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How to stop HTML5 auto play?
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<blockquote data-quote="cptkrf" data-source="post: 1641391" data-attributes="member: 134861"><p>I'm not really approaching this like I had a research grant, just off and on when some loud video really ticks me off that day. It would appear that there are several ways that web coders use to plant the video in your face. Many still use Flash (why?) but fall over to HTML if it isn't available. I can stop those with add on blockers, since they use plugins.</p><p></p><p>It is the embedded video tag in the HTML stream that is immune to any third party add-ons. The browser thinks it is regular code and executes it. </p><p></p><p>So, either the browser writers are going to have to code in a checkbox nullifier for that tag, which will take a coder who is both rich and ready to get death threats from industry, or a pre-process will have to be scripted to dump the tag before the browser gets it.</p><p></p><p>Or something else that I haven't thought of. Possibly a law that allows a user to bill for unwanted data usage on a monthly basis?<img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Angry.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":Angry:" title="Angry :Angry:" data-shortname=":Angry:" /></p><p></p><p>Years ago, I would have jumped at the chance to work on this, and probably learn a new language at the same time, but so far I just haven't got the engine up to speed enough to tackle the task.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cptkrf, post: 1641391, member: 134861"] I'm not really approaching this like I had a research grant, just off and on when some loud video really ticks me off that day. It would appear that there are several ways that web coders use to plant the video in your face. Many still use Flash (why?) but fall over to HTML if it isn't available. I can stop those with add on blockers, since they use plugins. It is the embedded video tag in the HTML stream that is immune to any third party add-ons. The browser thinks it is regular code and executes it. So, either the browser writers are going to have to code in a checkbox nullifier for that tag, which will take a coder who is both rich and ready to get death threats from industry, or a pre-process will have to be scripted to dump the tag before the browser gets it. Or something else that I haven't thought of. Possibly a law that allows a user to bill for unwanted data usage on a monthly basis?:Angry: Years ago, I would have jumped at the chance to work on this, and probably learn a new language at the same time, but so far I just haven't got the engine up to speed enough to tackle the task. [/QUOTE]
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