On Friday, 17 October 2025 17:40:32 British Summer Time Michael wrote: > On Friday, 17 October 2025 17:36:31 British Summer Time Dale wrote: > > Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > On Friday, 17 October 2025 17:02:58 British Summer Time Peter Humphrey > > wrote: > > >> On Friday, 17 October 2025 16:35:51 British Summer Time Michael wrote: > > >>> Shall I assume from what you wrote your problem is now resolved, or > > >>> are > > >>> you > > >>> still unable to hear any sound? > > >> > > >> No, sorry. It plays on its own, but not in a Firefox reel. > > > > > > In fact, other Facebook video clips, not in a reel, don't play sound > > > either. > > > > If the sound hasn't worked before either, like this is a new build or > > something, I'd look for some sound program, that you may not know is > > even installed, and check for Firefox being muted. I've ran into this > > more than a few times. Everything defaults to mute. When I built this > > new rig, I ran into the same thing. Software that I never use had to be > > unmuted. Some are not so easy to find either. One was console based. > > I tend to set ones I don't use to a setting that works for everything > > then close them, hoping they stay unmuted and set. > > > > It may be something else but it sure sounds like, or doesn't sound like > > depending on how you want to view it, that Firefox is muted. Than > > again, maybe Facebook just doesn't like Firefox. ROFL > > > > Dale > > > > :-) :-) > > This shouldn't be the cause, because Peter is able to play other video+audio > with Firefox. Clearly this is some interaction with Facebook's pages. I'm > not the best person to advise about this problem because I don't use > Facebook at all. I had to borrow another machine to try it out. > > All I can think is to play with the Autoplay settings we discussed already > and see if unblocking the Facebook website helps.
Or check the Facebook user settings to see if there is something to activate sound related on-screen tools so you can unmute specific videos.
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