dddave Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 (edited) I prefer reading news stories rather than listening to some newsreader with all the attendant hype and breathlessness. Unfortunately, many news sites now post video reports embedded within text which insist on telling you what you've just read. I then went to "Content settings" then "Plug-ins" I was surprised to see that I already had "Let me choose plug-in content" ticked. For some reason it's not working as almost every video on webpages I read open's with autoplay without any input from me. Any suggestions how to kill autoplay? Edited June 27, 2015 by dddave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dddave Posted June 27, 2015 Author Share Posted June 27, 2015 Kind of a mystery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dddave Posted June 27, 2015 Author Share Posted June 27, 2015 Hey Mods!! A whole paragraph of my OP disappeared, then when I tried a clarification post below (I was unable to edit the OP it in 3 tries) all but the last line "kind of a mystery" also disappeared. Lets see what happens to this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicog Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/internet/how-stop-autoplaying-ads-videos-media-on-web-pages-3497991/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooked Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Rarely happens to me. Dunno. Get rid of Chrome and try FF? like I do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dddave Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/internet/how-stop-autoplaying-ads-videos-media-on-web-pages-3497991/ That was actually the site I originally went to before my OP. What baffles me is I already had the "Let me chose when to run plug-in content" option selected, yet the videos continue to autoplay. I suspect marketers have found a way to bypass personal control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickjn Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 How is your virus protection??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dddave Posted June 29, 2015 Author Share Posted June 29, 2015 How is your virus protection??? Avast free version, kept up to date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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