u/dumbugg

Hey there everyone. Like many of you, I hate the fact that the AutoPlay feature on the HEI Network is busted. I found a solution and it's pretty easy! I have only tried it on chrome, so YMMV.

1. Download the tampermonkey chrome extension. This is what allows you to fix the code under the hood. The link is https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/tampermonkey/dhdgffkkebhmkfjojejmpbldmpobfkfo?hl=en
2. Once installed, click the puzzle piece icon to the right of the url box in chrome, and then click on Tampermonkey. It will open a dialogue box, and you will click "create a new script." You may need to enable the plugin first.
3. A new tab will open and you will see a a big, intimidating text box with some code already loaded in it. Select all that code and delete it, starting fresh.
4. Copy and paste the following code block into that big text box. Then save it and you are good to go!
5. Veg out and watch the Full Cinema playlist back to back to back <3

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// ==UserScript==
//          HEI Network - Fix Playlist Autoplay
//     heinetwork.autoplay.fix
//       1.1
//   Makes the Autoplay toggle on heinetwork.tv actually advance to the next episode.
//         https://www.heinetwork.tv/*
//        document-idle
// u/grant        none
// ==/UserScript==

(() => {
  'use strict';

  const KEY = 'hei:autoplay';
  const q = (sel, root = document) => root.querySelector(sel);
  let armed = false;

  function nextUrl(pl) {
    let slug = (pl.dataset.nextSlug || '').trim();
    if (!slug) {
      try {
        const list = JSON.parse(pl.dataset.json || '[]');
        const i = list.indexOf(pl.dataset.currentSlug);
        if (i > -1 && i + 1 < list.length) slug = list[i + 1];
      } catch (e) { /* ignore */ }
    }
    if (!slug) return null;
    const path = (pl.dataset.playlistPath || '').replace(/^\/+|\/+$/g, '');
    return location.origin + '/' + (path ? path + '/' : '') + slug + '/';
  }

  function setState(on, host, toggles) {
    armed = on;
    try { localStorage.setItem(KEY, on ? '1' : '0'); } catch (e) { /* ignore */ }
    toggles.forEach(t => { if (t.checked !== on) t.checked = on; });
    host.autoplay = false;
    try { delete host._nextSlug; } catch (e) { /* ignore */ }
  }

  function startPlayback(media, wasMuted) {
    if (!media || !media.paused) return;
    media.play().catch(() => {
      media.muted = true;
      media.play().then(() => {
        const b = q('#unmute-video');
        if (b) b.classList.remove('hidden');
      }).catch(() => { media.muted = wasMuted; });
    });
  }

  function init() {
    const host = q('hei-video');
    const pl = q('hei-episode-playlist');
    if (!host || !pl) return false;

    const controller = host.$controller || q('media-controller', host);
    const media = (controller && controller.media) || q('video', host) || host.$video;
    const mux = host.$video;
    if (!media) return false;

    if (host.__heiAutoplayFix) return true;
    host.__heiAutoplayFix = true;

    const toggles = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('.autoplay-toggle'));

    let saved = false;
    try { saved = localStorage.getItem(KEY) === '1'; } catch (e) { /* ignore */ }
    setState(saved || toggles.some(t => t.checked), host, toggles);

    toggles.forEach(t => ['change', 'click'].forEach(ev =>
      t.addEventListener(ev, () => setState(t.checked, host, toggles))
    ));

    let leaving = false;
    const onEnded = () => {
      if (!armed || leaving) return;
      const url = nextUrl(pl);
      if (!url) return;
      leaving = true;
      location.assign(url);
    };
    media.addEventListener('ended', onEnded);
    if (mux && mux !== media) mux.addEventListener('ended', onEnded);

    if (armed) {
      const wasMuted = media.muted;
      if (media.readyState >= 3) startPlayback(media, wasMuted);
      else media.addEventListener('canplay', () => startPlayback(media, wasMuted), { once: true });
    }

    return true;
  }

  if (!init()) {
    const mo = new MutationObserver(() => { if (init()) mo.disconnect(); });
    mo.observe(document.documentElement, { childList: true, subtree: true });
    setTimeout(() => mo.disconnect(), 20000);
  }
})();

this song has the catchiest melody

And God dayum does Albert knock the delivery out of the park!

My two favorite shows are Home Movies and Metalocalypse and I always notice connections between them. Here is a common thread of "if it's not easy, it's not worth doing" about ten years apart.

My two favorite shows are Home Movies and Metalocalypse and I always notice connections between them. Here is a common thread of "if it's not easy, it's not worth doing" about ten years apart.