It
is irritating when you see that the videos are being auto played. Just consider
when you are starting a browsing session and suddenly from nowhere a video
plays in the background. You curse it to hell. If it turns out be something,
you end up being embarrassed.
You
should avoid using Chrome extensions so that the videos are prevented from
being played automatically. This would keep you way from embarrassment as well
as save bandwidth. It also ensures that you have an enjoyable browsing
experience by averting such interludes.
Flash
Flash
is one of the main ways as to the way the videos are rendered. It can be
disabled with the help of chrome extension. Go to settings and scroll down to ‘Show
Advanced Settings’ in Chrome menu. Click it and under Privacy heading, click ‘Content
Settings’. A pop-up window appears which can be scrolled down to Plug-ins and
chooses the Click to play ‘radio button’. This would stop flash player plugin. If
you click on blocked plugin area the videos would play then.
You
can also make use of Chrome flash blocker extension. In case of Chrome
extension on has the control over what would play and what would not.
HTML 5
Though
Flash is the most popular as far as videos are concerned. HTML5 is also used
for instance YouTube uses it. HTML5 does not use flash. Therefore you cannot
prevent the videos from auto-playing by using flash blocker. You can use a free
Chrome extension Chrome extension: Magic Actions for YouTube. Download it from
the web store.
Open
the Options page. After setting it up click on purple “Options” button. You can
also go to chrome menu, scroll down to Tools and choose Extensions. Look for
the Magic Actions extension. Thereftaer click on options. Now click Options
button. You would be directed to developer’s site to select the settings. Scroll
down to Stop Autoplay option. Magic Actions also allow customizing every aspect
of YouTube. Other than this it also:
·
Choose resolution
·
Control video volume
·
Make use of wide player
·
Choose customizations through simple interface which
consists of checkboxes
·
All advanced setting scan be accessed through
bar which appears under all YouTube videos.
To keep
your bandwidth, automatic loading should be prevented through Chrome extensions.
