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You have to disable block auto-play and make sure media.autoplay.default = 0 Also make sure media.autoplay.allow-muted = true and media.autoplay ... Skiptomaincontent Switchlanguage Skiptosearch SearchSupport Search Home SupportForums Firefox enableautoplayvideosfornewtab Search QuestionTools Getemailupdates Getemailupdates whenanybodyreplies. whenasolutionisfound. Cancel Subscribetofeed Tags desktop Firefox66.0 other Windows10 QuestionDetails Product: Firefox Topic: Other SystemDetails: Windows10 Firefox66.0 Moresystemdetails AdditionalSystemDetails InstalledPlug-ins ShockwaveFlash32.0r0 Application UserAgent:Mozilla/5.0(WindowsNT10.0;Win64;x64;rv:66.0)Gecko/20100101Firefox/66.0 Seealso Firefoxcrasheswhilewatchingafilmonyoutube(plugin) howtogetFFtorememberbookmarkfolders FirefoxwillnotplaymoviesonYouTube,Netflix,orMywebsitethroughWeebly.com,butSafariplaysthemfine...whatamimissing? EnhancedTrackingProtectioninFirefoxfordesktop Controlaudioorvideoplaybackwithyourkeyboard FirefoxPageInfowindow Avoidsupportscams.Wewillneveraskyoutocallortextaphonenumberorsharepersonalinformation.Pleasereportsuspiciousactivityusingthe“ReportAbuse”option. LearnMore Thisthreadwasarchived. Pleaseaskanewquestionifyouneedhelp. enableautoplayvideosfornewtab 7 replies 1 hasthisproblem 1808 views Lastreplyby DeviantWolf 2yearsago DeviantWolf 5/17/19,9:05PM moreoptions Quote Itriedtoenablethebrowsertoplayvideosinnewtabsbyitselfbutitrefusesto.Ireadtochangethevalueofthemedia.autoplay.enabledbutididasearchforitintheabout:configwindow,butitdoesn'tshowthatitexists...anyhelpwouldbegrateful! Itriedtoenablethebrowsertoplayvideosinnewtabsbyitselfbutitrefusesto.Ireadtochangethevalueofthemedia.autoplay.enabledbutididasearchforitintheabout:configwindow,butitdoesn'tshowthatitexists...anyhelpwouldbegrateful! Chosensolution Inthatcase,youarelookingforthemedia.block-autoplay-until-in-foregroundpreference.Youwanttosetthattofalse. Readthisanswerincontext 👍1 AllReplies(7) WesleyBranton 5/17/19,9:22PM moreoptions Quote Thosearetheoldsteps.FirefoxjustrecentlyhadthatsettingaddedtotheFirefoxSettingspage.It'stheBlockwebsitesfromautomaticallyplayingsoundoption. Youcanalsoallow/blockautoplayonasite-by-sitebasisusingthewebsitepermissionsmenu. MoreinformationaboutthefeaturecanbefoundinAlloworblockmediaautoplayinFirefox. Hopethishelps. Thosearetheoldsteps.FirefoxjustrecentlyhadthatsettingaddedtotheFirefoxSettingspage.It'sthe'''Blockwebsitesfromautomaticallyplayingsound'''option. Youcanalsoallow/blockautoplayonasite-by-sitebasisusingthewebsitepermissionsmenu. Moreinformationaboutthefeaturecanbefoundin[[AlloworblockmediaautoplayinFirefox]]. Hopethishelps. cor-el Top10Contributor Moderator 5/17/19,9:28PM moreoptions Quote Themedia.autoplay.enabledprefisreplacedbyanIntegerprefnamedmedia.autoplay.default. media.autoplay.default=1[0:Allowed;1:Blocked2:Prompt] Twootherprefsavailableontheabout:configpage: media.autoplay.allow-muted media.autoplay.enabled.user-gestures-needed Themedia.autoplay.enabledprefisreplacedbyanIntegerprefnamedmedia.autoplay.default. *media.autoplay.default=1[0:Allowed;1:Blocked2:Prompt] Twootherprefsavailableontheabout:configpage: *media.autoplay.allow-muted *media.autoplay.enabled.user-gestures-needed DeviantWolf Questionowner 5/17/19,9:35PM moreoptions Quote WesleyBrantonsaid Thosearetheoldsteps.FirefoxjustrecentlyhadthatsettingaddedtotheFirefoxSettingspage.It'stheBlockwebsitesfromautomaticallyplayingsoundoption. Youcanalsoallow/blockautoplayonasite-by-sitebasisusingthewebsitepermissionsmenu. MoreinformationaboutthefeaturecanbefoundinAlloworblockmediaautoplayinFirefox. Hopethishelps. Itriedthatandunfortunatelythatdidn'twork.Whatitusedtodo,iwouldmiddleclickonavideosoitwouldopeninanewtab,andthenitwouldautoplay,butnowidothesamething,anditwon'tplayuntiliclickonthenewtab. ''WesleyBranton[[#answer-1223071|said]]''

