How to block JW Player (ads) in Firefox?

Question

The computer doesn't even have Flash installed yet still gets ads through JW Player. This is really annoying as they have audio. It has Adblock Plus installed but doesn't block JW Player ads, like on this website: http://www.minq.com/fitness/1541/8-reasons-why-europeans-are-healthier-than-americans#page=1

Here is a screen shot of the ad I'm referring to, circled in red. Since it's a video it moves and have audio. Do other people see it?

This site seems to think JW Player is a virus, but I don't think it is. I'm fine with fully disabling it, if possible.

Also, is there anyway for ABP to be more robust and resilient to sites like http://blockadblock.com/ which break the site if ABP is detected?

Solution 1

Go to Adblock options, advanced, your filters, add the following-

||jwplayer.com^
||jwcdn.com^
||content.jwplatform.com^

Not sure which one worked, but it seems to work for me.  

Solution 2

To disable jwplayer in firefox -> Open Firefox -> about:config -> in URL browser Accept the risk, search for media.autoplay.enabled. Change from true to false

Solution 3

The JW player doesn't show the browser menu. Right-click elsewhere on the page and choose the "Block an ad on this page" option. Then adjust the slider to the right until the JW player is no longer visible. Done!

Comments

[Burgi]

I use ABP in FF and I don't see the adverts you mention.

[Celeritas]

@Burgi you sure? I added a screen shot and circled the ad in red.

[Burgi]

Positive. See here: i.stack.imgur.com/T5ld2.png

[Burgi]

You can rightclick on the advert and select Block this ad to add a manual blocking rule. If you want I can post a tutorial on this.

[Celeritas]

@Burgi when I right click I don't get that option? However I have the element selector ad-on which does allow me to block it. But the question actually is asking how do you block ALL Jw Player, not just select ones.

[Burgi]

That would be site specific and depend on their implementation of jwPlayer. You could try adding a custom rule to block elements that contain class="jwplayer" but I think that would be a bit heavy handed and catch too many false positives

[Celeritas]

@Burgi actually how do you add a custom rule?

[Burgi]

We should take this discussion to chat

[SDsolar]

This works in Chrome, also.

[micsthepick]

which filter? I don't think this works by default in the current version

[blackworx]

Can confirm this filter also works in uBlock Origin (go to uBlock Origin > Open the dashboard (cogs icon) > My filters). As of today, Firefox still seems unable natively to prevent JWPlayer autoplay, despite having a "block video and audio" privacy setting, and several additional options in about:config, none of which prevents sites (e.g. Techradar) spamming you with video content hosted on JWPlayer.