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Amazon: mute autoplaying videos

Automatically mutes and pauses product videos that start playing on their own on the page.

Code to copy

// Mute and pause autoplaying product videos as they appear
function tameVideos() {
  document.querySelectorAll('video').forEach(function (v) {
    v.muted = true;
    if (v.autoplay) { v.autoplay = false; }
    if (!v.paused && !v.dataset.jzUserPlayed) {
      try { v.pause(); } catch (e) {}
    }
  });
}
tameVideos();
const obs = new MutationObserver(tameVideos);
obs.observe(document.documentElement, { childList: true, subtree: true });

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  3. Add a new rule matching that page.
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