Click to play setting fails; YouTube videos play automatically.
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jessejoh last edited by
Thank you for the informative response. I'm concerned that apparently you do not intend to restore Click to play (for HTML5) as a built-in feature, but I guess this will be okay as long as you facilitate the necessary extension. Please continue to do so.
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jessejoh last edited by
Click to play was never available for HTML5, so it can't be restored.
You are employing a narrow, technical definition of Click to play in order to make your argument that "it can't be restored". When I discuss Click to play, I'm obviously concerned with its functionality, not its internal processes. The player software difference is not even evident to a user who only clicks to play and view videos. I'm obviously aware now that a restored Click to play would not have the same internal processes as the previous Flash version. That doesn't mean that the Click to play feature as I know and use it couldn't be restored.
And as I said before, Click to play could also be restored via having Opera 30 set to use Flash for YouTube, as Opera 12 does; again it would obviously require different internal processes. In fact, I've found that simply setting Magic Actions on Opera 30 to Force Player Type: Flash (without even setting Stop Autoplay) restores Click to play functionality.
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A Former User last edited by
Balls. Someone mentioned an extension to block YT html5 autoplay, but I haven't stumbled upon one. Anybody have a link?
- "Stop Youtube HTML5" seems to work, although the permissions are kind of unsettling.
** For chrissakes. Magic Action, which I already have, handles this just fine. I should probably have more coffee before troubleshooting.
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maxvelocity last edited by
Since changing from opera 29 to 30, I now cannot stop youtube videos from starting. Open any new youtube video and it will start whether I have the page open or not. This means that if I open multiple youtube video in new tabs, they will all play. I have checked the box to click to play in settings, I have turn off autoplay. Nothing works. Only thing that I can do to get everything to work as before is to revert back to version 29. Can this be fixed, because it is bloody annoying.”
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
Can this be fixed, because it is bloody annoying.
There's nothing to be fixed. YouTube is no longer serving Opera with the flash player, so there's no plugin for the click to play option to work on.
There are extensions that can block the autoplay even in the html5 player.
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maxvelocity last edited by
Autoplay works on the YouTube web page. I have tried Magic Action with no success. Need to find a way to prevent the YouTube video from playing until I want it to start. Can anyone make some suggestions. Thanks.
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jessejoh last edited by
Maxvelocity, have you tried adding the Magic Actions extension? It works like a charm for me. You set its Options either to Force Player Type: Flash, or set Stop Autoplay (in which case you'll have to click a video twice).
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lando242 last edited by
Click to play in settings only works on plugins. If you have YouTube set to feed you the HTML5 version of the website then it wont use the Flash plugin for the video and Opera wont be able to block it. Either switch back to using the Flash version of YouTube or download an extension for Opera such as Magic Actions for YouTube or some such.
