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Stop auto play HTML5 in Safari?

With the upgrade from El Capitan to Sierra, ClicktoPlugin is very much broken. So now videos on sites such as YouTube, CNN, and others are all auto-playing again.

I've read that Sierra has a feature to stop this from happening - it involves going to Safari Preferences:

Go to the Security tab, then Internet Plug-ins. Allow Plug-ins should be checked, then click the Plug-in Settings button.

Then choose QuickTime, set "When visiting other websites" to Ask. HTML5 should then stop auto playing video.

The problem is this doesn't work, as there isn't any QuickTime plugin listed.

So does anyone know how to stop HTML5 from playing in Safari 10, under Sierra?

MacBook Pro, macOS Sierra (10.12)

Posted on Sep 24, 2016 8:30 AM

28 replies

Kurt Lang

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Nov 18, 2016 10:59 AM in response to robertcoogan

For Facebook, go into the Settings and click on the Videos tab at the left. Choose to turn off automatic video playback.

robertcoogan Author

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Sep 24, 2016 9:30 AM in response to leroydouglas

But the problem I am having is that the videos play anyway - I don't do anything to start them playing.

Sep 24, 2016 9:46 AM in response to robertcoogan

Try using FireFox instead of Safari. This article may help understand the issue: http://www.howtogeek.com/227669/how-to-stop-auto-playing-html5-videos-in-your-we b-browser/

Oct 14, 2016 1:16 PM in response to jeffreyv

THANK YOU, JEFFREY!!!!

Chris JK

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Dec 16, 2016 2:28 PM in response to jeffreyv

Excellent JefferyV, good to go!

Syth

Level 1

50 points

Dec 24, 2016 12:27 PM in response to jeffreyv

defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitVideoPlaybackRequiresUserGesture 1

No need to enable any menus.

I also recommend

defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitAudioPlaybackRequiresUserGesture 1

Dec 27, 2016 11:25 AM in response to robertcoogan

Hi,

When I got to Plug-in Settings, I only see Adobe Flash Player. Not sure how to find QuickTime?

Thank you!

Dec 27, 2016 11:42 AM in response to beachbum2374

You don't need any plugins to play Quicktime or mpeg 4 videos.

Jan 24, 2017 6:33 AM in response to jeffreyv

Excellent!

Feb 14, 2017 10:28 PM in response to jeffreyv

Thanks a lot.

Mar 11, 2017 2:50 PM in response to Luis Sequeira1

This could be the problem.

Jonny_C1

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Mar 18, 2017 2:16 AM in response to jeffreyv

This works.

Thank you.

robertcoogan Author

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Apr 7, 2017 10:22 AM in response to Señor Josué

That did not work for me.

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Stop auto play HTML5 in Safari?