YouTube Auto Buffer Makes The Popular Video Site A Lot Better
Firefox with Greasemonkey: The YouTube Auto Buffer Greasemonkey script tweaks the popular video sharing site to fix some of its most common annoyances. Specifically, it stops videos from automatically playing, turns on HD/HQ playback for all videos, and hides in-video advertisements.
All three of the tweaks YouTube Auto Buffer makes can be toggled, so if you’d really like to get rid of in-video ads but don’t want to always watch videos in HD or prefer that videos play automatically, you can just disable the two unwanted features. Or at least they can be toggled in theory. I had trouble getting my preferences to stick, so your mileage may vary.
Either way, it’s a nice little script that aims to fix some users’ common YouTube annoyances. For some other YouTube-specific tweaks, check out our very own Better YouTube Firefox extension. (With any luck, maybe we can convince Gina to incorporate some of the YouTube Auto Buffer features into said add-on.)
YouTube Auto Buffer is a free download, works with Firefox and the Greasemonkey extension.
YouTube Auto Buffer & Auto HD & Remove Ads [Userscripts via gHacks]
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I'm also a fan of the 'turn down the lights' extension. Youtube put that feature in for certain sponsored videos, but this script will put it on all of them.
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Jurandr
Meh, there are already plenty of these.
I use "yousabletubefix" but set the video to '1x' like default.
ZakariyyaNobdobber
With this on my Firefox, it starts playing a video for a couple of seconds before stopping, and then starts buffering. Actually more annoying than the default behavior. I'll pass on this one.
MkFly
I'm gonna suggest that you actually update Better Youtube so it's compatible with Flash 10 and Firefox 3.5.2, before you actually recommend it again. I've turned it off and Firefox is running smoother.
I use Yousable TubeFix. It doesn't remove ads, but it does allow for disabling autoplay, which allows for time for buffering.
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isewise
I can't seem to find the settings. Usually Greasemonkey scripts have preferences activated when on the appropriate site, but on youtube.com the user script command is grayed out. What am I missing?
mathmonkey
@MkFly: Same here, and it's also not saving my preferences. Pass.
MPS
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Youtube HD Ultimate
Autobuffer, Autoplay, colored player, 720p, jump to video, collapse everything, big mode, HD when possible, loop videos, hide ads and more. All configurable and constantly updated.
polobunny
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MPS
My main annoyance is that there's no "stop" button - no way to get a video to stop playing, and stop loading. If I want to load a video page, it plays anyway, and it downloads anyway. Same for embedded videos - if people embed the video too small and I can't get the fullscreen button, I open the full page. But it keeps loading anyway and I can't stop it on the previous (embedded) page...
YousableTubeFix is the one I use.
too bad it doesnt work for embedded videos :(
mastakilla