When I visit certain websites such as CNN, video will automatically start playing as soon as the page has loaded. I've tried disabling flash and silverlight but this has not stopped the autoplay. Any guidance is appreciated.
iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.2), 2014 iMac and 2012 MacBook
This trick worked for me, stopping annoying autoplay of video on news websites:
open Terminal app, paste and enter these two lines of code...
defaults write com.apple.Safari "com.apple.Safari.ContentPageGroupIdentifier.WebKit2RequiresUserGestureForMedia Playback" -bool true
defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitVideoPlaybackRequiresUserGesture -bool true
I believe it is the same as Yosemite found here: Link to this post
For OS X Yosemite 10.10 set the following in Safari Preferences:
1. In the Advanced tab, set "Stop plug-ins to save power".
2. In the Security tab, set "Allow Plug-ins" by Internet Plug-ins and then click "Website Settings..." for it.
3. Find the media type you want to stop auto-play in the left hand column(s).
Most non-Flash videos (mp4/h264/HTML5 video) will be "QuickTime".
4. Set "When visiting other websites" to Ask to click to start, or Block for permanent disabling.
5. Click "Done".
Safari will play the video(s) on a page for a brief period before stopping to save power, and the noise will cease.
Clicking on the play button on the video will start the video and audio again for viewing when desired.
The steps above only disable the plugin....this does not simply stop the autoplay. Bad advice because it doesn't address the specific question posed by Carl.
How do you stop video autoplay in safari 9.0?
