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Youtube video stops playing video when an app goes fullscreen

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Spot4nick
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Is there a setting I can change that allows tabs to stay loaded and playing audio and video even if they are in the background?

Is there a setting I can change that allows tabs to stay loaded and playing audio and video even if they are in the background?

Chosen solution

Change widget.windows.window_occlusion_tracking.enabled to false in about:config then restart the browser.

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zeroknight
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Chosen Solution

Change widget.windows.window_occlusion_tracking.enabled to false in about:config then restart the browser.