Reviews & Comments of YouTube™ No Buffer - Stop Auto-playing chrome extension

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.

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.

the only one that actually work

This implementation worked and does everything it says. I removed it because it is not trusted by Google's internal Enhanced Safe Browsing and I think the author should update the app to the proper security standard.

IT WORKS, MY GOD!

Does not currently work as it has in the past. One setting DOES work, and that is flipping "pause the player instead of stopping it" to off, however this both messes with video loading and kills the loop setting being on by default on shorts and such, in addition to making the page itself reload like twice when initially tabbing to it.

It's a quintessential addon and I have used it for years, but it has stopped working since the Chrome v100 update. I hope the developer will take notice of it and fix the problem, because the addon is completely useless right now.

Surprisingly working in 2022!

Good. But could you add an ability to stop in playlists only? (keep auto-play for single videos still active) --- EDIT --- ISSUE: If user has used a direct link to a youtube video with the some timestamp, then the plugin resets it (a start timestamp) on play (after initial stop). Could you fix it?

Not working after the latest v96.0.4664.45 update. HELP?

Tiny and stable

I cannot praise this app enough. It's brilliant. I searched numerous trying to find out how to stop YouTube videos from Auto-Starting. Not to be confused with Auto-Playing. This app takes care of either. Auto-Play can be disabled within the current version of YouTube. Auto-Start is different. There's no off switch in YouTube or Google Chrome. If you, like me, do a search in Chrome and right click to open a video in a new tab, that's where Auto-Start becomes an issue. When the tab becomes active by you clicking on it, the video starts playing. That's a problem when I click tabs to multi-select them and move them to a new window. I end up with several videos running and that's super annoying. This app prevents any YouTube video from buffering, which shuts down Auto-Play and Auto-Start because the video can't play if it's not buffered. It does take a brief moment to buffer when you click play, but it's insignificant.

Fixing the broken universe one app at a time. THANK YOU!!!

There's still autoplay in playlists.

It simply does NOT work! So be careful if using limited data and think you are safer! ...helpful hint! Click pause, then click near end of vid! And read/copy what you need with minimal buffering... but obviously a little data will still be wasted.

Great idea, this extension is badly needed, autoplay so often ruins the video experience. When I watch a YouTube video I let it play once through first so it is fully buffered, because my connection isn't great (Australian NBN = rubbish), so otherwise the video will stop repeatedly to buffer while watching... but that's pointless when the video is on a playlist, because it will just continue to the next video, and when I go back to the one I wanted to watch, it will again stop repeatedly to buffer. @#$@Y%#U. I can't believe Google doesn't have an "auto-play off" setting for playlists. So I got very excited when I saw there was an extension to kill autoplay. Unfortunately it doesn't work, at least in my Chrome browser. Does anyone know if it works in other browsers? If so I might just get rid of Chrome. I just don't want to waste time installing & trying out different browser if it just simply doesn't work on any

works okay........... thanks for the free extension (microsoft edge 87)

top top tp .... mobile data save

I've been using it for years, but recently it has just stopped doing the job :(

very good

Videos not playing for several days with this extension enabled. Otherwise a good extension.

I have been using it for over a year with no complaints but for the last couple of days none of the youtube videos plays with it is enabled. It shows the message as"An error occurred. Please try again later " Pls sort out the problem.

It works as of today with current version of Chrome. Finally videos do not pre-buffer and play when you activate the tab.

I have been using this app for so long, it works properly. No comment for me.

I wanted something to stop autoplay on youtube but not stop playlists as an alternative to magic actions. This did that.

Thank You.

Does not work. It has one job that it fails to accomplish. Uninstalled just like the other one. 8/1/19

wont work

Works !

Work well. Stop at the start

very bad work. I mean not working

OMG thank you it works now

excellent

I can click on videos and read the comment sections and the video won't get marked as "watched". It works perfect.

Does not work. This extension attempted to drop to the lowest resolutions possible but still buffers while videos playing.

Does not work properly. Options menu jumps like a Texas horse. There is no a chance to select something and save. Verdict is a raw , alpha version, without Quality Assurance verification.

Works like a charm Although sometimes in slow connections it won't work but if you have a speedy connection it works just fine.

It certainly does not stop videos from auto-playing on my Apple Mac. Is that not the point?

worked for awhile. tried to reload it will not download. still got the buffering and cannot delete out of chrome.

it doesn't work

the only working addon for stopping youtube from sucking ur data

Give us an option so that we can stop buffering a running video. it initially stops buffer but after I play the video the buffer can't be stopped, I have to close tab to save my data (Band width). My point is, I want to stop buffering and stay in the tab (without closing it)

works perfectly.

nice

At first it was not bad, though often the vid starts, then the page reloads and then it stops buffering. Yes, even this can kill bandwidth for those of us on metered connections. Also often the comments and other sections of the page do not load. But lately, the past few days it barely works at all -- most of the time the vid is playing in totally white page, and cannot be stopped, after a few minutes it may or MAY NOT reload the page/player and stop the buffering. Something broke it seems.

I am a preferred Firefox user. However there are time I need to use Chrome. And this extension did exactly what it should do which is, stop youtube video from autoplaying when opening new tabs.

Not working... please update!

THANKKKKKKKKKK YOU SOOOOOOOO MUCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I HAVE SLOW INTERNET SO WHEN I OPEN 3 OR 4 VIDEOS I CAN T SEE NON OF THEM AND I HAVE TO KEEP WAITING TO SCROLL BUT NOW IT IS FIXED SO TY

It works everytime for me but the comments section doesn't load until I start playing the video, it's a major annoyance.

Give us an option so that we can stop buffering a running video. it initially stops buffer but after I play the video the buffer can't be stopped, I have to close tab to save my data (Band width). My point is, I want to stop buffering and stay in the tab (without closing it).

it works on videos already qued up such as a playlist but not all videos. the controls seemed to disappear when I loaded a video.

not working on some videos

It's not working for me

*****

works good for me.thanks "no buffer"

good

Didn't work. Youtube videos still buffering/playing automatically

working

Great Extension. Thanks!!!!

it is working.. Fine ^_^

IT IS NOT WORKING FOR ME

Works great :) !

It Works!