# Autoplay YouTube videos (opt-in)
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/autoplay-youtube-videos-opt-in/40370
**Category:** Marketplace
**Created:** [1 maart 2016 om 04:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autoplay-youtube-videos-opt-in/40370 "2016-03-01T04:28:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@charleswalter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charleswalter)
#### Post date: [1 maart 2016 om 04:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autoplay-youtube-videos-opt-in/40370/1 "2016-03-01T04:28:04Z")
I know this may sound potentially annoying for many users, but I surveyed about 100 users asking what features they’d most like to see, and the #1 response was autoplay on YouTube videos with sound. We have a number of music oriented categories, and users want a more lively experience by having the sound start the moment they open the topic.
I’m just wondering if someone would be interested in creating a plugin that could make this an option in the user preferences, similar to the way we have enabled users to opt-in to signatures. We would pay for development of this plugin, if it is indeed possible.
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [1 maart 2016 om 05:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autoplay-youtube-videos-opt-in/40370/2 "2016-03-01T05:05:11Z")
> [@charleswalter](#):
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> 1 response was autoplay on YouTube videos with sound.
Oh my … Imagine visiting [Awesome Song Thread! - general topics - Boing Boing BBS](https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/awesome-song-thread/40241) it would be a cocophony of crazyland.
If someone built this, which to be honest, I feel is very ill advised, I would strongly recommend they take that into account.
Going to move this into marketplace cause this is not the sort of crazy the Discourse team will participate in 😉
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [1 maart 2016 om 07:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autoplay-youtube-videos-opt-in/40370/3 "2016-03-01T07:17:40Z")
This… is a profoundly bad idea. It makes an opt-in comments plugin look like a work of genius. 😆
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### Author:  [@charleswalter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charleswalter)
#### Post date: [1 maart 2016 om 11:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autoplay-youtube-videos-opt-in/40370/4 "2016-03-01T11:45:13Z")
I hear you guys. But I literally tell you it is the most requested feature. I imagine it would only apply to the first video of the topic.
I have tried speaking with several users explaining the challenges, and how it would be a bad experience for many. But it does not change their opinion.
Users are extremely thankful for the opt-in signatures. They say this is the next feature that the would really love.
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### Author:  [@ccdw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ccdw)
#### Post date: [1 maart 2016 om 13:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autoplay-youtube-videos-opt-in/40370/5 "2016-03-01T13:01:52Z")
I’ve been trialling with a pro film and tv (VFX) audience and they’ve mentioned something similar in what they’ve collectively called a ‘cinema’ feature.
Relatively easily done client side, but it’s not top of my priority list right now.
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [1 maart 2016 om 14:36 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autoplay-youtube-videos-opt-in/40370/6 "2016-03-01T14:36:33Z")
Hey @charleswalter,
Can you link me a topic where this would be used?
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### Author:  [@charleswalter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charleswalter)
#### Post date: [1 maart 2016 om 16:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autoplay-youtube-videos-opt-in/40370/7 "2016-03-01T16:46:16Z")
Great to hear from you @Falco. Here are two examples.
Two examples…
with YouTube video
[https://www.helloforos.com/t/hasta-que-se-seque-el-malecon-jacob-forever/85795](https://www.helloforos.com/t/hasta-que-se-seque-el-malecon-jacob-forever/85795)
with MP3 link
[https://www.helloforos.com/t/los-rehenes-limosnero-de-carino/86064](https://www.helloforos.com/t/los-rehenes-limosnero-de-carino/86064)
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### Author:  [@dtchau](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dtchau)
#### Post date: [4 maart 2016 om 19:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autoplay-youtube-videos-opt-in/40370/8 "2016-03-04T19:45:48Z")
Hi @charleswalter, try this plugin I just made - [GitHub Repo: discourse-plugin-autoplay](https://github.com/dtchau/discourse-plugin-autoplay).
> [@Media Autoplay](https://meta.discourse.org/t/media-autoplay-plugin-discourse-plugin-autoplay/40595):
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> Hello everyone, I was learning to develop plugins when I came across [this topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autoplay-youtube-videos-opt-in/40370) and decided to make a plugin for it. Here are what the [discourse-plugin-autoplay (GitHub Repo)](https://github.com/dtchau/discourse-plugin-autoplay) plugin is going to do: Once a topic is loaded, the plugin will observe any changes made to the document object for the #post\_1 element. As soon as that element is found, the plugin will stop observing document. Within the #post\_1 node, if Youtube links are found, the first one will be played; if not, then the first audi…
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [10 oktober 2016 om 19:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autoplay-youtube-videos-opt-in/40370/9 "2016-10-10T19:17:15Z")