YouTube - Pause background videos

Pause videos playing in other background tabs. When you start playback of a video in foreground tab, background playback will be paused.

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You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Userscripts to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

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You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

(I already have a user style manager, let me install it!)

Author
q1k
Daily installs
0
Total installs
152
Ratings
0 0 0
Version
1.0.1
Created
2023-04-09
Updated
2023-04-16
Size
1.82 KB
License
N/A
Applies to

Auto pause videos playing in background tabs

When starting playback in a foreground tab, all background playback will be paused.
You can open many videos in new tabs, then switch to them and the other tabs will be automatically paused.



done:

  • pause background videos when foreground video started playback
  • don't pause foreground video when background video starts

to do (eta: soon™):

  • don't pause background videos if foreground video starts muted
  • pause videos that started playing in a background tab, eg. after a reload (possible conflict with browser/system controls)



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