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Autplay not working. Ver 4.820
By autoplay, I mean the video I click on, not the videos lined up in my playlist. This play button has not been working for months now and I have to manually click on the "play" button on the 20+ videos I watch daily
Not sure if this is a bug or if it's bc of YT's changed algorithm, but is it possible to take a look at it?
Thank you <3
Are you sure this is ImproveTube. If anything ImproveTube has trouble pausing videos in the first place. Try temporarily disabling it and browsing YT for few hours.
Are you sure this is ImproveTube. If anything ImproveTube has trouble pausing videos in the first place. Try temporarily disabling it and browsing YT for few hours.
I did. I uninstalled all extensions except IT and nothing changed. I uninstalled IT and kept all my other extensions, and YT videos started auto playing. I tried it with both their main and Beta extensions - the result was the same. I finally decided to permanently remove this extension from my browser. It's wonderful, but I really loathe having to manually click play on 20+ videos on a daily basis.
Did you switch Autoplay in options of ImproveTube? The only way for ImproveTube to do anything to video playback is for you to switch Autoplay off first.
I tried both on and off for autoplay. Didn't work for either
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Did you switch Autoplay in options of ImproveTube? The only way for ImproveTube to do anything to video playback is for you to switch Autoplay off first.
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I have the same issue - or a similar one. Whenever I go on YouTube and find several videos I want to watch, I use the middle mouse button to open them in individual tabs. In the past they started to autoplay, once I selected the desired tab - now they are always on pause. This doesn't happen when I open a video right away (left mouse button).
I first suspected my uBlock Origin extension but the error indeed only goes away, once I disable ImproveTube. If you require any logs or something, please let me know.
Funny. I reinstalled the app and removed Ublock and noticed that videos in the same tab will autoplay, but when opened in a new tab, they don't play One of the devs said this isn't an issue from their end, so I'm not sure what more can be done at this point
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I have the same issue - or a similar one. Whenever I go on YouTube and find several videos I want to watch, I use the middle mouse button to open them in individual tabs. In the past they started to autoplay, once I selected the desired tab - now they are always on pause. This doesn't happen when I open a video right away (left mouse button).
I first suspected my uBlock Origin extension but the error indeed only goes away, once I disable ImproveTube. If you require any logs or something, please let me know.
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yup. seems like the default youtube setting.
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When you now disable ImprovedTube, does it autoplay in the next tab?
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So (at least to my understanding) ImprovedTube does something, that causes this behavior.
Default youtube setting is ALL videos Pause when opened in background tab, but start autoplaying when you click on that tab and make it active/visible.
Default youtube setting is ALL videos Pause when opened in background tab, but start autoplaying when you click on that tab and make it active/visible.
Correct and this behavior does not work for us, as long as ImprovedTube is active. Once we disable ImprovedTube, it works as intended.
hi, please open the browser console when (before or after) the issue happens to copy any errors or log message from us (not those from Youtube or third parities)
@sonal-g123 @MRiCEQB
thanks!
This is a bit tricky to catch, because the console needs to be activated for each tab (as fas as i can tell). So opening a new tab -> clicking it -> hitting F12, might not catch the error in time or any log at all. Here I have one entry from ImrovedTube, but that also shows up, when I open a video directly in the same window (means not in a new tab).
www.youtube.com-1714134095880.log
console doesnt need to be open prior to log errors. there are no errors in your log file what browser? can you try disabling all other extensions but improvetube?
I'm using Chrome. Disabled everything except ImprovedTube and the error still remains. Once ImprovedTube is disabled, the video start to play as expected, once I switch to their tab.
thank you! @MRiCEQB
please type in the browser console
yt.config_.EXPERIMENT_FLAGS
(enter)
rightclick on the result: copy object
@sonal-g123 @jerrk @codeClimberNT @sidonly @drnopt killthe3vil @Evoden1 @xeophyte
( then we can compare further which might be the reason https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GidvMduxTl6jXpDCKj-sOPg8KSqDfCYO2OlCdBADaSI/edit#gid=0 )
https://github.com/code-charity/youtube/issues/1851#issuecomment-1836081643
March
without IYT extension also doesn't work. https://github.com/code-charity/youtube/issues/1809#issuecomment-2009516001
December
It just started to work for me https://github.com/code-charity/youtube/issues/1851#issuecomment-1847059103
December
And today the autoplay stopped working again ;]
#2136 (with @Jerrk's ctrl+u.txt already ) #1867 #2012
I did the result twice, once when the problem occurs and then another time after clearing cookies and the problem is gone.
