Is it possible to stop youtube videos from loading after you click play? Sometimes I'll click on one in a thread, for example, and realise that it goes for ten minutes and I've seen it before but want to stay and read the posts in the thread.

Click back then forward?

you talking about how they continue to download when you press pause?

didn't you post this a few weeks ago?

refresh the page

turn flash off... no idea how

Its unpossible.

Sorry I went to bed soon after I posted this!

you talking about how they continue to download when you press pause?

Yes.

didn't you post this a few weeks ago?

I posted a question in a thread with youtube videos and I don't think anyone replied.

Its unpossible.

Sounds like it:(

hit refresh. thats all i do.

I don't know for sure, but I don't think it's possible - I'd say the flash code is programmed to just keep fetching the video, so without them implementing a stop button that stops it doing that your only option would probably be some painful workaround

yeh its pretty annoying im surprised they havent put a stop button in

downloading a streaming video you've realised u aren't interested in is not a big deal..... unless you use australian ISPs

just refresh the damn page. is that so hard? it will only take a second away from your reading time.

just refresh the damn page. is that so hard?

I don't know how you think this is a working solution... refreshing just continues or restarts the download

heh

Well there's a crappy work around basically you have to install Flashblock ad-on in Firefox, then if you want to view it click on it. If you want to stop, refresh the page then continue to read the page.

So in summary it's unpossible to do this natively.

I don't know how you think this is a working solution... refreshing just continues or restarts the download

not for me it doesnt. it stops it from downloading

make a youtube of it for proof

must be a FireFox problem. (dunno for sure - I don't use it)

IE and Opera definately stop dead when you refresh the page, dumping anything that was loading - forcing the user to sit thru and dl it all again from the very start if you click on the bloody thing to start it again.

yay for crappy 512/128 connection helping make this painfully obvious.

this is why dodgy flash popup ads s*** us so

last edited by koopz at 22:05:41 28/Jun/07

last edited by koopz at 22:06:37 28/Jun/07

I wonder if you could use a greasemonkey script to add a button to remove the flash from the DOM?

Dunno if that'd actually prevent the transfer.. I'll have a play tonight after work.

must be a FireFox problem. (dunno for sure - I don't use it)

i use firefox. after reading opec's post it might have something to do with my adblock addon

Possibly use a bookmarklet to remove the entire embed/object element from the page itself?