This program allows you to try bruteforce stopping on a video, so this oftentimes works when a space key or a click doesn't work.
// ==UserScript== // @name YouTube stop already // @namespace http://tampermonkey.net/ // @version 0.1 // @description This program allows you to try bruteforce stopping on a video, so this oftentimes works when a space key or a click doesn't work. // @author You // @match https://www.youtube.com/* // @grant none // @run-at document-idle // @noframes // @license MIT // ==/UserScript== document.addEventListener('keyup', async function(e){ const sleep = m => new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, m)) if (e.key == "v") { if (document.querySelector('#movie_player > div.html5-video-container > video').matches(':hover') == true) { for (i = 0; i < 200 / 20 ; i++){ document.querySelector('#movie_player > div.html5-video-container > video').pause() await sleep(20) ; } } } } , false);