Spankbang: Prevent Video Thumbnails From Auto-Play

Get rid of annoying video preview auto-play
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// ==UserScript==
// @name         Spankbang: Prevent Video Thumbnails From Auto-Play
// @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version      2025-04-10
// @description  Get rid of annoying video preview auto-play
// @author       Anonymous
// @license      Unlicense
// @match        https://spankbang.party/*
// @match        https://spankbang.com/*
// @icon         https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain=spankbang.com
// @grant        none
// ==/UserScript==

//
// Taken from https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MutationObserver and adapted
//

// Options for the observer (which mutations to observe)
const config = { attributes: true, childList: true, subtree: true };

// Callback function to execute when mutations are observed
const callback = (mutationList, observer) => {
  for (const mutation of mutationList) {
    if (mutation.type === "childList" && mutation.addedNodes.length > 0) {
        // Search results page

        if (mutation.target.tagName == 'DIV' && mutation.target.classList.contains('video-js') && !mutation.previousSibling) {
            if (mutation.target.parentElement && mutation.target.parentElement.matches(':hover')) {
                // User hovered for a preview. Doing nothing.
            } else {
                // Programmatically triggerered by the site. Disabling.

                try {
                    mutation.target.setAttribute('style', 'display: none');
                    jQuery(mutation.target).parents('.is_rotating').removeClass('is_rotating'); // blinking
                } catch {};
            };
        };
    } else if (mutation.type === "attributes") {
        // Main page & other areas

        //if (mutation.target.tagName == 'VIDEO') try {jQuery('[id^=recommended_video],.js-video-item video').hide()} catch {};

        if (mutation.target.tagName == 'VIDEO' && mutation.attributeName == 'style' && !mutation.target.getAttribute('style') && !mutation.previousSibling) {
             if (mutation.target.parentElement && mutation.target.parentElement.matches(':hover')) {
                // User hovered for a preview. Doing nothing.
            } else {
                // Programmatically triggerered by the site. Disabling.

                try {mutation.target.setAttribute('style', 'display: none')} catch {};
            };
        };
    };
  };
};

// Create an observer instance linked to the callback function
const observer = new MutationObserver(callback);

// Start observing the target node for configured mutations
jQuery(".js-media-list,.video-list").each((_, grid) => {
    //console.log('set observer on', x);
    observer.observe(grid, config);
});