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    From Michael@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 22 19:35:16 2021
    I want to stop automatic playback of all videos on webpages . With
    Chrome there is an extension called "Disable HTML5 Autoplay (Reloaded)
    which worked well on Chrome browsers..

    However I cannot find the "reloaded" extension for Firefox.

    I did go into Firefox about:config and saw an item
    "media.autoplay.default" . The value was set to 5 for some reason.

    Can someone advise if this can be altered to achieve what I want or is
    their another extension ?

    Thanks.

    Michael

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  • From EnDeeGee@21:1/5 to Michael on Mon Feb 22 15:11:31 2021
    On 22-Feb.-2021 14:35, Michael wrote:
    I want to stop automatic playback of all videos on webpages . With
    Chrome there is an extension called "Disable HTML5 Autoplay (Reloaded)
    which worked well on Chrome browsers..

    However I cannot find the "reloaded" extension for Firefox.

    I did go into Firefox about:config and saw an item
    "media.autoplay.default" . The value was set to 5 for some reason.

    Can someone advise if this can be altered to achieve what I want or is
    their another extension ?

    Thanks.

    Michael

    Is this what you are looking for?
    Disable HTML5 Autoplay

    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/disable-autoplay/

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  • From EnDeeGee@21:1/5 to EnDeeGee on Mon Feb 22 15:25:22 2021
    On 22-Feb.-2021 15:11, EnDeeGee wrote:
    On 22-Feb.-2021 14:35, Michael wrote:
    I want to stop automatic playback of all videos on webpages . With
    Chrome there is an extension called "Disable HTML5 Autoplay (Reloaded)
    which worked well on Chrome browsers..

    However I cannot find the "reloaded" extension for Firefox.

    I did go into Firefox about:config and saw an item
    "media.autoplay.default" . The value was set to 5 for some reason.

    Can someone advise if this can be altered to achieve what I want or is
    their another extension ?

    Thanks.

    Michael

    Is this what you are looking for?
    Disable HTML5 Autoplay

    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/disable-autoplay/

    Forgot to mentions that when you go to options you have the same as the
    Chrome reloaded.

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  • From =?UTF-8?B?8J+YiSBHb29kIEd1eSDwn5iJ?@21:1/5 to Michael on Mon Feb 22 21:22:03 2021
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    On 22/02/2021 19:35, Michael wrote:
    I want to stop automatic playback of all videos on webpages . With
    Chrome there is an extension called "Disable HTML5 Autoplay (Reloaded)
    which worked well on Chrome browsers..

    However I cannot find the "reloaded" extension for Firefox.

    I did go into Firefox about:config and saw an item
    "media.autoplay.default" . The value was set to 5 for some reason.

    Can someone advise if this can be altered to achieve what I want or is
    their another extension ?

    Thanks.

    Michael


    <https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/stop-video-autoplay/>

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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 22/02/2021 19:35, Michael wrote:<br>
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    <blockquote type="cite"
    cite="mid:mailman.93.1614022519.1078.support-firefox@lists.mozilla.org">I
    want to stop automatic playback of all videos on webpages . With
    Chrome there is an extension called "Disable HTML5 Autoplay
    (Reloaded) which worked well on Chrome browsers..
    <br>
    <br>
    However I cannot find the "reloaded" extension for Firefox.
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    I did go into Firefox <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="about:config">about:config</a> and saw an item
    "media.autoplay.default" . The value was set to 5 for some reason.
    <br>
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    Can someone advise if this can be altered to achieve what I want
    or is their another extension ?
    <br>
    <br>
    Thanks.
    <br>
    <br>
    Michael
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    <p><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/stop-video-autoplay/">&lt;https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/stop-video-autoplay/&gt;</a><br>
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  • From Andrei Z.@21:1/5 to Michael on Tue Feb 23 09:49:55 2021
    Michael wrote:
    I want to stop automatic playback of all videos on webpages . With
    Chrome there is an extension called "Disable HTML5 Autoplay (Reloaded)
    which worked well on Chrome browsers..

    However I cannot find the "reloaded" extension for Firefox.

    I did go into Firefox about:config and saw an item
    "media.autoplay.default" . The value was set to 5 for some reason.

    Can someone advise if this can be altered to achieve what I want or is
    their another extension ?

    Thanks.

    Michael

    Allow or block media autoplay in Firefox - Firefox Help

    https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/block-autoplay

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  • From Michael@21:1/5 to Andrei Z. on Tue Feb 23 10:10:34 2021
    On 23/02/2021 06:49, Andrei Z. wrote:
    Michael wrote:
    I want to stop automatic playback of all videos on webpages . With
    Chrome there is an extension called "Disable HTML5 Autoplay (Reloaded)
    which worked well on Chrome browsers..

