Your Phone Has an FM Chip. So Why Can’t You Listen to the Radio?

Re:Your Phone Has an FM Chip. So Why Can’t You Listen to the... by tux1968 on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @02:31AM (#12077126)

If you happen to be using Firefox, setting the config variable:

media.autoplay.enabled

To false, disables auto play media everywhere.

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Re:Your Phone Has an FM Chip. So Why Can’t You Listen to the... by monochromatic on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @02:49AM (#12077211)

Thanks, good tip. That should probably be the default, but oh well.

edit: I just realized it also affects youtube in an annoying way (have to skip ahead a bit or the video won't play at all). Would be nice if I could whitelist that.

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Re:Your Phone Has an FM Chip. So Why Can’t You Listen to the... by tux1968 on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @03:19AM (#12077322)

Yeah, agree. You shouldn't have to skip ahead though, just double pump the play button. A greasemonkey script should be able to do it too.

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Re:Your Phone Has an FM Chip. So Why Can’t You Listen to the... by rorykoehler on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @04:39AM (#12077591)

In chrome I blocked plugins by default under Settings>Show Advanced Settings>(Privacy section)Content Settings>Plugins Section

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Re:Your Phone Has an FM Chip. So Why Can’t You Listen to the... by Rotten194 on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @05:42AM (#12077801)

I do that too, but it still autoplayed. I think it's an HTML5 video.

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Re:Your Phone Has an FM Chip. So Why Can’t You Listen to the... by bnolsen on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @09:07AM (#12078651)

this is what bothered me about html5, a new ability to shove video content. Surprised it took so long to take off.

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