I have a couple of videos open on Firefox. As I refer to them often, I prefer to keep them as a tab rather than as a bookmark. However, every time I reboot Firefox, they start to play. Can I have them come up but not start to play until I select them to start? Thanks.
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Related Solutions
Try the "split browser extension".
You can split browser infinitely, as many as your RAM and your screen allow. Enjoy split and split to your heart's content!
Drag and drop is available to load links, bookmarks, and so on, into split browser. If you drag the toolbar of split browser, you can load the page in another split browser.
Split browsers can be closed by their closebox. "File" > "Close All Split Browser" closes all of them at once.
You could use BarTab, but I find it doesn't work too well with Firefox 4/5.
Another more reliable way is to use the new about:config property, browser.sessionstore.max_concurrent_tabs.
Go to about:config in firefox and search for browser.sessionstore.max_concurrent_tabs. Set the integer value to 0.
Now when you start up Firefox, only the first open tab will be opened. All the rest need to be clicked/focused on before they are actually loaded.
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Best Answer
Install Stop Autoplay Extension from Mozilla could be the best answer https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1765/
You can stop all the video following any of these methods mentioned here http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/internet/firefox/stop-youtube-videos-from-automatically-playing-in-firefox/