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Firefox won't stop playing youtube music

StanLaurel
StanLaurel
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Firefox 38.0.5 OS X Yosemite 10.10.3

Played some music on youtube. Quit youtube, shut down. Come back 2 hours later start Firefox music still playing. That was yesterday. Since then I've disabled every extension and plug-in shut down the laptop completely and signed out of my youtube account. Open Firefox - Music still playing.

I'm getting ready to uninstall Firefox completely but I'm open to suggestions first.

Thanks

Firefox 38.0.5 OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 Played some music on youtube. Quit youtube, shut down. Come back 2 hours later start Firefox music still playing. That was yesterday. Since then I've disabled every extension and plug-in shut down the laptop completely and signed out of my youtube account. Open Firefox - Music still playing. I'm getting ready to uninstall Firefox completely but I'm open to suggestions first. Thanks

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The issue is actually with Shockwave Flash Player. Sometimes Flash Player stays running even after Firefox has been closed. I would try uninstalling flash player.

YouTube should work in HTML5 mode without flash player. I suggest trying out the web without flash player and then only install flash player if it seems like you really need it. These days most sites work fine without flash.

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Mark Schmidt
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The issue is actually with Shockwave Flash Player. Sometimes Flash Player stays running even after Firefox has been closed. I would try uninstalling flash player.

YouTube should work in HTML5 mode without flash player. I suggest trying out the web without flash player and then only install flash player if it seems like you really need it. These days most sites work fine without flash.