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Re: Permanently Mute Automatic Audio on Videos

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dillinger <dillinger@not.invalid> wrote in news:0aoukm-dnj.ln1@spock.lan:

> Op 12-08-2026 om 19:29 schreef Boris:
>> Firefox v. 149.0.2
>> 
>> If relevant, I have "Updates disabled by your organization" enabled.
>> 
>> Lately, whenever I launch a webpage, and a video add appears(for
>> Allstate Auto Insurance, for instance), or a news story, audio
>> automatically begins to play.  The only way I can turn the audio off is
>> to right-click on the browser tab and select Mute tab.  I have to do
>> this everytime such an add or video appears.
>> 
>> Is there a way to permanently disable this annoyance?
>> 
>> Thanks.
> 
> A URL would have been nice, but having said that, uBlock Origin blocks
> most of these annoyances, like for instance the popup videos on zdnet.

Thanks for the reply.  I would have provided a URL, but there were many,
didn't seem to matter what URL.  At any rate, I do have uBlockOrigin
enabled, but it didn't stop the annoyance.  I toggled uBlockOrigin on and
off many time, restarting Firefox each time, and now uBlockOrigin is doing
it's job. 

(I did have uBlockOrigin disabled a while ago because it was blocking
previously unblocked sites.) 

I am going to look into Nobody's response.

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Permanently Mute Automatic Audio on Videos Boris <Boris@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-12 17:29 +0000
  Re: Permanently Mute Automatic Audio on Videos dillinger <dillinger@not.invalid> - 2026-08-12 19:49 +0200
    Re: Permanently Mute Automatic Audio on Videos Boris <Boris@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-12 18:33 +0000
  Re: Permanently Mute Automatic Audio on Videos Nobody <jock@soccer.com> - 2026-08-12 11:19 -0700
    Re: Permanently Mute Automatic Audio on Videos Boris <Boris@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-12 18:51 +0000
  Re: Permanently Mute Automatic Audio on Videos Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-08-12 19:56 +0100
    Re: Permanently Mute Automatic Audio on Videos Boris <Boris@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-12 19:28 +0000
      Re: Permanently Mute Automatic Audio on Videos Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-08-12 20:46 +0100
        Re: Permanently Mute Automatic Audio on Videos Nobody <jock@soccer.com> - 2026-08-12 14:36 -0700
  Re: Permanently Mute Automatic Audio on Videos Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-08-13 19:43 +1000
    Re: Permanently Mute Automatic Audio on Videos Boris <Boris@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-13 16:00 +0000

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