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HTML HTML Video and Audio (Retired) Media Basics The Video Element

Posted by James Ackerman
James Ackerman
14,099 Points

Pulling up HTML Video Controls on someone elses web site.

If I wander into a web site with a video on it, is there a way for me to manually pull up some controls even though they weren't included in the site's code? Perhaps through the console?

Occasionally I run across a web site, usually one with autoplay on, where the video has no controls associated with it. It would be nice to be able to bring up some controls to stop loops, rewind the video, and so on.

Looked around for a few minutes but didn't find anything related to this.

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,744 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,744 Points

If you open the browser developer tools, you can possibly add controls to the other page by directly ediiting the DOM tree.

James Ackerman
James Ackerman
14,099 Points
James Ackerman
James Ackerman
14,099 Points

I'll give that a shot. Thanks Steven!