Thosearetheoldsteps.FirefoxjustrecentlyhadthatsettingaddedtotheFirefoxSettingspage.It'sthe'''Blockwebsitesfromautomaticallyplayingsound'''option. Youcanalsoallow/blockautoplayonasite-by-sitebasisusingthewebsitepermissionsmenu. Moreinformationaboutthefeaturecanbefoundin[[AlloworblockmediaautoplayinFirefox]]. Hopethishelps.

Itriedthatandunfortunatelythatdidn'twork.Whatitusedtodo,iwouldmiddleclickonavideosoitwouldopeninanewtab,andthenitwouldautoplay,butnowidothesamething,anditwon'tplayuntiliclickonthenewtab. DeviantWolf Questionowner 5/17/19,9:38PM moreoptions Quote cor-elsaid Themedia.autoplay.enabledprefisreplacedbyanIntegerprefnamedmedia.autoplay.default. media.autoplay.default=1[0:Allowed;1:Blocked2:Prompt] Twootherprefsavailableontheabout:configpage: media.autoplay.allow-muted media.autoplay.enabled.user-gestures-needed lookedintoallthoseandstillnoluck ''cor-el[[#answer-1223073|said]]''

Themedia.autoplay.enabledprefisreplacedbyanIntegerprefnamedmedia.autoplay.default. *media.autoplay.default=1[0:Allowed;1:Blocked2:Prompt] Twootherprefsavailableontheabout:configpage: *media.autoplay.allow-muted *media.autoplay.enabled.user-gestures-needed

lookedintoallthoseandstillnoluck WesleyBranton 5/17/19,9:41PM moreoptions Quote ChosenSolution Inthatcase,youarelookingforthemedia.block-autoplay-until-in-foregroundpreference.Youwanttosetthattofalse. Inthatcase,youarelookingforthemedia.block-autoplay-until-in-foregroundpreference.Youwanttosetthattofalse. cor-el Top10Contributor Moderator 5/17/19,9:43PM moreoptions Quote Youhavetodisableblockauto-playandmakesuremedia.autoplay.default=0 Alsomakesuremedia.autoplay.allow-muted=trueandmedia.autoplay.enabled.user-gestures-needed=false Thatwouldworkifthewebsiteallowsautoplay. Ifthewebsitedoesn'tuseauto-playthenthesesettingdonothaveeffectasthisisonlyaboutwebsitesthatplayautomaticallyandyoudonotwantthis. Youhavetodisableblockauto-playandmakesuremedia.autoplay.default=0 Alsomakesuremedia.autoplay.allow-muted=trueandmedia.autoplay.enabled.user-gestures-needed=false Thatwouldworkifthewebsiteallowsautoplay. Ifthewebsitedoesn'tuseauto-playthenthesesettingdonothaveeffectasthisisonlyaboutwebsitesthatplayautomaticallyandyoudonotwantthis. DeviantWolf Questionowner 5/17/19,9:43PM moreoptions Quote WesleyBrantonsaid Inthatcase,youarelookingforthemedia.block-autoplay-until-in-foregroundpreference.Youwanttosetthattofalse. awesomework!thatdidit,iappreciatethehelpverymuch,Wesley. ''WesleyBranton[[#answer-1223079|said]]''

Inthatcase,youarelookingforthemedia.block-autoplay-until-in-foregroundpreference.Youwanttosetthattofalse.

awesomework!thatdidit,iappreciatethehelpverymuch,Wesley.