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I am trying to use this with the "Disable Autoplay for Youtube™" extension, however if I choose to also block preloading, then this script won't work and the video will load with "auto" quality (because if preload is disabled, the "quality" setting doesn't exist yet, all I have before clicking play is what's shown in the provided image). Would "Optimized auto" help fix this (admittedly very specific) problem? I'm using Adguard & I don't have the menu, so I don't know what that setting does. Either way, excellent script I've been using for a long time. Thank you in advance for any help you can provide! =)

I think this may be the same problem as a fixed issue with embedded videos. Will look closer an a day or two.

In the mean time,just to make sure, you are using this extension https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/disable-autoplay-for-yout/dinkeiniijmpjehejhedbciaedblhnnk, and using the extension to disable preloading (called "Stop the video and prevent buffering"). Did I understand that correctly?

On a side note. "Optimized Auto" is no longer supported and has been removed from from latest versions. Are you sure your script is up to date?

That is indeed the extension I'm using. =)

For the "Optimized Auto", I simply saw it in the script description and was wondering what it does (since I don't have a menu, I didn't know if I had the option or not haha). I've double-checked and my script is indeed up to date.

Thank you very much for the quick response!

The issue should have been fixed along with the incorrect description in the latest version (2025.06.03).

The extension you are using actually was causing 2 issues instead of 1.

• The first is exactly as you described, videos load without quality options initially so the script is unable to find the correct settings.
• The second and more common issue, however, may be unexpected. The extension seems to be unable to load faster than my script can grab the quality options, this allows means that my script can in fact successfully set the resolution, but then the extension just deletes the video player's playback progress and resets it, stopping the video as well as removing any resolution setting my script applied. This does mean the extension often does not block preloading (the extension actually never mentions anything related to preloading), so if you need to have that function for whatever reason then you should look for another solution.

The update works perfectly, thank you very much for taking the time to work on such a specific case!

And thank you for the explanation as well. =)