YouTube™ No Buffer - Stop Auto-playing chrome extension

What is YouTube™ No Buffer - Stop Auto-playing?

YouTube™ No Buffer - Stop Auto-playing is a youtube ads blocker extension for chrome. also, it is adblocker extension and youtube extension and youtube autoplay extension. it's a free extension and is featured in Accessibility, it has 9,000+ active users since released its first version, it earns an average rating of 3.94 from 165 rated user, last update is 736 days ago.

What’s new in version 0.4.4?

                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.            

How to install YouTube™ No Buffer - Stop Auto-playing?

You could download the latest version crx file or older version files and install it.

Preview of YouTube™ No Buffer - Stop Auto-playing

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Reviews of youtube™ no buffer - stop auto-playing:

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Will Smith February 18th, 2023

Doesn't work on https://www.youtube.com/@Katimorton. FYI, https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stop-autoplay-for-youtube/figkapeodjhdgnpiamleongcmecfjccb does work on it. So use both to be safe.

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Leshic January 16th, 2023

I always have many windows and tabs for YT, that open each time I start the browser. Downloaded this a few months ago when my previous used extension was kicked out of the store. This has worked for the most part. It does start the video for only the highlighted tab, for each window, when loading Chrome, but stops it immediately after. Unfortunately it's enough that YT registers it in history, although I never hear the video played. If I simply open a new video in a background tab, and eventually open that tab, the video DOES NOT play, and it never registers in history. The problem I shared above ONLY occurs when opening the browser for the 1st time for the day. The extension isn't perfect, but it's good enough and I can work around the minor issues. It's better than nothing and I think these extensions could be harder to find in the future as Google tried to change code to break them or kick them out of the store. I do not use playlists or watch shorts, so I can't give an opinion on that side.

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Isaac December 4th, 2022

the only one that actually work

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