On Wednesday, July 4, 2018 at 6:05:33 PM UTC-5, WaltS48 wrote: > On 7/4/18 6:44 PM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: > > WaltS48 wrote: > > > >> On 7/4/18 6:04 PM, Andy K wrote: > >>> When I go to some sites, the volume is muted on videos on the site. > >>> > >>> I have to manually unmute it. > >>> > >>> Is there a fix? > >>> > >>> Thanks. > >>> > >> > >> Some sites automatically mute audio because it is disturbing to users > >> who then ask "How can I stop the video from playing". > >> > >> Also known as sites are finally getting a clue. > >> > >> The fix is to manually unmute it. > > > > The best solution would be not to autoplay, but websites don't seem to > > see that as desirable. Anyone know an SM setting to reject autoplays? > > > > My personal pet peeve is the news sites that have the good sense not to > > autoplay vids embedded in their articles, but if you do start one, it > > automatically rolls over at the end to a completely unrelated video, > > which you then have to stop. > > > > > A solution is in the works. > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mozilla.dev.platform/39Q3fW3zl1E/MDjdhensBwAJ> > > Not sure if SeaMonkey users will ever get it. > > -- > CPU: 3.2 Ghz AMD Athlon(tm) II X3 455 Processor > RAM: 8 GiB > Graphics: GeForce GT 630/PCIe/SSE2 > OS: Ubuntu Linux 16.04LTS - Unity Desktop
Disable autoplay on Firefox or Seamonkey Go to this page — about:config. In the search box, type autoplay. Toggle media.autoplay.enabled to false. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
