Description of the issue:
In firefox, when I open a youtube video in a new window and then switch to this window, the video does not start by itself.
I would like something like this on brave.
On brave it starts automatically when you go to the tab with the video.
On the other hand, the self-generation of the next video in firefox works in this new tab.
How can this issue be reproduced?
- go to https://www.youtube.com/
- select a video and either middle-mouse or right-mouse and open in a new tab.
- navigate to the newly opened tab
- the video will start by itself.
Expected result:
When I switch to a new tab the film does not start on its own.
Something like when you select a game at https://www.humblebundle.com/store and open it in a new tab. Then we switch to this new tab, the game trailer does not start by itself.
Brave Version( check About Brave):
Wersja 1.78.94 Chromium: 136.0.7103.60 (Oficjalna wersja) (64-bitowa)
Additional Information:
@szymon you can do this by disabling the Autoplay permission to Block to stop videos from autoplaying. Quickest way to do this:
- Visit youtube.com
- Click the “tune” icon next to the URL
- Click
Site settings
- Change the
Autoplay permission to Block
It’s just that after disabling/locking, subsequent videos don’t turn on by themselves.
And I wouldn’t want that.
I would like only the first video in a new tab not to open by itself, but subsequent videos would already start by themselves.
That’s not how site permissions work. You cannot set changes “per tab” in this way. If you turn Autoplay off for Youtube, then that will apply to all youtube content in any tab.
I said entitlements work for a particular tab?
Not like I’m asking if it can be done like in firefox as I described.
I use firefox default settings unless ublock changes something.
If not then write that it is not possible.
Because if I turn off autoplay I don’t think the next video will turn on by itself, unless I’m wrong.
It depends on the site that for example on https://www.humblebundle.com/store youtube videos do not turn on by themselves although they also have autoplay connected?
@szymon apologies but I’m a bit confused on what the exact desired behavior here is.
As it is now, in Brave, if you go to Youtube and set Autoplay = Allow, videos will start playing as soon as the focus is on that page. if Autoplay = Block then videos will not play until you click the play button in the player.
The other site you referenced is using an embedded media player, which functions differently than watching YT content on the site directly. If I open that same site in Firefox with Autoplay enabled for all sites, I get the same behavior (embedded video does not automatically play).
Maybe I have described badly or not understood, or the translator’s fault.
The best thing you could do would be to use firefox and run youtube there, then bybrowse some video and open in a new tab and you will see that it does not start by itself, you have to press play.
On the other hand, if you go to youtube and select a movie and just click on it to open (you are redirected to the movie in the same tab), it starts by itself and you don’t have to click anything.
I think I have autoplay enabled because I don’t even know where it is in firefox.
If I block Autoplay in brave for youtube it will start another movie by itself e.g. from youtube playlist?
Because now I remembered that I could in addition to Autoplay disabled it was also enabled in the brave shield “Brave Experimental Adblock Rules” and I know that this also caused problems and did not allow the next youtube videos to open.
I don’t know if it’s a bug in Firefox or they left it that way intentionally but you’re right, in FF with Autoplay set to Block after one video finishes, the next one will load and play automatically, which the opposite of what blocking autoplay should do.
This does not occur in Brave as blocking Autoplay does exactly that – stops any video content from playing automatically.
