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BBC videos won't play. progress bar moves, but only still picture displays.

harry.the.cat.3
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After video loads and the opening screen is displayed and play is pressed it does not start playing, not even the progress bar moves. If I click on the progress bar the indicator starts to move but only a still is displayed in the video window. this behavior showed up about two weeks ago.

Solved: I had autoplay set to false in about:config. Putting it back to true fixed it, but now I'm stuck with autoplaying videos

After video loads and the opening screen is displayed and play is pressed it does not start playing, not even the progress bar moves. If I click on the progress bar the indicator starts to move but only a still is displayed in the video window. this behavior showed up about two weeks ago. Solved: I had autoplay set to false in about:config. Putting it back to true fixed it, but now I'm stuck with autoplaying videos

Modified by harry.the.cat.3

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Note that there is also this pref:

  • media.block-autoplay-until-in-foreground

You can look at this extension.

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Wesley Branton
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I am glad to hear that your problem has been resolved.

Since you solved your own question, please mark this response as the solution to the question, so that the thread is labelled as "solved" on the forum. This will help other users with similar issues know that you were able to solve the problem.

Thank you for contacting Mozilla Support.

cor-el
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Chosen Solution

You can also create a new reply and mark that reply as the solution.

Note that there is also this pref:

  • media.block-autoplay-until-in-foreground

You can look at this extension.

harry.the.cat.3
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Solved!: See the above posts for solutions

Thx