Video not autoplaying in Firefox but is in other browsers
My website (https://thegidgroup.com/) has a video on the homepage of a cell with a flag in. The video is set to auto play as the website loads. For some reason this works in every other browser and on every mobile I have tried exceot for Firefox. I have tried the usual things (uncheck hardware acceleration, Firefox up to date, extensions causing the issue and making sure autoplay is allowed) but nothing makes any difference. Does anone have any final ideas before I give up on Firefox as a bad job? I have attached screenshots of the website in Firefox and how it (should\does) look in Chrome. Thanks.
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Hi littleangel_38,
Try starting Firefox in it's Safe Mode to see if the problem persists.
Safe Mode will temporarily prevent your extensions from starting, uses the default theme, turns off hardware acceleration, resets toolbar and button customizations and ignores other customizations. When you leave Safe Mode and start Firefox normally, your extensions, themes and settings will return to the state they were in before you entered Safe Mode.
With Firefox open: select Menu select Help select Restart With Add-ons Disabled on the dialog select Restart on the next dialog select Start In Safe Mode (Do Not select Refresh)
With Firefox closed: press and hold the Shift key launch Firefox on the dialog select Start In Safe Mode (Do Not select Refresh) ______________________________________________________
To quit Safe Mode: select Menu select Help select Restart With Add-ons Enabled
Or, Exit Firefox. ______________________________________________________
If the problem was not present in Safe Mode, it could be the work of one of your extensions, or it could be Hardware Acceleration. How to disable Hardware Acceleration.
Go to 3-bar Menu -> Add-ons (Or type about:addons in the address bar and press Enter) to open your Add-ons Manager. In the Add-ons Manager, on the left, select Extensions. Some toolbar and anti-virus extensions are known to cause Firefox issues. Disable All Of Them. Disable a few extensions, then restart Firefox.
If the problem continues, re-enable those and disable some more extensions and restart Firefox. Continue until the problem is gone. After, you know what group is causing the issue, re-enable the last group ONE AT A TIME, restarting Firefox each time until the problem returns.
Once you think you found the problem, disable that extension and make sure all the others are enabled, then restart again.
FWIW : It doesn't work for me either (neither in Firefox nor in Edge).
What's weird : I get the text (shown in your screenshot) on the other site of the image, and no "Go" button.
'Done "everything in the book" to no avail; no error message in the browser console.
Even tried different URL's.
The video works for me with Firefox 72.0.2. I get the block auto-play icon on the location bar and I get the video if I allow audio and video. Tracking Protection isn't blocking the video.
There are three sources available for playing the video if I check this in the Inspector.
I see a different page that on your screenshot: different text and no Go button.
Geändert am von cor-el
cor-el said
I see a different page than on your screenshot: different text and no Go button.
McCoy said
What's weird : I get the text (shown in your screenshot) on the other site of the image, and no "Go" button.
I too have allowed audio and video, but there is no video in Firefox.
Just now I tried again in Edge : it's now displayed as shown in the OPs screenshot, including "Go" button, but clicking on it does not start the video.
Screenshot on the left : Firefox - screenshot on the right : Edge
littleangel_38 said
For some reason this works in every other browser and on every mobile I have tried except for Firefox.
It does not work in Edge (at least not for me): the page comes up and the "Go" button shows (partially), but when I click on it, the page changes and shows the exact same page as in Firefox (different text and no "Go" button).