Disable HTML5 Videos autoplay/autopreload

Prevent webbrowser from automatically playing/downloading HTML5 videos

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey, Greasemonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Userscripts to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install a user script manager extension to install this script.

(I already have a user script manager, let me install it!)

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

(I already have a user style manager, let me install it!)

// ==UserScript==
// @name        Disable HTML5 Videos autoplay/autopreload
// @namespace   default
// @include     *
// @version     2.0
// @grant       none
// @description Prevent webbrowser from automatically playing/downloading HTML5 videos
// ==/UserScript==


document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function(e) {

    var disable_videos = function() {
        var videos = document.getElementsByTagName("video");

        if (document.readyState !== "interactive") {
            Array.forEach(videos, function(video) {
                if (!video.getAttribute("gm_processed")) return;
                //Now that document has completed loading, bring back video's original url
                video.setAttribute("src", video.getAttribute("gm_src"));
                video.pause();
                video.removeAttribute("gm_processed");
            });
            return;
        }
        setTimeout(disable_videos, 1000);

        Array.forEach(videos, function(video) {
            if (video.getAttribute("gm_processed")) return;
            var old_url = video.currentSrc;
            //Only process a video if it has "src" but not one starting with mediasource:
            if (old_url && (!old_url.startsWith("mediasource:"))) {
                console.log("GMoneky: disabling autoplay for ", video);
                video.removeAttribute("autoplay");
                video.removeAttribute("autobuffer");
                video.setAttribute("preload", "metadata");

                video.setAttribute("src", "about:blank");
                video.setAttribute("gm_src", old_url);
                video.setAttribute("gm_processed", true);
            }
        });
    };
    disable_videos();
});