Firefox doesn't block autoplay
Despite setting Settings>permissions>autoplay to block, I still get annoying videos playing automatically.
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Hello
Allow or block media autoplay in Firefox https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/block-autoplay
1 - Go to configuration editor https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/about-config-editor-firefox 2 - Enter a search term autoplay
media.autoplay.default 1 this correspond to the situation Block Audio media.autoplay.default 5 this correspond to the situation Block Audio and Video media.autoplay.default 0 this correspond to the situation Allow Audio and Video
About, media.autoplay.blocking_policy, you can test 2
Double-click on the preference media.autoplay.blocking_policy enter a new value 2 click the Save button to save the change
Hi! I also have this problem, despite also using the recommended settings in config. It works perfectly on most sites, but
https://zettaflorence.com.au/#
autoplays and continues to autoplay on both Mac and Windows.
often has some autoplay videos if I use a Windows computer but they only play once. If I use a mac, no autoplay.
lilacsigil said
Hi! I also have this problem, despite also using the recommended settings in config. It works perfectly on most sites, but https://zettaflorence.com.au/# autoplays and continues to autoplay on both Mac and Windows. https://www.theage.com.au/ often has some autoplay videos if I use a Windows computer but they only play once. If I use a mac, no autoplay.
Hi, I recommend asking a new question for your issue.
Videos on the main page of https://www.theage.com.au/ are successfully blocked for me in Nightly (particularly, with your pref values). On https://zettaflorence.com.au/, animations/videos indeed run, but I don't think we are supposed to block them (since they are implemented not as <video> elements).
Modified by Denys
Hi, thank you for your answer. I don't think you finished the sentence about why we are not supposed to block videos like on the zetta florence page, I would love to know how they are implemented and why this means not blocking!
Oh, I didn't realize I needed to escape HTML tags... Updated the reply.
To reiterate, autoplay blocking is only supposed to work with <video> HTML elements, and the discussed page implements its animations differently.
Thank you! That gives me something to look at.
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