on its own which i only realized when i checked "Liked Videos" tab on YT. I think one of my extensions has a malware in it.

thephantomvoid

thephantomvoid @SheIsBrooklyn

@sheisbrooklyn I made an account on here just to post that I just had the same issue happen to me today while using Firefox. I had a few tabs open, with two of them being YouTube videos. One was the video I was watching at the moment, and the other one I had paused and ready to view after I finished the one I was currently on. Out of nowhere a third mystery tab opens up and starts to autoplay a YouTube video that had been floating around in my suggested videos since earlier in the day. I checked my extensions and only had Ublock Origin and NordVPN installed...nothing too exciting. I've Googled a bit on the subject and it seems others have had similar issues in the last month. I suspect that this is somehow just related to YouTube as a website...at the very least I'd hope that it is.

EndlessDivinity

EndlessDivinity @burnout426

@burnout426 Absolutely! It's too weird! And I am helpless now.

burnout426

burnout426 Volunteer

Has anyone checked 3rd party app access for their Google account to make sure nothing funky has access to your account?

https://myaccount.google.com/permissions?continue=https%3A%2F%2Fmyaccount.google.com%2Fsecurity.

Also, even if you have 2-step verification etc. turned on and haven't seen any prompts on your phone for logins etc., you could still change your password for good measure.

You could also goto https://myaccount.google.com/device-activity/ and check what devices are logged into your account to see if there's anything suspicious. Even if there isn't, it might be a good idea to sign out of all sessions.

You could also clear things at https://myaccount.google.com/data-and-privacy and maybe pause history etc. for a bit.

For those that haven't already tried, make a test [standalone installation[(https://www.reddit.com/r/operabrowser/wiki/opera/new_profile/#wiki_standalone_installation) and test in it without importing anything and without enabling Opera Sync, and without installing any extensions, and without enabling Opera's VPN, and without enabling Opera's adblocking and tracking protection. Then, see if it happens after you log in to Youtube.

burnout426

burnout426 Volunteer @EndlessDivinity

@endlessdivinity You still get the issue if you don't have tab previews turned on?

What about if you disable video popouts at opera://settings/videoPopout and opera://settings/videoConferencePopout?

I'd also check opera://settings/content/notifications and clear the list for good measure.

Shots in the dark, but...

kookhtime

kookhtime

hello everyone! so this issue has been Fixed for me for a long time now,
i am just here to share a script that might help you with unliking videos!
why? well if you are Fixed then this will be a fast way to return the youtube algorithm close to how it was before, Or if you Don't Know if you are fixed or not you can try this out, and check your liked videos later, unknown videos appear? you are not fixed, they dont appear, well congrats! you are fixed. OR if you are Not fixed you can try this out to check if the malware likes videos, and to bring back the algorithm close to how it was before!

function sleep(ms) { 
return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms)); 
} 
async function deleteLikedVideos() { 
'use strict'; 
var items = document.querySelectorAll('ytd-menu-renderer > yt-icon-button.dropdown-trigger > button[aria-label]'); 
var out; 
for (var i = 0; i < items.length; i++) { 
items[i].click(); 
out = setTimeout(function () { 
if (document.querySelector('tp-yt-paper-listbox.style-scope.ytd-menu-popup-renderer').lastElementChild) { 
document.querySelector('tp-yt-paper-listbox.style-scope.ytd-menu-popup-renderer').lastElementChild.click(); 
} 
}, 100); 
await sleep(500); // sleep cause browser can not handle the process 
clearTimeout(out); 
} 
} 
deleteLikedVideos();

paste it in console (Ctrl+Shift+I)
Note: Credits to zeeshan arshad on quora for the script

SyncMyErrorPlz

SyncMyErrorPlz

Hi, for the past half a week, even after I disable my extensions....Opera Gx is playing youtube videos I've never clicked on, while watching another video, and while not even at the computer...

I've disabled auto play in youtube settings. Disabled all my youtube extensions.. And yet ill be away from the computer for 30 mins, not touching it, and it will just start playing videos, that i Cannot See ....i know which tab it is because i can see the audio icon , and when i click on it it mutes, but keeps playing videos..

any idea how to fix, or is there a way to save all my info on opera(bookmarks history etc etc etc), and either reinstall opera, or get it to factory reset, then i can add my infos back to it. thank you

SyncMyErrorPlz

SyncMyErrorPlz

Ok so i realized that I can make this bug happen by pressing space bar when simply on the youtube home page....very weird.

edit Ok This Is Fked UP . I am on twitch.tv.....and a 'kitboga' video from youtube started playing...im not even on youtube, please help guys/gals

SyncMyErrorPlz

SyncMyErrorPlz @SyncMyErrorPlz

@syncmyerrorplz ok now its happenein on any video playing website, except its somehow accessing my youtube and playing on it, rather its twitch or whatever

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @SyncMyErrorPlz

@syncmyerrorplz First, read https://forums.opera.com/rules and, second, read above.