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Every time I visit a website that has autoplay video Firefox stops accepting input from my keyboard.

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childofatom
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I'm on a Mac, iOS 10.10.2 (Yosemite) using Firefox 46.0.1. The keyboard is a bluetooth keyboard.

After visiting a website where a video autoplays (most typically for me it is a news video linked through my RSS reader, inoreader) no matter where I attempt to do so, in the taskbar, in any input field on a website, the browser does not take input from the keyboard. The only fix I have found is quitting out of Firefox and reopening it.

Any ideas?

I'm on a Mac, iOS 10.10.2 (Yosemite) using Firefox 46.0.1. The keyboard is a bluetooth keyboard. After visiting a website where a video autoplays (most typically for me it is a news video linked through my RSS reader, inoreader) no matter where I attempt to do so, in the taskbar, in any input field on a website, the browser does not take input from the keyboard. The only fix I have found is quitting out of Firefox and reopening it. Any ideas?

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FredMcD
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Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web Link} by holding down the <Shift>
(Mac=Options) key, and then starting Firefox. A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Safe Mode (not Refresh).

Is the problem still there?

Separate Security Issue: Update your Adobe Reader Version 2015.016.20039 Note: Other Software is offered in the download.

childofatom
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Took me a bit to replicate the problem, turns out there is a step I hadn't realized to trigger it.

I now see that I have to click away from the page with the video on it to trigger the problem. If I visit a page that has autoload video on it everything is fine until I click on a link within that page that takes me away from the video, or close the page that contains the video.

But yes, the problems still exists in SafeMode.

cor-el
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Is the Shockwave Flash plugin used or the HTML5 media player to play the video when you have this issue?

You can check via the right-click context menu of the player area what kind of media player is used. A Flash based player shows a context menu with the Flash version.

childofatom
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This is what I see when I right click one of the videos that seems to be creating the problem.

FredMcD
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Look at the bottom left and you will see "Flash Player" and the version.

See if there are updates for your graphics drivers https://support.mozilla.org/kb/upgrade-graphics-drivers-use-hardware-acceleration