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On a tangent. I used to be able play youtube videos on firefox on my old android phone with the screen turned off. It was some setting in firefox that I can't s
by stormdennis 4y ago
On a tangent. I used to be able play youtube videos on firefox on my old android phone with the screen turned off. It was some setting in firefox that I can't seem to remember or else is no longer there.
It was great because you could listen to a long lecture while walking using up less battery and even more importantly, not inadvertently clicking on something on screen.
Anyone have any ideas if it's still possible?
- iamsmooney 4y agoI think in the Android app that's only a feature for some videos if you have Premium. Never tried it in the browser.
- clircle 4y agoThis works fine in Brave using a feature called 'brave playlist' (or something like that)
- Dx5IQ 4y agoYou can use this Android add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-background-play-fix/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-backgro...
- blfr 4y agoIt's possible with 1. Youtube Vanced (deprecated but still works), 2. ReVanced (in development), 3. Brave mobile browser, 4. NewPipe (opensource, doesn't support most account-based features), 5. YouTube Premium and their regular app.
- Toorkit 4y agoLast time I tried this (a few weeks ago), the procedure turned out to be: 1. play video 2. turn off screen 3. video stops, turn on screen 4. pull down the menu from the top, showing a firefox notification with a play button 5. click play 6. turn off screen again This is on Android 11, YMMV.
- vehemenz 4y agoThis is possible on iOS with the Vinegar extension. In case you are considering Apple or have family/friends with this problem too.
- onemoresoop 4y agoIt's also possible with invidious[0]. [0]: https://invidio.us/ https://invidio.us/