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My main issue with the kill-flash cult is auto playing html5 videos. I've asked multiple times on HN and have not gotten a working answer. How can I block HTML

My main issue with the kill-flash cult is auto playing html5 videos. I've asked multiple times on HN and have not gotten a working answer. How can I block HTML5 videos and audios or at least stop them from playing automatically?

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- chejazi 11y ago
  Particularly for mobile, the latest video-ad rendering is happening in JS [0]. This is because autoplay video is disabled by default on mobile, but video rendering in ASM JS / WebGL bypasses such restrictions. Yahoo [1] is doing this, for instance. [0] https://github.com/brion/ogv.js https://github.com/brion/ogv.js [1] https://hpto.yahoo.com/review/mobile/npte/a-haunted.html https://hpto.yahoo.com/review/mobile/npte/a-haunted.html
- mike-cardwell 11y ago
  You don't need JavaScript to autoplay video or audio on a webpage: <video src="url" autoplay> <audio src="url" autoplay>
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    - JoshTriplett 11y ago
      The syntax in the comment you replied to works fine: just include a video tag that references the video file by URL.
1ris 11y ago
Noscript for firefox has a click-to-play feature for Html5 audio and video.
toddmorey 11y ago
The fact that it's hard to turn off autoplay in most browsers without a plugin is really sad. We really had a chance to get it right.
mkddrm 11y ago
Starting in September with Firefox 41 you can set media.autoplay.enabled to False in about:config and stop them from playing automatically. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=659285 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=659285
JoshTriplett 11y ago
For YouTube, there are several click-to-play extensions that work with the HTML5 player. There's a Firefox preference media.autoplay.enabled that works for most HTML5 video other than YouTube; ideally that could be allowed on a per-site basis. For ads, use an ad blocker; they know how to block HTML5 ads just fine.

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chejazi 11y ago
Particularly for mobile, the latest video-ad rendering is happening in JS [0]. This is because autoplay video is disabled by default on mobile, but video rendering in ASM JS / WebGL bypasses such restrictions. Yahoo [1] is doing this, for instance. [0] https://github.com/brion/ogv.js https://github.com/brion/ogv.js [1] https://hpto.yahoo.com/review/mobile/npte/a-haunted.html https://hpto.yahoo.com/review/mobile/npte/a-haunted.html
mike-cardwell 11y ago
You don't need JavaScript to autoplay video or audio on a webpage: <video src="url" autoplay> <audio src="url" autoplay>
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  - JoshTriplett 11y ago
    The syntax in the comment you replied to works fine: just include a video tag that references the video file by URL.

1ris 11y ago

Noscript for firefox has a click-to-play feature for Html5 audio and video.

toddmorey 11y ago

The fact that it's hard to turn off autoplay in most browsers without a plugin is really sad. We really had a chance to get it right.

mkddrm 11y ago

Starting in September with Firefox 41 you can set media.autoplay.enabled to False in about:config and stop them from playing automatically. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=659285 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=659285

JoshTriplett 11y ago

For YouTube, there are several click-to-play extensions that work with the HTML5 player. There's a Firefox preference media.autoplay.enabled that works for most HTML5 video other than YouTube; ideally that could be allowed on a per-site basis. For ads, use an ad blocker; they know how to block HTML5 ads just fine.