autoplay is not blocked

[Richmond]

This website seems to autoplay dispite being blocked.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-news-live-theresa-may-corbyn-pmqs-local-elections-second-referendum-a8894011.html

media.autoplay.allow-muted;false
media.autoplay.block-webaudio;true
media.autoplay.default;1

Firefox 66.0.3 (64-bit) Linux

[Chris Luck]

Yes, It does that for me too (also Firefox 66.0.3 (64-bit) Linux).

I applied the suggestion here:
https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/block-autoplay/

Click on the circled 'i' in the URL bar to allow you to block the
autoplay. The video continues to run until you manually stop it.

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Regards,
Chris Luck

[Richmond]

On 01/05/2019 15:51, Chris Luck wrote:
> Yes, It does that for me too (also Firefox 66.0.3 (64-bit) Linux).
>
> I applied the suggestion here:
> https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/block-autoplay/
>
> Click on the circled 'i' in the URL bar to allow you to block the
> autoplay.  The video continues to run until you manually stop it.
>

But it was already blocked. To the right of the i there is a > with a /
through it and a curved arrow around it, and the bubble help says "You
have blocked autoplay media with sound for this website".

[Richmond]

On 01/05/2019 14:45, Richmond wrote:

I just came across another example.

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/microsoft-365-to-offer-tighter-security-and-privacy-controls/

It played the first time, but not subsequently. It may be because I am
clicking on rss feed links from thunderbird.

[Mr. Man-wai Chang]

From an old post by jo...@soccer.com :


As you, I'm royally whatevered-off with the increasingly difficult
task of blocking all video autoplay.

After the earlier thread <Firefox 66 damaged...>, I've used a
combination of suggestions:

1. Installed the <Disable HTML5 Autoplay> extension

2. Modified <media.allow.autoplay-muted> to false

3. Modified <media.autoplay.block-webaudio> to true

4. Modified <media.autoplay.default> to '1' (I had tried '2' as
suggested but that didn't succeed for me)

5. Modified <media.autoplay.enabled> to false

6. Modified <media.autoplay.enabled.user-gesture-needed> to false
(for me that is especially effective against some news sites, though
to my way of thinking, it really should be true...)

7. Made sure that in <Options> <Privacy & Security> scrolled down to
<Permssions> and checked <Block websites from automatically playing
sound>

So far so good... though until I tried '6.' some were still sneaking
by!




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[John McGaw]

I'm clearly missing something here. I thought that the "autoplay" blocking
was there to block the sound, not everything. I can't seem to find anything
related to the latter. What am I missing?

[EE]

What about this setting:
media.autoplay.enabled set to false?

[Andrei Z.]

Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
>
> From an old post by jo...@soccer.com :
>
>
> As you, I'm royally whatevered-off with the increasingly difficult
> task of blocking all video autoplay.
>
> After the earlier thread <Firefox 66 damaged...>, I've used a
> combination of suggestions:
>
> 1.  Installed the <Disable HTML5 Autoplay> extension
>
> 2.  Modified <media.allow.autoplay-muted> to false
>
> 3.  Modified <media.autoplay.block-webaudio> to true
>
> 4.  Modified <media.autoplay.default> to '1'  (I had tried '2' as
> suggested but that didn't succeed for me)
>
> 5.  Modified <media.autoplay.enabled> to false
>
> 6.  Modified <media.autoplay.enabled.user-gesture-needed> to false
> (for me that is especially effective against some news sites, though
> to my way of thinking, it really should be true...)
>
> 7.  Made sure that in <Options> <Privacy & Security> scrolled down to
> <Permssions> and checked <Block websites from automatically playing
> sound>
>
> So far so good... though until I tried '6.' some were still sneaking
> by!
>
>
>
>

media.autoplay.default toggles between 0 and 1 when you toggle the
"Block websites from automatically playing sound" setting.

[Torsten Villnow]

Am 01.05.2019 um 23:11 schrieb John McGaw:
> I'm clearly missing something here. I thought that the "autoplay"
> blocking was there to block the sound, not everything. I can't seem to
> find anything related to the latter. What am I missing?

This is also my understanding - and sound is indeed disabled within the
before mentioned videos, but not the video itself. But this is in-line
with the related Firefox setting, which is about audio only.

--
Torsten Villnow

[Chris Luck]

On 01/05/2019 17:01, Richmond wrote:

/snip

>
> But it was already blocked. To the right of the i there is a > with a
> / through it and a curved arrow around it, and the bubble help says
> "You have blocked autoplay media with sound for this website".

Hmm, Curious. On that initial page I don't get the crossed-out circle
in the URL bar but it is there on your second specimen - it's the same
when I restart with add-ons disabled. Very odd.

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Regards,
Chris Luck

[Richmond]

It didn't stop sound for me.

[Richmond]

I don't have such a setting anymore, although it is still there on the
ESR version. I don't know when/at what version of ff it disappeared. Or
maybe you are suggesting I create it as new?

[Richmond]

On 02/05/2019 07:35, Torsten Villnow wrote:

[Richmond]

On 02/05/2019 07:35, Torsten Villnow wrote:

[WaltS48]

Have you cleared cookies for the sites?

I usually look in History, right click on the site and click "Forget
About This Site".

Do you have any exceptions for "Block websites from automatically
playing sound" in Preferences > Privacy & Security?

Is it enabled?

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[Torsten Villnow]

I just have started to work with a completely new Firefox profile, where
I haven't made changes to any of the settings mentioned before in this
thread. Therefore it obviously works for me ...

I would conclude that the reason for your issue could come from some
tweaks you might have applied to such settings, which now interfere with
the new Firefox setting to disable sound.

--
Torsten Villnow

[Richmond]

On 02/05/2019 20:59, WaltS48 wrote:
> On 5/2/19 12:44 PM, Richmond wrote:
>> On 02/05/2019 07:35, Torsten Villnow wrote:
>>> Am 01.05.2019 um 23:11 schrieb John McGaw:
>>>> I'm clearly missing something here. I thought that the "autoplay"
>>>> blocking was there to block the sound, not everything. I can't seem to
>>>> find anything related to the latter. What am I missing?
>>>
>>> This is also my understanding - and sound is indeed disabled within the
>>> before mentioned videos, but not the video itself. But this is in-line
>>> with the related Firefox setting, which is about audio only.
>>>
>>
>> It didn't stop sound for me.
>>
>
> Have you cleared cookies for the sites?

Yes, and cached data.

>
> I usually look in History, right click on the site and click "Forget
> About This Site".
>
> Do you have any exceptions for "Block websites from automatically
> playing sound" in Preferences > Privacy & Security?
>

No.

It just happened again on this site:

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-jeremy-corbyn-second-referendum-talks-tories-final-say-varoufakis-a8901306.html

It doesn't happen straight away. A little video scrolls down with sound.

[John McGaw]

It is silent for me

[WaltS48]

The video does autoplay, but there is no sound. That's the way it is
supposed to work.

I have no suggestions if you have tried both safe mode and a test
profile and those didn't work properly.