Prevents YouTube and Vimeo from pausing videos when minimizing or switching tabs. Cross-browser port of https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-background-play-fix/
// ==UserScript== // @name Video Background Play Fix // @namespace https://greasyfork.org/en/users/50-couchy // @version 20220119 // @description Prevents YouTube and Vimeo from pausing videos when minimizing or switching tabs. Cross-browser port of https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-background-play-fix/ // @author Couchy // @match *://*.youtube.com/* // @match *://*.vimeo.com/* // @grant none // @run-at document-start // ==/UserScript== (function() { 'use strict'; const IS_YOUTUBE = window.location.hostname.search(/(?:^|.+\.)youtube\.com/) > -1 || window.location.hostname.search(/(?:^|.+\.)youtube-nocookie\.com/) > -1; const IS_MOBILE_YOUTUBE = window.location.hostname == 'm.youtube.com'; const IS_DESKTOP_YOUTUBE = IS_YOUTUBE && !IS_MOBILE_YOUTUBE; const IS_VIMEO = window.location.hostname.search(/(?:^|.+\.)vimeo\.com/) > -1; const IS_ANDROID = window.navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Android') > -1; // Page Visibility API if (IS_ANDROID || !IS_DESKTOP_YOUTUBE) { Object.defineProperties(document, { 'hidden': {value: false}, 'visibilityState': {value: 'visible'} }); } window.addEventListener( 'visibilitychange', evt => evt.stopImmediatePropagation(), true); // Fullscreen API if (IS_VIMEO) { window.addEventListener( 'fullscreenchange', evt => evt.stopImmediatePropagation(), true); } // User activity tracking if (IS_YOUTUBE) { loop(pressKey, 60 * 1000, 10 * 1000); // every minute +/- 10 seconds } function pressKey() { const key = 18; sendKeyEvent("keydown", key); sendKeyEvent("keyup", key); } function sendKeyEvent (aEvent, aKey) { document.dispatchEvent(new KeyboardEvent(aEvent, { bubbles: true, cancelable: true, keyCode: aKey, which: aKey, })); } function loop(aCallback, aDelay, aJitter) { let jitter = getRandomInt(-aJitter/2, aJitter/2); let delay = Math.max(aDelay + jitter, 0); window.setTimeout(() => { aCallback(); loop(aCallback, aDelay, aJitter); }, delay); } function getRandomInt(aMin, aMax) { let min = Math.ceil(aMin); let max = Math.floor(aMax); return Math.floor(Math.random() * (max - min)) + min; } })();