# Firefox question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 19, 2007, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-question/404703 "2007-05-19T07:22:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-question/404703/1 "2007-05-19T07:22:32Z")
Is there either a setting or an addon/plugin that will squelch any imbedded music in a website , ala myspace without me having to mute the volume controls. Declan ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-question/404703/2 "2007-05-19T11:20:16Z")
I second the emotion. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-question/404703/3 "2007-05-19T13:55:10Z")
Depends on what language is used to create the player that plays the music, as blocked content is going to be context dependent. [FlashBlock](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433) is probably one of my favourite plugins. It disallows any site from playing Flash content until A) You right-click and allow the site to play flash content, and/or B) You click the icon that it replaces the Flash content with to allow just that one Flash item to play. In a similar vein, [NoScript](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722) blocks Java, Javascript, and other executable content until you add it to your trusted domain list. Then there’s [StopAutoplay](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1765) which is intended specifically to block embedded music automatically playing from a web page. I would suggest installing all three, as they each handle different types of content but in concert will block the majority of potentially unwanted content until you approve it. ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-question/404703/4 "2007-05-19T15:25:04Z")
To summarize Mindfield’s post, there’s not a lone, standard way to embed sound on a website, so there’s not a standard way to prevent its playing. ---
**Author:** ![robcaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@robcaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robcaro)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-question/404703/5 "2007-05-19T16:14:06Z")
I just plug in my earphones and don’t put them in my ears. I only unplug them or put them in my ears when I want to hear something. ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-question/404703/6 "2007-05-19T17:34:59Z")
[QUOTE=robcaro] I just plug in my earphones and don’t put them in my ears. I only unplug them or put them in my ears when I want to hear something. [/QUOTE] Why not just mute the sound, then? ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-question/404703/7 "2007-05-20T03:40:07Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] Depends on what language is used to create the player that plays the music, as blocked content is going to be context dependent. [FlashBlock](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433) is probably one of my favourite plugins. It disallows any site from playing Flash content until A) You right-click and allow the site to play flash content, and/or B) You click the icon that it replaces the Flash content with to allow just that one Flash item to play. In a similar vein, [NoScript](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722) blocks Java, Javascript, and other executable content until you add it to your trusted domain list. Then there’s [StopAutoplay](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1765) which is intended specifically to block embedded music automatically playing from a web page. I would suggest installing all three, as they each handle different types of content but in concert will block the majority of potentially unwanted content until you approve it. [/QUOTE] I already had noscript installed ,but the noauto worked like a charm , thanks Declan ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-question/404703/8 "2007-05-20T15:34:35Z")
Also note, regarding MySpace specifically, that there is an option in your settings (somewhere) that you can set to make people’s homepage player not play when you go to their page. You know, the little Flash radio thing where people can pick one song from a library to play when you land on their page. Although, this doesn’t work for band pages, which sucks ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-question/404703/9 "2007-05-20T16:48:21Z")
[QUOTE=ZipperJJ] Also note, regarding MySpace specifically, that there is an option in your settings (somewhere) that you can set to make people’s homepage player not play when you go to their page. You know, the little Flash radio thing where people can pick one song from a library to play when you land on their page. Although, this doesn’t work for band pages, which sucks ☹ [/QUOTE] FlashBlock will put a stop to that right quick – unless you explicitly tell it that Flash scripts are allowed on all MySpace pages.