Videos autoplaying when previewed

[Cruz, Jaime]

Okay, this is just plain OBNOXIOUS. Just got an E-Mail from Norwegian
Cruise Lines that contained an embedded video, and as soon as the
preview window loaded it started to play. This is annoying at home but
it will be especially vile in an office cubicle environment. I looked
for an option to turn off "Auto Play" in "Preferences" but I couldn't
find anything. Is there a hidden option somewhere that I can disable
this nonsense??

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[Sjouke Burry]

On 08.03.21 15:45, Cruz, Jaime wrote:
> Okay, this is just plain OBNOXIOUS. Just got an E-Mail from Norwegian
> Cruise Lines that contained an embedded video, and as soon as the
> preview window loaded it started to play. This is annoying at home but
> it will be especially vile in an office cubicle environment. I looked
> for an option to turn off "Auto Play" in "Preferences" but I couldn't
> find anything. Is there a hidden option somewhere that I can disable
> this nonsense??
>

Dont use html viewing?

[Nobody]

On Mon, 8 Mar 2021 09:45:34 -0500, "Cruz, Jaime" <Spam...@Bite.Me>
wrote:

>Okay, this is just plain OBNOXIOUS. Just got an E-Mail from Norwegian
>Cruise Lines that contained an embedded video, and as soon as the
>preview window loaded it started to play. This is annoying at home but
>it will be especially vile in an office cubicle environment. I looked
>for an option to turn off "Auto Play" in "Preferences" but I couldn't
>find anything. Is there a hidden option somewhere that I can disable
>this nonsense??

What version of TB?

Win 10 TB 78.8.0 and it doesn't happen for me.

Tools = Options = General = scroll w-a-y down to about:config. Say
pretty please... and search on 'autoplay'.

For me, 'media.autoplay.enabled' is set by default as 'false'.

[Cruz, Jaime]

I have the same version of Thunderbird on Linux. When I select "Tools,"
however, I do not see an "Options" selection... I see "Developer
Options" but there is no "General" selection there.

[Wolf K]

On 2021-03-08 09:45, Cruz, Jaime wrote:
> Okay, this is just plain OBNOXIOUS.  Just got an E-Mail from Norwegian
> Cruise Lines that contained an embedded video, and as soon as the
> preview window loaded it started to play.  This is annoying at home but
> it will be especially vile in an office cubicle environment.  I looked
> for an option to turn off "Auto Play" in "Preferences" but I couldn't
> find anything.  Is there a hidden option somewhere that I can disable
> this nonsense??
>

Tools - Options - Advanced - Config Editor - search for autoplay.

The default setting allow autoplay.

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Wolf K
"You know, doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is
right." Lyndon B. Johnson

[😉 Good Guy 😉]

On 08/03/2021 14:45, Cruz, Jaime wrote:

Okay, this is just plain OBNOXIOUS.  Just got an E-Mail from Norwegian Cruise Lines that contained an embedded video, and as soon as the preview window loaded it started to play.  This is annoying at home but it will be especially vile in an office cubicle environment.  I looked for an option to turn off "Auto Play" in "Preferences" but I couldn't find anything.  Is there a hidden option somewhere that I can disable this nonsense??

Try settings button in this picture and make sure you have the default set to block audio and video.

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[John Weiss]

On 03/08/21 10:28, Cruz, Jaime wrote:
>>
>> Tools = Options = General = scroll w-a-y down to about:config.  Say
>> pretty please... and search on 'autoplay'.
>>
>> For me, 'media.autoplay.enabled' is set by default as 'false'.
>>
> I have the same version of Thunderbird on Linux.  When I select "Tools,"
> however, I do not see an "Options" selection...  I see "Developer
> Options" but there is no "General" selection there.

In my v78 for Win, "Options" is 3 lines below "Developer Tools" in the
Tools menu.

