Is there any possible way to automute ads on YouTube?

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This is probably going to be very difficult because YouTube uses both a flash player and a HTML5 player, but is there any possible way to make sure that when ads are being played, the volume is muted, and when the actual video is playing, the volume is unmuted?

I would prefer to not block the ads.

user261848

Posted 2013-10-12T16:06:32.093

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why do you prefer not block the ads? – Chin – 2013-10-12T16:10:15.220

1@Chin: Because I am OK with ads and would like to support the content maker. I don't like ads when they start playing audio especially on websites with no audio. – user261848 – 2013-10-12T16:27:07.157

My suggestion would be to use an ad-block type of technique, but where you filter the ads' sounds, instead of blocking them alltogether. As for the how, I recently read a question about muting audio streams... – Doktoro Reichard – 2013-10-12T16:55:04.280

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If you use Chrome, there is an extension called YouMute(r) which mutes the YouTube player when ads are playing. When the ad finishes, the player is unmuted.

The source code is on GitHub

user886805

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