I ran a diff check on both of them and there is no difference
Just as an FYI I had to format and reinstall my Windows 11 and most of the problem were fixed (not all of it!), anyway those are my flags: experimental-flags.json. One thing I think I need to mention, before formatting my computer was very slow and found similar issue using another extension to change YouTube behavior to be unreliable with respect of another computer of mine that never had issue whatsoever (lot of RAM, very powerful CPU). I don't know if actually using YouTube for a long time make you more susceptible to have those flags changed, or maybe is some sort of memory saving of the browser that in some particular condition (previously I had a lot of memory swap used and still am, but now it's very limited) will limit the functionality of the extension. I found the latter very difficult to believe but better give as much information as possible. As others have noted, clearing the browser cookie (or reinstalling the OS in my case) will fix a lot of issues.
https://gist.github.com/Evoden1/747254eb676cf5da1a4f8044dbe64757
the yt.config_.EXPERIMENT_FLAGS result
I'm glad other people spoke up about this issue. Previously, I was the only one and Admin told me that they weren't facing thay issue from their end, and that was that.
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https://gist.github.com/Evoden1/747254eb676cf5da1a4f8044dbe64757
the yt.config_.EXPERIMENT_FLAGS result
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Ok, since we have couple of you here able to trigger this reliably. Experiment:
- search for /js&css/web-accessible/player.js file on your disk, should be in Chrome \User Data\Default\Extensions\ directory somewhere.
- open in text editor
- search for "setTimeout(function () { video.pauseVideo(); }); " and delete this line
- save file
- reload YT page, usually works off the bat, sometimes requires manually reloading extensions or just restarting browser.
edit: hi @raszpl! applies with unzipped "developer mode" installations. If it was installed from the webstore, modifying and reloading an extension will be noticed as corrupted and won't load.
I deleted setTimeout(function () { video.pauseVideo(); }); and restarted browser and extension and still have no autoplay.
just to make sure it was correct file, can you also paste full location of /js&css/web-accessible/player.js you were editing? and copy result of JSON.stringify(ImprovedTube.storage) command from console. the only other spot where extension tries to pause is with enabled playerAutopauseWhenSwitchingTabs and pause message https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Acode-charity%2Fyoutube%20pauseVideo&type=code, but those dont fire on their own
\AppData\Local\Vivaldi\User Data\Default\Extensions\bnomihfieiccainjcjblhegjgglakjdd\4.826_0\js&css\web-accessible\www.youtube.com\player.js
and copy result of JSON.stringify(ImprovedTube.storage) command from console.
I don't know how to do it. There is no result when I paste it on YT page
'{"ads":"all_videos","always_show_progress_bar":true,"below_player_loop":false,"below_player_pip":false,"below_player_screenshot":false,"channel_default_tab":"/videos","channel_trailer_autoplay":false,"description":"normal","duration_with_speed":true,"header_position":"hover_on_video_page","header_transparent":true,"hide_clip_button":"hidden","hide_download_button":"hidden","hide_more_button":false,"hide_report_button":true,"hide_save_button":"normal","hide_share_button":"hidden","hide_thanks_button":"hidden","hide_voice_search_button":true,"improvedtube_home":"list","it_analyzer":true,"it_blocklist":true,"it_channel":true,"it_mixer":true,"it_playlist":true,"it_shortcuts":false,"it_themes":true,"language":"en","layer_animation_scale":"1","likes":"normal","livechat":"collapsed","mini_player":true,"only_one_player_instance_playing":true,"player_always_repeat":false,"player_autoplay":true,"player_autoplay_button":true,"player_force_speed_on_music":false,"player_forced_playback_speed":false,"player_hide_controls":"off","player_loudness_normalization":true,"player_miniplayer_button":true,"player_playback_speed":1.25,"player_quality":"hd1080","player_remaining_duration":true,"player_repeat_button":true,"player_screen_button":true,"player_show_cards_on_mouse_hover":true,"player_transparent_background":false,"player_view_button":true,"red_dislike_button":true,"related_videos":"hidetabs","remove_home_page_shorts":true,"remove_subscriptions_shorts":true,"shortcut_decrease_playback_speed":{"alt":false,"ctrl":false,"keys":{"40":{"code":"ArrowDown","key":"ArrowDown"}},"shift":false,"wheel":0},"shortcut_decrease_volume":{"alt":false,"ctrl":false,"keys":{"98":{"code":"Numpad2","key":"2"}},"shift":false,"wheel":0},"shortcut_increase_playback_speed":{"alt":false,"ctrl":false,"keys":{"38":{"code":"ArrowUp","key":"ArrowUp"}},"shift":false,"wheel":0},"shortcut_increase_volume":{"alt":false,"ctrl":false,"keys":{"104":{"code":"Numpad8","key":"8"}},"shift":false,"wheel":0},"shortcut_next_video":{"alt":false,"ctrl":false,"keys":{"190":{"code":"Period","key":"."}},"shift":false,"wheel":0},"shortcut_playback_speed_step":0.25,"shortcut_prev_video":{"alt":false,"ctrl":false,"keys":{"188":{"code":"Comma","key":","}},"shift":false,"wheel":0},"theme":"dark","theme_primary_color":[200,200,200],"theme_text_color":[25,25,25],"thumbnails_hide":false,"thumbnails_right":false,"up_next_autoplay":true}'
you didnt copy the whole thing :( paste command, press Enter, then whole config will appear, then double click it and copy/paste
( edit: @xeophyte exported the ImprovedTube settings )
Firefox, and win 11. Right click a video and choose "Open in new tab", video opens in pause. Should auto play. When i open i current tab (just click) it works every time. Default settings beside "Forced theater mode" and "Player size" to full height. Cannot find "player.js" in any place. Where is it in Firefox?
