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How can I keep media working in one tab when I open a new tab?

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I would like to listen to music on my android device in one tab & also brouse using other tabs. Currently if I am litening to say Youtube in one tab & open another tab the media stops playing. Is there a way to prevent this happening. Many thanks in advance.

I would like to listen to music on my android device in one tab & also brouse using other tabs. Currently if I am litening to say Youtube in one tab & open another tab the media stops playing. Is there a way to prevent this happening. Many thanks in advance.

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This is caused by YouTube. You can work around their restriction with the Video Background Play Fix extension.

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This is caused by YouTube. You can work around their restriction with the Video Background Play Fix extension.

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Hi kbrosnan

Thanks for your reply I have added the fix extension as sugested & yes it works fine just as i hoped. Thats brilliant thanks again.

stu120