STOP FACEBOOK VIDEOS FROM AUTOMATICALLY PLAYING?

Generally, there is no direct setting to prevent "embedded" videos from automatically playing on page load. However, you can install a Flash blocker extension in your browser which will prevent the video from even loading. Unless you click to allow it to play.

I am not sure about other browsers, but Chrome has a setting to disable flash from playing unless you click on it to play.

Probably should of said I am using an IPad...

Removed my incorrect statement to avoid confusion :)

M GO BLUE wrote:
Probably should of said I am using an IPad...

Then can't be Flash based video as not supported by iOS. Must be HTML5.

M GO BLUE wrote:
Probably should of said I am using an IPad...

I have an iPad and I went to :
1- settings on the main screen
2- scrolled down and hit Facebook
3- chose settings - then I Turned off the two video options

I would love to be able to stop this action, it has just started in the last couple days and is exceedingly annoying. I can find no option short of disabling Flash.

Based on the fact it's been a change in how videos are displayed on Facebook, I'm willing to bet Facebook "changed" something in how they deliver/present posts.

Disabling Scripts from YouTube would probably stop most of them

iwill be following this post as the stupid videos eat up my mi-fi data.

In Firefox, go to Tools/Add-ons, click the plugins tab, and set the dropdown menu next to shockwave flash to "ask to activate".