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I was hoping to see this pushed out by default because I agree that it's the best 'new' feature I've found in the browser in some time. You can change it in abo

by NamTaf 8y ago

I was hoping to see this pushed out by default because I agree that it's the best 'new' feature I've found in the browser in some time. You can change it in about:config, searching for 'media.autoplay'. I've changed the following: 1) Set 'ask permission' to true 2) Set 'block webaudio' to true 3) Set default to 2, which is 'ask per domain'. As I understand, the default of 0 is 'autoplay', 1 is 'block' and 2 is 'ask' but your favourite search engine of choice can provide clarification on this and the other settings. 2 will cause a pop-up beside the URL bar, like with password save popups, letting you accept or block and with a checkbox to set it permanent.

vezycash 8y ago
Why don't they write it as Block, Ask, Allow? Much easier this way.
- andy_ppp 8y ago
  I’m sure pull requests or bug reports are welcome from Mozilla if you feel strongly about it.
- NamTaf 8y ago
  Apparently, setting both “ask-permission” and “enabled.user-gestures-needed” to true then enables a setting in the privacy area of settings to have a dropdown box with these options. I’m guessing it maps to the 0/1/2 setting I mentioned earlier https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1238033 https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1238033
  - joveian 8y ago
    Thanks! I also found this page with a bit more info on the settings: https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/FirefoxMediaAutoplaySettingsII?showcomments https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/FirefoxMediaAut... I changed all the media.autoplay settings from the default except block-event.enabled, with default set to 1. With that it seems to do what I want. I'm not sure if the strange media.block-autoplay-until-in-foreground behavior described in the comment is still happening but I set that to false also.
m-watson 8y ago
Thank you for this, this makes me happy. I always forget to occasionally explore the about:config after a few updates.
strict9 8y ago
Thank you! Switched to Firefox from Chrome a month ago and my only regret was not being able to control autoplay audio.

by NamTaf 8y ago

vezycash 8y ago

Why don't they write it as Block, Ask, Allow? Much easier this way.

andy_ppp 8y ago
I’m sure pull requests or bug reports are welcome from Mozilla if you feel strongly about it.
NamTaf 8y ago
Apparently, setting both “ask-permission” and “enabled.user-gestures-needed” to true then enables a setting in the privacy area of settings to have a dropdown box with these options. I’m guessing it maps to the 0/1/2 setting I mentioned earlier https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1238033 https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1238033
- joveian 8y ago
  Thanks! I also found this page with a bit more info on the settings: https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/FirefoxMediaAutoplaySettingsII?showcomments https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/FirefoxMediaAut... I changed all the media.autoplay settings from the default except block-event.enabled, with default set to 1. With that it seems to do what I want. I'm not sure if the strange media.block-autoplay-until-in-foreground behavior described in the comment is still happening but I set that to false also.

m-watson 8y ago

Thank you for this, this makes me happy. I always forget to occasionally explore the about:config after a few updates.

strict9 8y ago

Thank you! Switched to Firefox from Chrome a month ago and my only regret was not being able to control autoplay audio.