Autopause

Pause videos playing in background tabs when a video starts playing in the foreground tab

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

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey 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.

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

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

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!)

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Autopause
// @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version      0.9
// @description  Pause videos playing in background tabs when a video starts playing in the foreground tab
// @author       Kirill Skliarov
// @match        *://*/*
// @grant        none
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
    'use strict';

    start();

    function start() {
        const channel = new BroadcastChannel('AutoPauseInBackgroundTabWhenVideoPlayed');
        const onMessage = () => {
            pauseAllVideos();
        };
        channel.addEventListener('message', onMessage);

        const onPlay = (event) => {
            const video = event.target;
            let postMsg = () => {
                const isHasSound = hasSound(video);
                if (isHasSound) {
                    channel.postMessage(null);
                }
            };
            if (video.readyState === 4 || video.readyState === 2) {
                postMsg();
            } else {
                video.addEventListener('loadeddata', postMsg);
            }
        };

        const onMutate = () => reAttachEventListeners();
        const observer = new MutationObserver(onMutate);
        const config = { attributes: false, childList: true, subtree: true };
        observer.observe(document.body, config);

        function reAttachEventListeners() {
            getAllVideos().forEach(video => {
                video.addEventListener('play', onPlay);
            });
        }

        function getAllVideos() {
            return document.querySelectorAll('video');
        }

        function pauseAllVideos() {
            getAllVideos().forEach(video => video.pause());
        }

        function hasAudio(video) {
            return (video.mozHasAudio ||
                !!video.webkitAudioDecodedByteCount ||
                (video.audioTracks ? (video.audioTracks.length > 0) : false));
        }

        function hasSound(video) {
            return hasAudio(video) && video.volume > 0 && !video.muted;
        }
    }
})();