(In reply to Jani Uusitalo from comment #6)
> ### Steps to reproduce
>
> 1. Open about:config
> 2. Search for autoplay in the settings
> 3. Set `media.autoplay.default` to `1` ("Block Audio", which is the default)
> 4. Set `media.autoplay.blocking_policy` to `2`
> 5. Open a Twitch VOD, for instance https://www.twitch.tv/videos/280106033
> 6. Try to unmute the video (either by clicking Twitch player's speaker
> control button, or by dragging the accompanying volume slider)
>
> ### What I expect to happen
> For the audio to be unmuted.
>
> ### What happens instead
> The audio remains muted, and the volume control/indicator remains in the
> muted position.
>
> ---
>
> I'm unmotivated to report this to Twitch, as I'm unsure about the precise
> meaning of `media.autoplay.blocking_policy`, and I currently don't use the
> non-working value for it myself. Feel free to downprioritize this as you see
> fit, unless the original reporter is still affected. Here's [my downstream
> report over at
> Launchpad](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1874808)
> though, just for reference. (I'll update it too.)
Still suffering from this issue 4+ years later.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1874808
Title:
Twitch video can not be unmuted when media.autoplay.blocking_policy=2,
media.autoplay.default=1
Status in Mozilla Firefox:
Confirmed
Status in firefox package in Ubuntu:
Won't Fix
Bug description:
With `media.autoplay.blocking_policy` set to 2 and
`media.autoplay.default` set to 1 (block audio, which is the default),
a Twitch video can not be unmuted.
== Steps to reproduce ==
1. Open about:config
2. Search for autoplay in the settings
3. Set media.autoplay.default to 1 ("Block Audio", which is the default)
4. Set media.autoplay.blocking_policy to 2
5. Open a Twitch VOD, for instance https://www.twitch.tv/videos/280106033
6. Try to unmute the video (either by clicking Twitch player's speaker
control button, or by dragging the accompanying volume slider)
== What I expect to happen ==
For the audio to be unmuted.
== What happens instead ==
The audio remains muted, and the volume control/indicator remains in the
muted position.
== Other info ==
This is present in Firefox 88. I tried to update the versions info below
using apport-collect, but it failed.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: firefox 75.0+build3-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-26.30-generic 5.4.30
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-26-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
BuildID: 20200403170909
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Apr 24 16:33:46 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-10-13 (1289 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64
(20160719)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-256color
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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ProblemType: Bug
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.16
Architecture: amd64
BuildID: 20210415204500
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-11-30 (148 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731)
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
Package: firefox 88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-50.56~20.04.1-generic 5.8.18
Tags: focal wayland-session
Uname: Linux 5.8.0-50-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare ssh sudo vboxusers
_MarkForUpload: True
modified.conffile..etc.default.apport: [modified]
mtime.conffile..etc.default.apport: 2020-11-30T20:24:48.587084
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