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how to disable autoplay?

actuallynotme
actuallynotme

Toggling off "allow autoplay" in settings doesn't work on some websites. Pcworld.com is an example. Am I doing something wrong or is this feature broken?

Toggling off "allow autoplay" in settings doesn't work on some websites. Pcworld.com is an example. Am I doing something wrong or is this feature broken?

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Do you mean the media.autoplay.enabled preference? Unfortunately, sites can currently bypass that setting by having the player stopped when the page loads, and then using a script to send a play command to the player. That loophole should be closed in Firefox 41, according to something I read in the bug tracking system. But I'm not sure whether that is what you're seeing on the problem site.

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Do you mean the media.autoplay.enabled preference? Unfortunately, sites can currently bypass that setting by having the player stopped when the page loads, and then using a script to send a play command to the player. That loophole should be closed in Firefox 41, according to something I read in the bug tracking system. But I'm not sure whether that is what you're seeing on the problem site.