<![CDATA[Disable video autoplay]]>The Disable HTML Autoplay extension doesn't seem to work with adblock enabled. It would be good if this feature was a part of Opera.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/23485/disable-video-autoplayRSS for NodeSun, 08 Mar 2026 14:26:26 GMTWed, 22 Nov 2017 09:26:42 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Disable video autoplay on Wed, 13 Dec 2017 14:07:57 GMT]]>@leocg Apologies - I disabled my extensions and cleared my cache and the videos didn't autoplay - although it looked like the video was downloading in the background judging by the bandwidth used.

It seems the adblock plus extension is allowing the videos to autoplay. Unfortunately, adblock is pretty much the most essential extension to have an acceptable web browsing experience, so disabling it doesn't seem to be a good solution. I'll send them a message to see if they can help.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/134333https://forums.opera.com/post/134333Wed, 13 Dec 2017 14:07:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Disable video autoplay on Wed, 13 Dec 2017 12:45:57 GMT]]>@jamesconstance I opened those pages here and no video start playing automatically.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/134324https://forums.opera.com/post/134324Wed, 13 Dec 2017 12:45:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Disable video autoplay on Wed, 13 Dec 2017 07:52:09 GMT]]>@sgunhouse said in Disable video autoplay:

opera://flags/#autoplay-policy

I set the flag to 'Document user interaction is required', but the videos are still autoplaying - e.g. on http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/thought-dead-son-falls-snowdonia-14030286 and https://gizmodo.com/alabama-supreme-court-okays-destruction-of-digital-voti-1821223685

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/134314https://forums.opera.com/post/134314Wed, 13 Dec 2017 07:52:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Disable video autoplay on Wed, 13 Dec 2017 07:43:00 GMT]]>opera://flags/#autoplay-policy is the flag in question, but as with all flags it may be removed later.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/134312https://forums.opera.com/post/134312Wed, 13 Dec 2017 07:43:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Disable video autoplay on Wed, 13 Dec 2017 07:33:53 GMT]]>A setting cannot come soon enough. I find it incredible at the end of 2017 we have to manually stop videos from autoplaying - every time we visit a different page on the guilty websites. They suck up bandwidth and annoy just like the animated ads used to do before we disabled them.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/134311https://forums.opera.com/post/134311Wed, 13 Dec 2017 07:33:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Disable video autoplay on Wed, 22 Nov 2017 17:01:35 GMT]]>@nekomajin it's a Chromium flag. Probably in the future there will be a setting for it.

I would like to see one.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/132134https://forums.opera.com/post/132134Wed, 22 Nov 2017 17:01:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Disable video autoplay on Wed, 22 Nov 2017 16:28:24 GMT]]>@leocg
If there is a flag, it must be an option in the Settings.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/132128https://forums.opera.com/post/132128Wed, 22 Nov 2017 16:28:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Disable video autoplay on Wed, 22 Nov 2017 14:02:12 GMT]]>There's a (Chromium) flag that seems to handle it.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/132119https://forums.opera.com/post/132119Wed, 22 Nov 2017 14:02:12 GMT