diff --git a/common/js/common.js b/common/js/common.js
index 5c950bc35..5f79bbbc0 100644
--- a/common/js/common.js
+++ b/common/js/common.js
@@ -450,13 +450,7 @@ function _displayMultimedia(src, width, height, options) {
     };
 
     var params = jQuery.extend(defaults, options || {});
-	var autostart;
-	if (jQuery.browser.mozilla || jQuery.browser.opera) {
-		// firefox and opera uses 0 or 1 for autostart parameter.
-		autostart = (params.autostart && params.autostart != 'false') ? '1' : '0';
-	} else {
-		autostart = (params.autostart && params.autostart != 'false') ? 'true' : 'false';
-	}
+	var autostart = (params.autostart && params.autostart != 'false') ? 'true' : 'false';
 	delete(params.autostart);
 
     var clsid = "";
@@ -483,6 +477,11 @@ function _displayMultimedia(src, width, height, options) {
             + '<embed src="'+src+'" autostart="'+autostart+'"  width="'+width+'" height="'+height+'" flashvars="'+params.flashvars+'" wmode="'+params.wmode+'"></embed>'
             + '</object>';
     }  else {
+		if (jQuery.browser.mozilla || jQuery.browser.opera) {
+			// firefox and opera uses 0 or 1 for autostart parameter.
+			autostart = (params.autostart && params.autostart != 'false') ? '1' : '0';
+		}
+
         html = '<embed src="'+src+'" autostart="'+autostart+'" width="'+width+'" height="'+height+'"';
         if(params.wmode == 'transparent') {
             html += ' windowlessvideo="1"';