Ok, since we have couple of you here able to trigger this reliably. Experiment:
* search for /js&css/web-accessible/player.js file on your disk, should be in Chrome \User Data\Default\Extensions\ directory somewhere. * open in text editor * search for "setTimeout(function () { video.pauseVideo(); }); " and delete this line * save file * reload YT page, usually works off the bat, sometimes requires manually reloading extensions or just restarting browser.
didnt do anything for me.
C:\Users\Jerrk\AppData\Local\Chromium\User Data\Default\Extensions\bnomihfieiccainjcjblhegjgglakjdd\4.826_0\js&css\web-accessible\www.youtube.com\player.js
just to make sure it was correct file, can you also paste full location of /js&css/web-accessible/player.js you were editing? and copy result of JSON.stringify(ImprovedTube.storage) command from console. the only other spot where extension tries to pause is with enabled playerAutopauseWhenSwitchingTabs and pause message https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Acode-charity%2Fyoutube%20pauseVideo&type=code, but those dont fire on their own
output from JSON.stringify(ImprovedTube.storage)
{"ads":"block_all","always_show_progress_bar":false,"analyzer_activation":false,"below_player_loop":false,"below_player_pip":false,"below_player_screenshot":false,"blacklist_activate":false,"channel_default_tab":"/videos","channel_play_all_button":true,"channel_trailer_autoplay":false,"channel_videos_count":true,"chapters":false,"collapse_of_subscription_sections":true,"compactSpacing":false,"default_content_country":"SE","description":"normal","duration_with_speed":true,"forced_theater_mode":true,"ga":1668365621239,"header_hide_country_code":true,"header_hide_right_buttons":false,"header_improve_logo":false,"header_position":"hover_on_video_page","hide_animated_thumbnails":true,"hide_footer":true,"hide_gradient_bottom":false,"hide_more_button":true,"hide_playlist":false,"hide_save_button":true,"hide_share_button":false,"hide_thumbnail_overlay":true,"hide_voice_search_button":true,"how_long_ago_the_video_was_uploaded":true,"improvedtube_home":"list","limit_page_width":true,"livechat":"normal","mark_watched_videos":true,"no_page_margin":false,"only_one_player_instance_playing":false,"open_new_tab":true,"player_SDR":false,"player_ads":"block_all","player_always_repeat":false,"player_autofullscreen":true,"player_autopause_when_switching_tabs":false,"player_autoplay":true,"player_dont_speed_education":false,"player_force_speed_on_music":false,"player_forced_playback_speed":true,"player_forced_volume":true,"player_hd_thumbnail":true,"player_hide_annotations":true,"player_hide_cards":true,"player_loudness_normalization":false,"player_playback_speed":2,"player_popup_button":true,"player_quality":"hd1080","player_remaining_duration":true,"player_repeat_button":false,"player_rotate_button":true,"player_screenshot_button":true,"player_show_cards_on_mouse_hover":true,"player_size":"full_window","playlist_repeat":false,"playlist_reverse":true,"playlist_shuffle":false,"red_dislike_button":true,"related_videos":"collapsed","remove_history_shorts":true,"remove_home_page_shorts":true,"remove_related_search_results":true,"remove_shorts_reel_search_results":true,"remove_subscriptions_shorts":true,"remove_trending_shorts":true,"schedule":"system_peference_dark","shortcut_decrease_playback_speed":{"alt":false,"ctrl":false,"keys":{"189":{"code":"Slash","key":"-"}},"shift":false,"wheel":0},"shortcut_increase_playback_speed":{"alt":false,"ctrl":false,"keys":{"187":{"code":"Minus","key":"+"}},"shift":false,"wheel":0},"shortcut_playback_speed_step":0.25,"sidebar_left":false,"theme":"black","theme_primary_color":[200,200,200],"theme_text_color":[25,25,25],"thumbnails_hide":true,"thumbnails_quality":"maxresdefault","thumbnails_right":false,"title_version":true,"track_watched_videos":true,"transcript":false,"up_next_autoplay":false,"watched":-----1MB of watched info-----,"youtube_home_page":"/feed/subscriptions","youtube_language":"en"}
Clearing cookies and site data for youtube and google fixed the issue again, same as just hitting the i key twice to switch to miniplayer and back.
I don't actually think that the problem is with improvedtube since i have another extension youtube custom speed that has the exact same issue where it will not load when opening a video in a new tab, but will load if i activate the miniplayer on and off. same behaviour when navigating to a different video it will just work.
I've also noticed that when loading a video in a new tab, the youtube page seems to delay the video load for some reason (ad-blocking maybe?) which may be the issue that i'm running in to.
This is the load after clearing cookies:
It both autoplays AND goes into fullscreen as expected, youtube custom speed also loads as expected
So maybe improvedtube can run a refresh on the player element if it can detect that the settings did not load properly (like toggling the miniplayer does)? if that is even possible