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Sorry for the off topic but.... F*CK autoplay videos! Couldn't they at least use the page visibility API (or even just requestAnimationFrame) so it doesn't start playing after I've opened a dozen tabs?

Is there a Firefox add-on that enables audio/video and flash only when you see the page?

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flash: enable "ask to activate" in the extension settings

<video>: set media.autoplay.enabled = false

you could have googled that instead of whining.

That's not the same as "auto play when page is visible". I don't want to manually enable every video. Also I ask because I'll make such add-on myself if it doesn't already exist.

Or it could have been set as a sensible default, since an overwhelming majority of users despise autoplaying videos on sites other than Youtube?

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