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[Bug 1418626] [NEW] Embedded YouTube videos stuttering and not playing back smoothly

 

Public bug reported:

Related to bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/webbrowser-app/+bug/1417258.

Embedded youtube videos, like this:
http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles/2352016-papa-johns-airs-wrong-commercial-congratulates-seahawks-after-super-bowl

or this:
http://pages.ebay.com/shoptheworld/

do not play back correctly. They exhibit stuttering and stopping, with
oxide-renderer process using over 100% CPU.

This was worked around on YouTube.com (and webapp) by using overriden UA
string which makes YouTube send us a stream that we can playback
smoothly. But this UA string is not presented to embedded videos within
other sites.

We should figure out how we can send the UA override to embedded videos
(if possible), and if not what change could we make to our default UA
string such that YouTube gives us content that we can render more
efficiently.

Other ideas?

** Affects: oxide
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: webbrowser-app
     Importance: High
         Status: New

** Affects: webbrowser-app (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Also affects: oxide
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: webbrowser-app (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: webbrowser-app
   Importance: Undecided => High

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1418626

Title:
  Embedded YouTube videos stuttering and not playing back smoothly

Status in Oxide Webview:
  New
Status in Web Browser App:
  New
Status in webbrowser-app package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Related to bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/webbrowser-app/+bug/1417258.

  Embedded youtube videos, like this:
  http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles/2352016-papa-johns-airs-wrong-commercial-congratulates-seahawks-after-super-bowl

  or this:
  http://pages.ebay.com/shoptheworld/

  do not play back correctly. They exhibit stuttering and stopping, with
  oxide-renderer process using over 100% CPU.

  This was worked around on YouTube.com (and webapp) by using overriden
  UA string which makes YouTube send us a stream that we can playback
  smoothly. But this UA string is not presented to embedded videos
  within other sites.

  We should figure out how we can send the UA override to embedded
  videos (if possible), and if not what change could we make to our
  default UA string such that YouTube gives us content that we can
  render more efficiently.

  Other ideas?

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