Is there a URL parameter for youtube.com that makes it possible to open a video and not have it start playing automatically?
There is a parameter for the embedded player (autoplay=0), but this does not seem to work with the full site.
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The TubeStop extension for Firefox prevents autoplaying YouTube movies whenever they appear (within Firefox).
The extension developer also provides a version for Chrome, which I haven't checked.
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Hm, yeah. But nothing that would work everywhere. Too bad. Anyway, that's an answer, too.– TomalakCommented Sep 30, 2010 at 21:00
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For Chrome, I used to use the Stop Autoplay for Youtube extension. Haven't used it in a little while, but it always worked fine for me. Commented Oct 19, 2011 at 13:58
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1TubeStop was discontinued on December 25, 2012 and is no longer supported, for both Firefox and Chrome.– JamesCommented Jun 13, 2015 at 20:56
try smartvideo for youtube. once installed, in the configuration settings you'd have to tick the box 'start playing when buffered' first before you can check "don't play; only notify when video has buffered."
works for embedded videos as well.
