{"id":837,"date":"2015-02-06T19:35:53","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T19:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/?p=837"},"modified":"2024-11-25T21:45:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T21:45:52","slug":"how-to-solve-the-autoplay-does-not-work-on-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/browser-extension\/how-to-solve-the-autoplay-does-not-work-on-youtube\/","title":{"rendered":"How to solve the AutoPlay does not work on YouTube in 2 Easy Steps?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h2>Table of Contents<\/h2><nav><div><div><a href=\"#introduction\">Introduction<\/a><\/div><div><a href=\"#fix-the-auto-play-on-a-website-with-an-html-5-video\">Fix the AutoPlay on a website with an HTML5 video<\/a><div><div><a href=\"#fix-the-auto-play-on-you-tube\">Fix the AutoPlay on YouTube<\/a><\/div><div><a href=\"#browser-extension-conflict\">Browser Extension conflict<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div><a href=\"#you-tube-video-tutorial\">YouTube video tutorial<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"introduction\">Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Autoplay<\/strong> is the feature name of the Turn Off the Lights Browser extension that dims automatically the web page when you are watching a video. The <strong>AutoPlay<\/strong> feature&nbsp;is default disabled when you install for the first time the Turn Off the Lights browser extension. This feature helps you to dim the web page with one single click on the play button of that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/turnoffthelights?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> or HTML5 video and vice versa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"fix-the-auto-play-on-a-website-with-an-html-5-video\">Fix the AutoPlay on a website with an HTML5 video<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you open a\u00a0website with an HTML5 video inside the page content and you click on the play button. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/browser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Turn Off the Lights browser extension<\/a> will automatically detect the play status of this video. And\u00a0will it obscure or illuminate the web page, this\u00a0depends on the video\u00a0play status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"515\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/automatically-dim-on-youtube-website-with-turn-off-the-lights-1024x515.png\" alt=\"The AutoPlay feature on the YouTube website thanks to the Turn Off the Lights browser extension\" class=\"wp-image-3214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/automatically-dim-on-youtube-website-with-turn-off-the-lights-1024x515.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/automatically-dim-on-youtube-website-with-turn-off-the-lights-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/automatically-dim-on-youtube-website-with-turn-off-the-lights-768x386.png 768w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/automatically-dim-on-youtube-website-with-turn-off-the-lights-60x30.png 60w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/automatically-dim-on-youtube-website-with-turn-off-the-lights-150x75.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The AutoPlay feature on the YouTube website thanks to the Turn Off the Lights browser extension<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"fix-the-auto-play-on-you-tube\">Fix the AutoPlay on YouTube<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If it dims well the web page on an HTML5 video on a website, but it doesn&#8217;t work on the official YouTube website. Probably then there is a conflict with an installed extension in your web browser or a setting issue. Follow the steps here below to found out what caused this issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Try to press on your keyboard the following keys:<br><strong>Windows user<\/strong>: shift +&nbsp;F5<br><strong>Mac user<\/strong>: shift + CMD + R<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This will do a hard refresh in your web browser. And it will remove the cached version of that web page.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"browser-extension-conflict\"><strong>Browser Extension conflict<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do you still have this issue? Seems like it is caused by another browser extension(s) that are installed on your computer. So to fix this problem, open your web browser and go to the <em>Extensions<\/em> tab. And disable one by one the extensions you are using except Turn Off the Lights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open this page in your favorite web browser:<br>Google Chrome:&nbsp;<strong>chrome:\/\/extensions\/<\/strong><br>Microsoft Edge: <strong>edge:\/\/extensions\/<\/strong><br>Opera:&nbsp;<strong>opera:\/\/extensions\/<\/strong><br>Firefox:&nbsp;<strong>about:addons<\/strong><br>Safari: Go to Safari in your Apple menu.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click on &#8220;Preference&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You see a new window show up and go now to the <strong>Extensions<\/strong> tab<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And disable each extension on that web page except the Turn Off the Lights browser&nbsp;extension.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"you-tube-video-tutorial\">YouTube video tutorial<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"\ud83d\udd35Boost Your Video Quality - 5 Tips to Fix Bad Video Quality and Improve Web Performance\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DDecdCxxDj4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">5 Tips for fixing bad video quality<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction Autoplay is the feature name of the Turn Off the Lights Browser extension that dims automatically the web page when you are watching a video. The AutoPlay feature&nbsp;is default disabled when you install for the first time the Turn Off the Lights browser extension. 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