["\"Re...@home.com]

On my Mac (OP has Linux) it's at Preferences > Advanced > Config Editor
(at bottom right of panel)

[Cruz, Jaime]

Okay, found it... and media.autoplay.enabled was set to "False"

I also see:
dom.media.autoplay.autoplay-policy-api --> false
media.autoplay.allow-extentionbackground -- true
media.autoplay.block-event.enabled --> false
media.autoplay.block-webaudio --> true (changed from false)
media.autoplay.blocking_policy --> integer 0
media.autoplay.default --> integer 0
media.autoplay.enabled --> false

[Chris Ramsden]

On Mon, 2021-03-08 at 13:28 -0500, Cruz, Jaime wrote:

> > >
> > I have the same version of Thunderbird on Linux. When I select "Tools,"
> > however, I do not see an "Options" selection... I see "Developer
> > Options" but there is no "General" selection there.
> >
>

Try Edit|Preferences

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Menu_differences

--
Chris

[Millwood]

For what it's worth my Firefox settings are:

dom.media.autoplay.autoplay-policy-api false
media.autoplay.allow-extension-background-pages false
media.autoplay.block-event.enabled true
media.autoplay.block-webaudio true
media.autoplay.blocking_policy 0
media.autoplay.default 5
media.autoplay.enabled false
services.sync.prefs.sync.media.autoplay.default true

[WaltS48]

On 3/8/21 1:00 PM, 😉 Good Guy 😉 wrote:
> On 08/03/2021 14:45, Cruz, Jaime wrote:
>> Okay, this is just plain OBNOXIOUS.  Just got an E-Mail from
>> Norwegian Cruise Lines that contained an embedded video, and as soon
>> as the preview window loaded it started to play.  This is annoying at
>> home but it will be especially vile in an office cubicle
>> environment.  I looked for an option to turn off "Auto Play" in
>> "Preferences" but I couldn't find anything.  Is there a hidden option
>> somewhere that I can disable this nonsense??
>>
> Try settings button in this picture and make sure you have the default
> set to block audio and video.
>

> [ Block media ] <https://i.imgur.com/otGZM3s.png>
>
Doesn't look like any Thunderbird preferences I've used.

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[😉 Good Guy 😉]

On 08/03/2021 20:41, WaltS48 wrote:

On 3/8/21 1:00 PM, 😉 Good Guy 😉 wrote:

On 08/03/2021 14:45, Cruz, Jaime wrote:

Okay, this is just plain OBNOXIOUS.  Just got an E-Mail from Norwegian Cruise Lines that contained an embedded video, and as soon as the preview window loaded it started to play.  This is annoying at home but it will be especially vile in an office cubicle environment.  I looked for an option to turn off "Auto Play" in "Preferences" but I couldn't find anything.  Is there a hidden option somewhere that I can disable this nonsense??

Try settings button in this picture and make sure you have the default set to block audio and video.

[ Block media ] <https://i.imgur.com/otGZM3s.png>

Doesn't look like any Thunderbird preferences I've used.

I assumed he was asking about FF but it looks like you may be right.  The image is from FF

I don't have TB playing videos so what am I missing?  Do you get TB playing videos?

[BillH]

On 3/8/2021 12:41 PM, WaltS48 wrote:
> On 3/8/21 1:00 PM, 😉 Good Guy 😉 wrote:
>> On 08/03/2021 14:45, Cruz, Jaime wrote:
>>> Okay, this is just plain OBNOXIOUS.  Just got an E-Mail from
>>> Norwegian Cruise Lines that contained an embedded video, and as soon
>>> as the preview window loaded it started to play.  This is annoying at
>>> home but it will be especially vile in an office cubicle
>>> environment.  I looked for an option to turn off "Auto Play" in
>>> "Preferences" but I couldn't find anything.  Is there a hidden option
>>> somewhere that I can disable this nonsense??
>>>
>> Try settings button in this picture and make sure you have the default
>> set to block audio and video.
>>
>> [ Block media ] <https://i.imgur.com/otGZM3s.png>
>>
> Doesn't look like any Thunderbird preferences I've used.
>

These look like Firefox settings, not Thunderbird settings.

Bill

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[Frank-Rainer Grahl]

WaltS48 wrote:
> On 3/8/21 1:00 PM, 😉 Good Guy 😉 wrote:
>> On 08/03/2021 14:45, Cruz, Jaime wrote:
>>> Okay, this is just plain OBNOXIOUS.  Just got an E-Mail from Norwegian
>>> Cruise Lines that contained an embedded video, and as soon as the preview
>>> window loaded it started to play.  This is annoying at home but it will be
>>> especially vile in an office cubicle environment.  I looked for an option
>>> to turn off "Auto Play" in "Preferences" but I couldn't find anything.  Is
>>> there a hidden option somewhere that I can disable this nonsense??
>>>
>> Try settings button in this picture and make sure you have the default set
>> to block audio and video.
>>
>> [ Block media ] <https://i.imgur.com/otGZM3s.png>
>>
> Doesn't look like any Thunderbird preferences I've used.
>

media.autoplay.enabled is gone from later releases. I think there was no
direct replacement but can be wrong.
Still set here but dead code.
https://searchfox.org/comm-esr78/source/mail/app/profile/all-thunderbird.js#566


