Option to prevent preload of videos

[augied]

I try to use as little mobile data as possible, and most of the time this app helps me with that goal. I like that I can scan through a bunch of stories with only minimal data usage. However, every once in a while, it lets me down and decides to preload an embedded video. Suddenly, I've wasted 40mb on a video I didn't even watch.

Would it be possible to create an option to disable all videos in the built-in viewer, and only allow them when I choose to open in browser?

[David-Development]

Thanks for the report. Do you have some sample feeds?
I would expect the default setting to not preload any video data. As I can see there does exists a video preload attribute in html. So maybe the rss item itself forces the webview to preload the video. I might be able to override this attribute. But some sample feed would be helpful.

[augied]

That's a little tricky, since I usually notice it later when I check my data usage. I'll keep a close eye on things, and post some sample feeds as I identify them. Of course, once I start looking out for it, I'm sure it won't happen for a while.

[David-Development]

Sorry for this really long delay. I figured out that it is indeed possible to enable preload in html. Since I'm using the WebChromeClient for rendering the feeds this attribute will cause the browser to preload videos. @augied It would be helpful for me to have a sample feed to test against! (if you have one by now). Maybe the videos are "autoplayed" in those feeds as well?

<video preload="true" autoplay ... >