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Re: Permanently Mute Automatic Audio on Videos

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Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote in
news:ne3trkFq50U1@mid.individual.net: 

> Boris wrote:
> 
>> Firefox v. 149.0.2
> 
> 153.0.4 here but don't think settings have changed for a couple of years
> 
>> 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?
> Within Tools > Settings > Permissions & Data > Autoplay
> set the Default for all websites droplist
> to either block audio or block both
> 
> What I then do is add an exception for youtube.com, to allow both

My version of Firefox does not have Permissions and Data.  But, if I type
Permissions in the Settings search box, I'm presented with a list of
functions that can be enabled/disabled, such as microphone, location,
speaker, ... and autoplay.  Autoplay shows that I had already blocked all
autoplay audio and video for all websites, but it didn't behave.  

Actually, I hadn't blocked this.  I didn't even know such a setting
existed.  It must have been default, or standard for "Updates disabled by
your organization" installs.  By the way, I'm not with an organization,
but I made this setting because I got tired of constant useless updates. 

Odd.

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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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