stop yt video from playing in Chrome

[zenewbie]

Is there a way to prevent a video from playing (and loading) on YT with the Chrome browser - like it is with Firefox (where the video doesn't even load)? I recently switched from FF browser to chrome in ZP and without changing anything videos are now playing and loading on YT, which I don't want.

 

[zenewbie]

Hey, nobody have a solution for this? Turning off pictures and media doesn't help. the video is still playing.

 

[zortexx]

There are many options for solving your problem. The easiest way is to pause using keyboard emulation or by mouse.

Or hide the div or layer that contains the player.


Or prohibit the transfer video traffic through the content policy.


Choose what you like and do it.

 

[zenewbie]

Thanks, the 3rd option would be the best for me, since it wouldn't consume any traffic that way. How do I find out what to block? I can't block the whole youtube domain obviously...?!?

 

[VladZen]

I think there can be some start playback parameters which you can put into a link for youtube video and thus conrol player.

 

[zenewbie]

Yes, but the video would still be buffering and consuming bandwidth. In Firefox browser the video doesn't get displayed at all, it doesn't use any traffic, and I would love to replicate this on the chrome browser now.

 

[VladZen]

Yes, but the video would still be buffering and consuming bandwidth. In Firefox browser the video doesn't get displayed at all, it doesn't use any traffic, and I would love to replicate this on the chrome browser now.

I would advise you to look into command arguments for Chrome browser - https://zennolab.com/wiki/en:chrome-arguments
For example, autoplay policy - https://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-command-line-switches/#autoplay-policy

 

[gaabs]

I am trying to also turn off autoplay, I tried adding this argument

--disable--autoplay-policy

and it stills auto playing yt videos

could anyone help me sending right argument to do not load videos?