Re: [gentoo-user] Re: HTML5 player (YouTube) is a pain!...Alternatives?

[Meino.Cramer@gmx.de]

J. Roeleveld <joost@antarean.org> [16-11-30 06:48]:
> On Wednesday, November 30, 2016 05:33:15 AM Meino.Cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> > Kai Krakow <hurikhan77@gmail.com> [16-11-30 05:08]:
> > > Am Tue, 29 Nov 2016 07:42:16 +0100
> > > 
> > > schrieb Meino.Cramer@gmx.de:
> > > > I get sick of this [CESNORED] HTML5 stuff coming from YouTube!
> > > > Most of the videos while playayaingnaying arereare stututterutering
> > > > liiklike helellell.
> > > > 
> > > > I tested a lot of HTML5 addons to fix that problem and googled
> > > > around the world but nothing helps. The only thing I found is an
> > > > iconic sentence, which is true in this case also:
> > > > "You are not alone...!".
> > > > 
> > > > Is there any way to feed the stream from youtube direktly into
> > > > a not blown player like mpv/mplayer or such (I would prefer
> > > > not to load a complete gui (vlc) with any click again and again.)?
> > > 
> > > For me it was just the other way around. HTML5 mode played much (very
> > > much!) more smooth than flash player. I opted in early by that time for
> > > switching YT to HTML5 player. This was for Chrome, of course, because
> > > by that time Firefox wasn't really compatible.
> > > 
> > > You probably really should check your graphics stack. If you have an at
> > > least somewhat decent machine (something which was built during the
> > > last 5 years), you should have absolutely no problems playing videos in
> > > the HTML5 player. Even my aging machine in the office (which didn't
> > > play smooth videos in the flash player) runs full HD streaming videos
> > > smoothly in the HTML5 player - no stuttering, no blocking, no
> > > framedrops. This was different with the flash player which looked like
> > > it dropped every second frame in fullscreen mode - but at least it did
> > > not stutter due to that "optimization".
> > > 
> > > Maybe give some information about your graphics stack and
> > > configuration...
> > 
> > Hi Kai,
> > 
> > I think that the hardware is not the problem, since downloading the
> > video and playing it offline had resulted in no problems ever...
> > 
> > Cheers
> > Meino
> 
> Meino,
> 
> In one of your other emails, you mentioned that your ADSL is incapable of 
> providing the full-HD stream.
> This could easily be the cause for the issues you are having with HTML5 video 
> as well. Maybe look into cache-options?
> 
> --
> Joost
> 
Joost,

did this (~/.config/mpv/mpv.config) with no positive effect. 
I decreased the video resolution to <1280 (again via mpv.conf) which
helps to some degree.
Interesting is: It hangs always a the same points in the video if
playing the same video with different configurations.

I called mpv with an url form the commandline and indeed it shows
"playing video" and "buffering" (at this point it hangs) alternateing.

The FF problem was not only hangs but something like the following
sentence:

Thehe quiquickkckick bkrowownwn foxoxfoxx joxujumumpjumpsumps
oveovrver thhehe lazazylazyzy dogog

Somehow three steps forward and two backwards. The audio was never
effected though.

With "Play with mpv" it """"only"""" hangs.

Do I really need an new DSL contract with my provider becayse
FF has switched to HTML5 only?

Can't be...or?

--
Meino