Auto-play buffering
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aeosynth
User
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Could you make the videos start loading when auto-play is disabled? Sometimes my connection is slow so I always pause YouTube videos and let them buffer before I actually watch them. Thanks |
Avindra V.G.
Script's Author
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This is possible, with one flaw: I can make this script, but it will have to do a WHOLE-PAGE reload (the old, unpreferred method). Are you comfortable with that? |
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aeosynth
User
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That's fine; I load youtube links in the background anyway. You couldn't just simulate a mouse click on the pause button? |
JoeSimmons
Scriptwright
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How would you do it avg? and why a whole page reload? |
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Avindra V.G.
Script's Author
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If you want Joe, you can take over the script I was going to make from here. This line should pause the video (might need to set a 300ms timeout or something for the flash object to load though): unsafeWindow._gel("movie_player").pauseVideo()
Why a whole page reload? Because the pauseVideo function is eradicated for some reason after the SWF object is reloaded. Perhaps an actionscript bug? |
cmagnuson
User
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I know that this is going to sound retarded but I tacked the 'unsafeWindow._gel("movie_player").pauseVideo()' line onto the end of the script and it doesn't seem to do anything. I quickly researched how to script a 300ms timeout but since I do not know Greasemonkey, I can't figure out how to do it. Is there any way someone can push me in the right direction? BTW, I love this plugin. I work at YouTube and there is no way I could do my job effectively without it! I do second the vote for a start loading function when autoplay is disabled. Even on a fast connection I like to open multiple YouTube links at once so I can view or browse through them rapid fire. |
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Avindra V.G.
Script's Author
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Hi Charles. Are you a developer at YouTube? Perhaps you understand Flash and you can tell me why the As for your question about a 300 ms timeout:
setTimeout(function(){
unsafeWindow._gel("movie_player").pauseVideo()
},300);
I'm not sure if this will work though. A lot of people reported this doesn't work. I know that the pauseVideo?does exist, and if I execute it on a YouTube page (not using Greasemonkey), it pauses the video. |
