Why is autoplaying the next episode a good idea?

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I suppose for most folks, autoplaying episodes is fine at least some of the time–maybe even much of the time. For me, most of the time, I would like it to be disabled. There’s no reason to let the episodes advance while I’m napping, which is something I do often. Really, though, most of the time I wish I had a way to turn it off. If I did, I would probably turn it off and leave it off forever. Simply showing the next episode and being able to start it easily would be much better for me. Many times, I simply want to get up and stretch or do other important or unimportant things between episodes.

So… If the application programmers are listening, I ask for a switch to defeat autoplay. That way, those who like it can keep it and those who don’t like it–people like me–can turn it off.

Thanks.

By the way, I guessed at the topic thingy in the box in the upper-right corner. One of my televisions is an android, but I have other Plex clients that would also apply. I couldn’t guess how to select what to put there. Why shouldn’t all clients have an option to defeat autoplay?

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We don’t make the smart hub app. not sure where it is if is has a setting for that.

on Android TV in settings in the Experience row. you can turn off Play "Up Next" Video which is auto play.

(there is a known issue with chromecast)

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I couldn’t figure out how to remove the smart hub app thing. My Samsung TV has a smart hub, so I thought maybe that was it. My Samsung does have a Plex client.

Thanks. I will look in settings again. I did try to find a way to stop it. Maybe it’s there and I didn’t make the connection somehow. I’m struggling to get to the point at which this all starts to make sense.

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if you have a smart hub tv then you selected the right one.

basically for Samsung 2016+ Tizen models we make an app
For 2015 and before models ( which i think are all smart hub) it was made by a third party user who has been working on it forever. i have not used a smart hub one myself so not sure if auto play is an option there.

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Thanks! Indeed I do have a smart hub TV. My Samsung is about five years old. I use it in my bedroom, which is where I definitely do not want to autoplay episodes. I don’t like to wake up and find all the episodes played while I was sleeping. Anyway, that app on that TV has a much different look from the other clients I use.

I’ll look again through the settings. I don’t have time to do so right now.

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