How to stop videos from playing all at once

[Gary S]

Hello,

I must have checked a button somewhere that I wasn't supposed to.

When I visit a site that has videos on it, they all start playing at once. I had it setup to where I
controlled when to listen to a video but now, as I said, they all start at once.

How do I fix this, where is the preference for this?

I'm using Firefox 31.0, running Mavericks 10.9.4.

Example: If I visit a tumbler page with videos on it, they all start playing at once.

TIA

[jchuzi]

I had that problem with one site using Safari. I installed Click To Flash and that cured it. Do you have that extension and accidentally deactivated it?

[Gary S]

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I installed Click To Flash and that cured it.

I never heard of it jchuzi.

I'll have to take a look.

[jchuzi]

I probably gave you some erroneous advice. AFIK, ClickToFlash is only available for Safari. Launch Firefox and go to the Tools menu, click Add-ons and then click Get Add-ons. Search for Click To Flash and you'll see several alternatives. I don't have any of them so you'll have to test them yourself.

[Gary S]

It only seems to start all the videos on Tumbler. If I go to Twitter it's OK. I will check for that plug-in though.

[Xairbusdriver]

Many website creators add a 'play immediately' tag to their video links. Not many like that behavior, of course, but some web creators don't care...

[Paddy]

Gary, try this:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/924638

• Type about:config in the address bar and hit enter.
• Agree that you'll be careful
• Search for media.autoplay.enabled
• Double click to change the value to false

Let us know if it works.

[Gary S]

I fixed it. It was an extension I have in Firefox called Youtube High Definition it just upgraded itself.

Thanks to all.

[Gary S]

I also did what you said to do Paddy.

Thanks