Does anyone know how to block autoplay of HTML5 audio/video in Safari 9.1.1?
I mean, aside from switching to FireFox or Chrome, which apparently already let you do this.
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015), OS X El Capitan (10.11.5)
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
BTW, now I see this discussed in other threads with slightly different wording, for different versions of the OS ... but no real answers?
Hi ..
Currently there aren't any Safari extensions available to block HTML5. I checked the gallery.
There is a download to use ClidkToFlash but be aware, it's not from Apple > https://hoyois.github.io/safariextensions/clicktoplugin/
The safest way to block HTML5 is to use Firefox or Chrome.
I'd rather not start using FireFox or Chrome, unless there is some compelling reason.
But blocking auto-play (of all kinds) is starting to look like a compelling reason.
When I go to a website and start to hear audio spam,
I can turn it off in the location bar (to the right of the URL),
or I can mute the whole machine ... but this gets old quick.
Sometimes turning off JavaScript can help, but that also is tiresome.
I like the ClickToPlugin approach ... turing content on optionally in context,
just wary of 3rd party software which often breaks with each new Safari.
I hear you. That's why I use Firefox or Chrome. At least we have those alternatives.
THANKS - finally I get to browse fox without having to mute!!!
safari block html5 autoplay
