Re: Firefox update breaks media autoplay setting

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From	not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev)
Subject	Re: Firefox update breaks media autoplay setting
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
References	<slrnvgmhev.ovc.spamtrap42@one.localnet>
Date	2024-10-14 06:19 +1000
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Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> wrote:
> Even with that, YouTube ads play without warning.
> 
> Are there any known workarounds (other than switching to another
> browser?)

On the system I usually run Firefox on (not Devuan), I don't have
the libavcodec library it uses for video playback installed, so it
_can't_ play videos at all. I also don't let youtube.com through
NoScript at all, and download everything I want to watch for
viewing in a separate program. Since youtube.com stopped showing
anything at all without Javascript I've been using Invidious
instances for searching and reading descriptions. www.genyt.net is
another "front-end" that works without Javscript. Some others here:

https://codeberg.org/skynet2982/awesome-alternative-front-ends#user-content-youtube

I'm sure there are ways to hide libavcodec from Firefox while still
keeping it installed for other software, but I'm not sure what
would be the easiest one. I never got around to doing that in
Devuan myself. I guess you're probably not willing to sacrifice all
in-browser video playback anyway, though maybe switching to one of
those front-ends or separate "apps" might be good enough.

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