Tuesday 20 March 2018

Stop Autoplay of video on Chrome and Vivaldi browsers

There are many things I like about the Vivaldi browser, but being based on Chrome means it can also be a pain in the rs.  One of the most annoying problems with both Chrome and Vivaldi is that videos on web pages, particularly news sites and tech sites tend to autoplay.

That in itself is not too bad, until one has several tabs open, each with a video.  There are per video settings to switch OFF autoplay on a per page basis, but having to do  it over and over is a bloody nuisance.

Fortunately the flags page in both Chrome and Vivaldi allows you to set 'click to play' for media.

Open Chrome or Vivald

Type “chrome://flags” in the Address bar and hit Enter

In the search box at the top, type in “autoplay"

Look for “Autoplay policy” and from the drop down menu, select “Document user activation is required”

Close Vivaldi or Chrome and open it again

Check chrome://flags and see if the setting has changed
If you have the browser set to reopen the last used tabs, just leave the flags page open and you will see on reopening it if the setting has stayed.

That's abo tit.




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