YouTube™ No Buffer - Stop Auto-playing

YouTube™ No Buffer - Stop Auto-playing

Prevents YouTube HTML5 and Flash players from auto-buffering (auto-playing) videos

What is YouTube™ No Buffer - Stop Auto-playing?
The 'YouTube™ No Buffer - Stop Auto-playing' is a Chrome extension designed to optimize your YouTube experience. It prevents YouTube HTML5 and Flash players from auto-buffering videos, ensuring seamless browsing even on multiple tabs. The extension stops auto-play on various pages, supports material design and provides compatibility with ad-blocker extensions. Once activated, it allows the buffered player to play multiple tracks, working seamlessly with YouTube playlists.
Stats
By: tlintspr
Users: 9,000+
Rating: 3.90 (176)
Version: 0.4.6 (Last updated: 2023-11-21)
Creation date: 2020-03-30
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
  • scripting
Host permissions:
  • *://www.youtube.com/*
Size: 48.10K
URLs: Website
Stats date:

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Summary

This extension stops YouTube HTML5 and Flash players from auto-buffering videos. Using this add-on (extension) you can save bandwidth and also prevent YouTube on multiple tabs from buffering media simultaneously.

You will have to click on the player to allow buffering of the media files. Once a player is buffered, it can play multiple tracks. There is no need to activate the player on each new track (so you can easily watch playlists for instance).

Features:

  1. Stop auto-playing on "/watch?v=" pages
  2. Stop auto-playing on "/user/" pages
  3. Stop auto-playing on "/channel/" pages
  4. Stop auto-playing on embedded YouTube players.
  5. Supports YouTube's new Material Design (as of version 0.2.2)

Notes:

  1. As of version 0.2.4, this extension is compatible with YouTube's material design
  2. As of version 0.2.5, this extension is not working on the old non-material design
  3. If you would like the extension to not stop buffering when switching back and forth to the mini-player ("i" keyword on YouTube pages), go to the options page and check "Do not stop the player if the player is already playing" option.
  4. This extension is compatible with ad-blocker extensions operating on YouTube pages.
User reviews
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • Stops autoplay of YouTube videos
  • Works for most users
  • Helps reduce buffering and loading time for videos
Cons
  • Inconsistency in stopping autoplay
  • Issues with black screen at video start
  • Stopped working for some users after Chrome version updates
Most mentioned
  • Stops autoplay of YouTube videos
  • Extension not working after Chrome updates
  • Black screen at video start
Recent reviews
ОК. Стоит в Yandex и Opera без допов, работает в отличие копаний настроек браузеров.

Работает

ОК. Стоит в Yandex и Opera без допов, работает в отличие копаний настроек браузеров.
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Safety
Risk impact

YouTube™ No Buffer - Stop Auto-playing may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

YouTube™ No Buffer - Stop Auto-playing has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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