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  Automatic videos on websites <henry@att.net> - 2015-03-09 13:10 -0800
    Re: Automatic videos on websites Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-09 20:19 +0000
      Re: Automatic videos on websites <henry@att.net> - 2015-03-09 13:40 -0800
        Re: Automatic videos on websites John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-03-09 14:15 -0700
        Re: Automatic videos on websites Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-09 21:21 +0000
    Re: Automatic videos on websites dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-03-10 07:21 +1100
    Re: Automatic videos on websites Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-09 21:41 +0000

#28064 — Automatic videos on websites

I've run into a few web sites that start automatically playing videos
on the site, this is very problematic when there are more than one
video, sometimes up to six all start playing at the same time.

Is there a setting or preference that can turn off automatic play?

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#28065

On 2015-03-09, <henry@att.net> <henry@att.net> wrote:
>
> I've run into a few web sites that start automatically playing videos
> on the site, this is very problematic when there are more than one
> video, sometimes up to six all start playing at the same time.
>
> Is there a setting or preference that can turn off automatic play?

If you are using Safari, you can use the excellent ClickToFlash or
ClickToPlugin to prevent such behavior:

<http://hoyois.github.io/safariextensions/clicktoplugin/>

Other browsers such as Firefox have similar plug-ins modules and
extensions that do similar things. I'll leave those web searches as an
exercise for you. : )

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JR

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#28069

In article <cm6dhmF5s3dU2@mid.individual.net>, Jolly Roger
<jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

> On 2015-03-09, <henry@att.net> <henry@att.net> wrote:
> >
> > I've run into a few web sites that start automatically playing videos
> > on the site, this is very problematic when there are more than one
> > video, sometimes up to six all start playing at the same time.
> >
> > Is there a setting or preference that can turn off automatic play?
> 
> If you are using Safari, you can use the excellent ClickToFlash or
> ClickToPlugin to prevent such behavior:
> 
> <http://hoyois.github.io/safariextensions/clicktoplugin/>
> 

I have ClickToFlash installed and it blocks Flash but with Safari I've
run into the multi-videos on automatic, is there some other setting or
preference in ClickToFlash to stop this behavior?

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#28070

On 3/9/15   PDT 2:40 PM, henry@att.net wrote:
> In article <cm6dhmF5s3dU2@mid.individual.net>, Jolly Roger
> <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2015-03-09, <henry@att.net> <henry@att.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> I've run into a few web sites that start automatically playing videos
>>> on the site, this is very problematic when there are more than one
>>> video, sometimes up to six all start playing at the same time.
>>>
>>> Is there a setting or preference that can turn off automatic play?
>>
>> If you are using Safari, you can use the excellent ClickToFlash or
>> ClickToPlugin to prevent such behavior:
>>
>> <http://hoyois.github.io/safariextensions/clicktoplugin/>
>>
>
> I have ClickToFlash installed and it blocks Flash but with Safari I've
> run into the multi-videos on automatic, is there some other setting or
> preference in ClickToFlash to stop this behavior?
>
Can you post a couple of links to those odd sites?

Can you simply avoid them in the future?

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#28072

On 2015-03-09, <henry@att.net> <henry@att.net> wrote:
> In article <cm6dhmF5s3dU2@mid.individual.net>, Jolly Roger
><jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2015-03-09, <henry@att.net> <henry@att.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > I've run into a few web sites that start automatically playing videos
>> > on the site, this is very problematic when there are more than one
>> > video, sometimes up to six all start playing at the same time.
>> >
>> > Is there a setting or preference that can turn off automatic play?
>> 
>> If you are using Safari, you can use the excellent ClickToFlash or
>> ClickToPlugin to prevent such behavior:
>> 
>> <http://hoyois.github.io/safariextensions/clicktoplugin/>
>
> I have ClickToFlash installed and it blocks Flash but with Safari I've
> run into the multi-videos on automatic, is there some other setting or
> preference in ClickToFlash to stop this behavior?

That depends on the particular site and type of video, of course. Can't
really answer without knowing more.

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JR

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#28066

In article <090320151310431568%henry@att.net>, <henry@att.net> wrote:

> I've run into a few web sites that start automatically playing videos
> on the site, this is very problematic when there are more than one
> video, sometimes up to six all start playing at the same time.
> 
> Is there a setting or preference that can turn off automatic play?

An example of 6 playing? The truth is that so many web pages are so 
badly or annoyingly made that closing page, the tab or window is the 
best option.

-- 
dorayme

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#28074

Okay, so one time? In band camp? <henry@att.net> <henry@att.net> was all, like:

> I've run into a few web sites that start automatically playing videos
> on the site, this is very problematic when there are more than one
> video, sometimes up to six all start playing at the same time.

> Is there a setting or preference that can turn off automatic play?

I find ⌘W works very well. But then I avoid websites that are
user-hostile as much as possible.

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