FRG

[WaltS48]

On 3/8/21 4:14 PM, 😉 Good Guy 😉 wrote:
> On 08/03/2021 20:41, WaltS48 wrote:
>> On 3/8/21 1:00 PM, 😉 Good Guy 😉 wrote:
>>> On 08/03/2021 14:45, Cruz, Jaime wrote:
>>>> Okay, this is just plain OBNOXIOUS. Just got an E-Mail from
>>>> Norwegian Cruise Lines that contained an embedded video, and as
>>>> soon as the preview window loaded it started to play.  This is
>>>> annoying at home but it will be especially vile in an office
>>>> cubicle environment.  I looked for an option to turn off "Auto
>>>> Play" in "Preferences" but I couldn't find anything.  Is there a
>>>> hidden option somewhere that I can disable this nonsense??
>>>>
>>> Try settings button in this picture and make sure you have the
>>> default set to block audio and video.
>>>
>>> [ Block media ] <https://i.imgur.com/otGZM3s.png>
>>>
>> Doesn't look like any Thunderbird preferences I've used.
>>
> I assumed he was asking about FF but it looks like you may be right. 
> The image is from FF
>
> I don't have TB playing videos so what am I missing?  Do you get TB
> playing videos?
>
>

I would be happy to try with the offending email from Norwegian Cruise
Lines, but I never get any from them.

[Cruz, Jaime]

I would be happy to forward it to you if you provided a valid E-Mail
address for me to send it to...

[Nobody]

On Mon, 8 Mar 2021 18:00:26 +0000, ? Good Guy ? <Hello...@aim.com>
wrote:

>On 08/03/2021 14:45, Cruz, Jaime wrote:
>> Okay, this is just plain OBNOXIOUS.  Just got an E-Mail from Norwegian
>> Cruise Lines that contained an embedded video, and as soon as the
>> preview window loaded it started to play.  This is annoying at home
>> but it will be especially vile in an office cubicle environment.  I
>> looked for an option to turn off "Auto Play" in "Preferences" but I
>> couldn't find anything.  Is there a hidden option somewhere that I can
>> disable this nonsense??
>>
>Try settings button in this picture and make sure you have the default
>set to block audio and video.
>

>[ Block media ] <https://i.imgur.com/otGZM3s.png>


Huh? In what operating system/TB version do you have to generate that
pitcher?

I "think" you'll find those are the settings/controls for FIREFOX, not
TB.

[Nobody]

On Mon, 8 Mar 2021 13:28:10 -0500, "Cruz, Jaime" <Spam...@Bite.Me>

wrote:

>On 3/8/21 11:20 AM, Nobody wrote:
>> On Mon, 8 Mar 2021 09:45:34 -0500, "Cruz, Jaime" <Spam...@Bite.Me>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Okay, this is just plain OBNOXIOUS. Just got an E-Mail from Norwegian
>>> Cruise Lines that contained an embedded video, and as soon as the
>>> preview window loaded it started to play. This is annoying at home but
>>> it will be especially vile in an office cubicle environment. I looked
>>> for an option to turn off "Auto Play" in "Preferences" but I couldn't
>>> find anything. Is there a hidden option somewhere that I can disable
>>> this nonsense??
>>
>> What version of TB?
>>
>> Win 10 TB 78.8.0 and it doesn't happen for me.
>>
>> Tools = Options = General = scroll w-a-y down to about:config. Say
>> pretty please... and search on 'autoplay'.
>>
>> For me, 'media.autoplay.enabled' is set by default as 'false'.
>>
>I have the same version of Thunderbird on Linux. When I select "Tools,"
>however, I do not see an "Options" selection... I see "Developer
>Options" but there is no "General" selection there.

<mumble><mumble> Which is why I've lurned to identify my opsys...

[Cruz, Jaime]

Figured you guys were sharp enough to check my message headers...