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Desktop disable youtube mini player

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This just started happening. I can't find any related youtube settings. Everything setting in Firefox related to picture in picture is unchecked.

This just started happening. I can't find any related youtube settings. Everything setting in Firefox related to picture in picture is unchecked.

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More information please... What OS? What version of Firefox? Are your trying to do this? see screenshot Post a screenshot of your issue.

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jonzn4SUSE said

More information please... What OS? What version of Firefox? Are your trying to do this? see screenshot Post a screenshot of your issue.
Sorry for the false alarm. It was caused by an extension.

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jonzn4SUSE said

More information please... What OS? What version of Firefox? Are your trying to do this? see screenshot Post a screenshot of your issue.
Win 10, 130.1

Looks lime I spoke too soon. Weirdly coincidental, but unrelated to the previous problem people.com.

It's a random popup on a page with a different subject. No way to disable it I can see in the miniplayer settings.

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Good work. Mark this mini player issue as resolved and have a nice day. New issues need a new post. Jones out.

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Opening a fixed mini player automatically is a feature offered by the website and is created via JavaScript if the main player is scrolled out of view. A lot of websites now have a fixed (pop-up) mini player in one the corners once you start playing a video that stays visible if you scroll the page. This website mini player shouldn't be confused with the Firefox PiP (picture-in-picture) feature (you likely see the Firefox PiP icon if you hover the mini player).

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cor-el said

Opening a fixed mini player automatically is a feature offered by the website and is created via JavaScript if the main player is scrolled out of view. A lot of websites now have a fixed (pop-up) mini player in one the corners once you start playing a video that stays visible if you scroll the page. This website mini player shouldn't be confused with the Firefox PiP (picture-in-picture) feature (you likely see the Firefox PiP icon if you hover the mini player).
I understand. I just found another site doing the same thing.

The thing is, these are pages where there are no videos playing, but as you say, this is under site control.

Are there any addons that deal with this. Or maybe CSS?

Modified by noel_envode

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You can look at these prefs in about:config to see what settings work for you to block media auto-play.

  • media.autoplay.default = 5 [0:allow;1:blockAudible;5:blockAll]
  • media.autoplay.blocking_policy = 2
  • media.autoplay.allow-extension-background-pages => false
  • media.autoplay.block-event.enabled => true
  • media.block-autoplay-until-in-foreground

You can open about:config via the address/location bar. You can read the warning and click "Accept the Risk and Continue".


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cor-el said

You can look at these prefs in about:config to see what settings work for you to block media auto-play.
  • media.autoplay.default = 5 [0:allow;1:blockAudible;5:blockAll]
  • media.autoplay.blocking_policy = 2
  • media.autoplay.allow-extension-background-pages => false
  • media.autoplay.block-event.enabled => true
  • media.block-autoplay-until-in-foreground
You can open about:config via the address/location bar. You can read the warning and click "Accept the Risk and Continue".
I'll test those settings. Is it at all possible there would be unexpected side effects?

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You may have to click the media block icon in the address bar or visit "Tools -> Page Info -> Permissions -> Autoplay" to be able to start plying media on a webpage.

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cor-el said

You may have to click the media block icon in the address bar or visit "Tools -> Page Info -> Permissions -> Autoplay" to be able to start plying media on a webpage.
Do you have any thoughts about why i get this when there are no active videos on the page? Is that another site controlled issue?

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Can you post a link to a publicly accessible page (i.e. no authentication or signing on required) where you only see a floating mini player?

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