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How do I prevent flash videos from automatically playing?

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Whenever I open a new link to youtube, collegehumor, various tv websites, etc. firefox always automatically starts playing the video even before i even look at that tab. Sometimes when firefox freezes I have a few video tabs open and when it starts back up, a few videos start playing at once.

Is there a way to turn this off? I'd like to manually control when these videos play.

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http://youtube.com

Whenever I open a new link to youtube, collegehumor, various tv websites, etc. firefox always automatically starts playing the video even before i even look at that tab. Sometimes when firefox freezes I have a few video tabs open and when it starts back up, a few videos start playing at once. Is there a way to turn this off? I'd like to manually control when these videos play. == URL of affected sites == http://youtube.com

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Using Flashblock solves that.