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How to re-enable embedded videos

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LemonLime
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A few years ago I did something to disable the display of videos due to all the annoying autoplaying--maybe it was a config setting. Now I need to figure out how to deactivate what I did to get these to display on page and just use the built in option to stop autoplay. Currently when I click the video link it opens in a new tab. The image shows an example of what I see with all videos. Even with addons disabled this behavior still persists.

A few years ago I did something to disable the display of videos due to all the annoying autoplaying--maybe it was a config setting. Now I need to figure out how to deactivate what I did to get these to display on page and just use the built in option to stop autoplay. Currently when I click the video link it opens in a new tab. The image shows an example of what I see with all videos. Even with addons disabled this behavior still persists.
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cor-el
cor-el
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You can check the Autoplay settings in "*Options/Preferences -> General -> Permissions". For the current tab, you can also look at "Tools -> Page Info -> Permissions".

You can look at these prefs on the the about:config page to see what settings work for you to block autoplay (you can consider to use opposite values).

  • media.autoplay.default = 5 [0:allow; 1:blockAudible; 2:Prompt; 5:blockAll]
  • media.autoplay.blocking_policy = 2 (you can try 0 and 1 for less blocking)
  • media.autoplay.allow-extension-background-pages = false
  • media.autoplay.block-event.enabled = true

You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can accept the warning and click "I accept the risk!" to continue.

LemonLime
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Thanks for the tips. None of these worked, but after doing some more digging, it appears this problem is caused by a setting in the uMatrix addon which I was unaware of.