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can i keep firefox from auto playing music and videos when i open a page?

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jasonkramer
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it is very annoying to open several new tabs in firefox 5 and have to go through each tab to ensure that the video or audio on the page is not playing. is there a way to prevent firefox 5 from auto playing video and audio?

it is very annoying to open several new tabs in firefox 5 and have to go through each tab to ensure that the video or audio on the page is not playing. is there a way to prevent firefox 5 from auto playing video and audio?

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Hasan
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you can use this add-on to block whatever content on a site you don't want to see:

Adblock Plus 1.3.9

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/

Check and tell if its working.