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How can I stop a podcast MP3 file from immediately playing

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wj556
wj556
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Firefox immediately starts to play audio rather than allowing me to save the file. This is a recent change as it had always allowed me to save.

Firefox immediately starts to play audio rather than allowing me to save the file. This is a recent change as it had always allowed me to save.

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Gingerbread Man
Gingerbread Man
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Right-click the link and choose Save Link As.

If you left-click a direct link to an MP3 file, Firefox will always play it, regardless of your settings under Options → Applications (this is a known issue: bug 861090). To disable built-in support for MP3 files,

  1. Type about:config into the address bar and press Enter.
  2. To bypass the warning, press the big button labeled "I'll be careful, I promise!".
  3. In the search box, paste media.directshow.enabled
  4. In the search results, double-click media.directshow.enabled to set its value to false.
cor-el
cor-el
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Note that you should be able to save such a file played by the HTML5 media player if you right-click the player.