    However I cannot find the "reloaded" extension for Firefox.

    I did go into Firefox about:config and saw an item
    "media.autoplay.default" . The value was set to 5 for some reason.

    Can someone advise if this can be altered to achieve what I want or is
    their another extension ?

    Thanks.

    Michael

    Allow or block media autoplay in Firefox - Firefox Help

    https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/block-autoplay

    Thanks for replying but I have already been through the block
    audio/video settings in Firefox and have them set to block, but I have
    limited success with it.

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  • From Andrei Z.@21:1/5 to Michael on Tue Feb 23 14:05:18 2021
    Michael wrote:
    On 23/02/2021 06:49, Andrei Z. wrote:
    Michael wrote:
    I want to stop automatic playback of all videos on webpages . With
    Chrome there is an extension called "Disable HTML5 Autoplay
    (Reloaded) which worked well on Chrome browsers..

    However I cannot find the "reloaded" extension for Firefox.

    I did go into Firefox about:config and saw an item
    "media.autoplay.default" . The value was set to 5 for some reason.

    Can someone advise if this can be altered to achieve what I want or
    is their another extension ?

    Thanks.

    Michael

    Allow or block media autoplay in Firefox - Firefox Help

    https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/block-autoplay

    Thanks for replying but I have already been through the block
    audio/video settings in Firefox and have them set to block, but I have limited success with it.

    From https://www.ghacks.net/2019/06/18/block-autoplaying-video-and-audio-in-firefox-69-natively/

    Starting in Firefox 69, about:config parameters changed in regards to
    Firefox's autoplay blocking behavior.

    media.autoplay.default
    • Value 5: Block audio and video
    • Value 1: Block audio
    • Value 0: allow

    media.autoplay.block-webaudio
    • Value True: Block
    • Value False: Allow

    media.autoplay.enabled.user-gestures-needed
    • Value True: Require user interaction
    • Value False: Don't require user interaction

    Removed:
    • media.autoplay.enabled
    • media.autoplay.allow-muted

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  • From Michael@21:1/5 to EnDeeGee on Tue Feb 23 10:19:30 2021
    On 22/02/2021 20:25, EnDeeGee wrote:
    On 22-Feb.-2021 15:11, EnDeeGee wrote:
    On 22-Feb.-2021 14:35, Michael wrote:
    I want to stop automatic playback of all videos on webpages . With
    Chrome there is an extension called "Disable HTML5 Autoplay
    (Reloaded) which worked well on Chrome browsers..

    However I cannot find the "reloaded" extension for Firefox.

    I did go into Firefox about:config and saw an item
    "media.autoplay.default" . The value was set to 5 for some reason.

    Can someone advise if this can be altered to achieve what I want or
    is their another extension ?

    Thanks.

    Michael

    Is this what you are looking for?
    Disable HTML5 Autoplay

    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/disable-autoplay/

    Forgot to mentions that when you go to options you have the same as the Chrome reloaded.

    Thanks for your reply. Looking at the reviews for the extension I cannot
    instal it based on the reviews many people have left.

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  • From EnDeeGee@21:1/5 to Michael on Tue Feb 23 08:08:26 2021
    On 23-Feb.-2021 05:19, Michael wrote:
    On 22/02/2021 20:25, EnDeeGee wrote:
    On 22-Feb.-2021 15:11, EnDeeGee wrote:
    On 22-Feb.-2021 14:35, Michael wrote:
    I want to stop automatic playback of all videos on webpages . With
    Chrome there is an extension called "Disable HTML5 Autoplay
    (Reloaded) which worked well on Chrome browsers..

    However I cannot find the "reloaded" extension for Firefox.

    I did go into Firefox about:config and saw an item
    "media.autoplay.default" . The value was set to 5 for some reason.

    Can someone advise if this can be altered to achieve what I want or
    is their another extension ?

    Thanks.

    Michael

    Is this what you are looking for?
    Disable HTML5 Autoplay

    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/disable-autoplay/

    Forgot to mentions that when you go to options you have the same as
    the Chrome reloaded.

    Thanks for your reply. Looking at the reviews for the extension I cannot instal it based on the reviews many people have left.

    You trust "Reviews"? The only review I trust is my own because reviews
    are mostly BS.
    It has exactly the same options has the Chrome extension.
    As they say to "each is own".

    Personally I don't even look at reviews. First I install an extension to
    try and if I don't like the way it works I remove it.
    What's good for the Goose is not always good for the Gander. :-)

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