How do I turn off autoplay of video content in Safari?

Can someone tell me how to disable the auto play-back of video content when browsing on my iMac in Safari 8.0 (OS X 10.10)? The question goes for all sites that post video content to start playing as soon as the page finishes populating. If I want to watch the video, I want to proactively click "play," rather than have it start playing automatically.

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1. In the Advanced tab, set "Stop plug-ins to save power".
2. In the Security tab, set "Allow Plug-ins" by Internet Plug-ins and then click "Website Settings..." for it.
3. Find the media type you want to stop auto-play in the left hand column(s).
Most non-Flash videos (mp4/h264/HTML5 video) will be "QuickTime".
4. Set "When visiting other websites" to Ask to click to start, or Block for permanent disabling.
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