Are you looking for the “Stop” button on the YouTube player? Actually, you can’t find any stop button there that’s why there’s no way to stop the videos from buffering. There are times when you just want to read the comments on a video but you can’t stop YouTube from loading the video even if you press the “Pause” button. But wait, do you know that there are some simple steps that you can do to stop YouTube video from loading? Check this out:
YouTube doesn’t have any “Stop” button on its player but you can actually stop the video from loading by:
1. Right-click on the video and click Stop download. (That simple!)
Now the video will stop downloading. If you want to resume the buffering, just click the “Pause” button.
How to put a “Stop” button on the YouTube player:
If you really want to have a “Stop” button on the YouTube player, you can do that by installing a script:
1. Install Greasemonkey for Firefox users.
* Chrome users can go directly to Step 2..
2. Install Vishnu’s YouTube stop video download script.
Test it – Watch any YouTube video and press the Stop button.
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I think youtube is a great tool for anyone interested in watching or uploading videos. I have been using the site for years now, and still think it is doing a good job. Ok, so sometimes it gets criticized for being too easy to break copyright laws, but youtube's online security is getting better. The best thing about the site is its great video search engine and database. No wonder it made it as the top sharing site on http://www.dozenvideo.com this month. But there's some tough competition out there and as online video gets bigger and bigger, there's sure to be a backlash. Keep online videos free and easy to share!