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youtube.com/tv videos automatically pausing when clicking away or openinga new tab. is there any way to prevent that or might have to revert to a previous built

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videos automatically pausing when clicking away or opening a new tab i cant listen to anything in the background anymore because the videos auto pause.

videos automatically pausing when clicking away or opening a new tab i cant listen to anything in the background anymore because the videos auto pause.

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This is a feature of the website, not the browser. It happens in all internet browsers, so reverting to an older build of Firefox will not solve the problem.

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This is a feature of the website, not the browser. It happens in all internet browsers, so reverting to an older build of Firefox will not solve the problem.

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ok thank you for replying. its strange that chrome does not do that i get that google owns youtube.

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i guess they are really pushing it for me to switch to chrome. i experiences a page slowdown when i try their new youtube beta page design while i have no issues on chrome.

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See also this pref:

  • media.block-autoplay-until-in-foreground
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cor-el said

See also this pref:
  • media.block-autoplay-until-in-foreground

i try to change them but it still does it. the regular youtube site doesnt do it.

on the yotube.com/tv saids on apllication details app version 89da5768 device: firefox 57.0 windows 10 win64


when i go on chrome i can play the videos on the background after un pausing it . on youtube.com/tv

i submitted feedback to youtube.

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