Mentioned "preventing autoplay" functionality in "No large media elements" section.

garry-ut99 2024-10-07 11:13:03 +00:00
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@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Changes to the state of per-site switches are temporary until you make them perm
- [No popups](#no-popups)
- [No large media elements](#no-large-media-elements)
- [No autoplay](#no-autoplay)
- [No cosmetic filtering](#no-cosmetic-filtering)
- [No remote fonts](#no-remote-fonts)
- [No scripting](#no-scripting)
@ -77,6 +78,18 @@ Examples of usefulness (let's say you just stumbled onto these pages not knowing
If the media elements do not have a `Content-Length` header present, then this switch will fail to block the said media elements by size.
#### No autoplay:
Starting with [1.60.1b2](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/73ce4e6bcf) Blocking large media elements also prevents autoplay, regardless of size.
When the "No large media elements" per-site switch is toggled on, it will also act to prevent autoplay of video/audio media, regardless of their size. This also works for xhr-based media streaming.
If blocking by size is not desirable while blocking autoplay is desired, one can toggle on "No large media elements" switch while setting "Block media elements larger than ..." to a very high value.
Related issues:
- [Prevent videos from playing automatically](https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/3394)
- https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/discussions/25007
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## No cosmetic filtering