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Old 02-14-2015, 01:20 PM   #1
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How do I stop self starting videos at yahoo news?


How do I stop self starting videos at yahoo news?

I've installed Ad Block Edge and Ghostery and tried another blocker called uBlock. I installed a giant host file I found on the PCLinuxOS forums.

Annoying videos on Yahoo news continue to start and run whereas this wasn't happening a couple of weeks ago. I may have solved the problem a long time ago (or not) but the videos are present and I'd appreciate some assistance on making them go away.

I did a search and it seems some people want to do just the opposite of what I want to do. They want to get the yahoo news videos back.
I want them gone or at least not self starting.

Thanks and please be nice.
 
Old 02-14-2015, 02:05 PM   #2
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In Firefox, the Flashblock extension works well for me in that regard.
 
Old 02-14-2015, 02:26 PM   #3
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I don't visit Yahoo often, so this is more of a question. What format are the video's? I am wondering as things go to HTML5, if there is a setting somewhere that disables autostart (or are we going to be seeing more of this)?
 
Old 02-14-2015, 02:41 PM   #4
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Firefox? about:config, set media.autoplay.enabled to false. Works for me v31.4.0 on Slackware 14.1.
 
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Old 02-14-2015, 02:48 PM   #5
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Firefox? about:config, set media.autoplay.enabled to false. Works for me v31.4.0 on Slackware 14.1.
Oh thats good Thank you.
I always used flashblock too but i like your solution better.
 
Old 02-14-2015, 04:50 PM   #6
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Sadly, the cure for all this is to totally dump Yahoo for *everything*.

I did and I have not regretted it once.

Their code is buggy and they they pay absolutely no attention to their users' feedback. Just look at their overflowing forum of complaints.
 
Old 02-14-2015, 11:29 PM   #7
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Firefox? about:config, set media.autoplay.enabled to false. Works for me v31.4.0 on Slackware 14.1.
This is what I was looking for. Thanks a bunch!
 
Old 02-14-2015, 11:45 PM   #8
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Anyone have a way to do the same thing in Chromium?
 
  


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