Choppy Youtube

[arjaffer]

rokytnji
I think you are right
This Samsung NC20 Netbook Specs are perhaps not good enough for modern internet standards.
I will give up i think
Thanks for all your efforts.

[rokytnji]

rokytnji
I managed to get xorg.conf into the /etc/X11 directory after pci edits to suit my netbook
However, on rebooting i go a 480x640 screen
Youtube still choppy on all browsers

Any help really appreciated

If youtube is still choppy in all browsers. Sounds to me like your gear is not strong enough for modern internet standards anymore.  Not your fault or Gnu/Linux fault. Just more cruft on the web to handle.

For a bigger screen. You should be able to run

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xrandr -s <screen resolution goes here>
Your screen will black out after hitting enter. Then change to the desired resolution. Not sure why you are having so much trouble with my file since I and the guy I helped here had no problems with resolutions at all.

You have so much wrong. I am wondering if you have a corrupted Linux-Lite iso installed to your rig.

[torreydale]

You wouldn't need an earlier version of Minitube from the website?  You just download the file from the Debian & Ubuntu section of the home page. 

Based on what you've already shared, you would need to download the 32bit version of Minitube, and then run the file after you download it.

On another note, you seem to be in a quandary of black screens and resolution problems.  If I were with you working on your PC, I would reinstall Linux Lite 2.6.  After installing updates and extra Lite Software programs, I would then create a restore point using Systemback.  Then, I would troubleshoot YouTube and/or install Minitube.

[arjaffer]

technomancer
Could not find an earlier version of .deb on that website
Any suggestions?

[arjaffer]

rokytnji
I managed to get xorg.conf into the /etc/X11 directory after pci edits to suit my netbook
However, on rebooting i go a 480x640 screen
Youtube still choppy on all browsers

Any help really appreciated

[torreydale]

To technomancer,

I think you are correct.  I don't think you log into Minitube.  Furthermore, if someone sends you an email of a YouTube link, when you click on it, by default it will want to open using your default browser.  That is why I suggest having Minitube as a backup.  I really do try to get YouTube to perform well within a browser, in full screen, on at least 720p HD first.  But I keep Minitube as an arrow in the quiver.

Most of the time Firefox is just fine for the computers I've helped people with.  Then for others, Firefox is fine until you want to go full screen.  Then it's choppy.  If changing video graphics drivers doesn't help, I try other browsers like Google Chrome and Chromium using the pepperflash plugin.  If I'm out of luck on that, Minitube is an option. 

For my own laptop, Chromium handles full screen YouTube viewing great.  But for my older desktop, even with the correct NVIDIA driver selected, I find that Google Chrome is the only browser to allow me full screen, jitter free, video viewing.

In the meantime, we can continue to support the projects we use in the hopes that graphics drivers for Linux/Ubuntu will continue to get attention and that HTML5 will free us from choppy YouTube.com video viewing.

[technomancer]

Try seeing if there are different video driver options.  I'm not at my pc, but I think if you go to your menu and type in the word driver, you'll see the app that allows you to choose a different driver if one is available.

Furthermore, I stand by my previous suggestions.  Different browsers treat YouTube videos differently because of how they handle Adobe Flash.  Chromium by default has no flash, and I think Firefox uses a legacy version of flash.

This link might be more than you'd care to review as a newbie, but I'll put it here as a reference for the community at large:  http://www.howtogeek.com/193876/using-firefox-on-linux-your-flash-player-is-old-and-outdated/

I also say install MiniTube as a backup.  It is a desktop client for YouTube videos.  And it doesn't require Flash.  Last I checked, the version in the repository doesn't work on Linux Lite.  You'd have to download the *.deb file from Minitube's website to get the version that does work: http://flavio.tordini.org/minitube.

This worked for me. Just click on the link he provided and install. Minitube doesn't have video artifacts/tearing/skipping, on any of my setups. (Sent a thanks to you torreydale)
I think i will be joining that project, maybe help out since there is no way to log into youtube that i can see. Simple search only, correct me if i'm wrong.
(Lets not forget Adobe Flash is all messed up now in it's current state. My win 7, 8, 10,and debian computers all have different issues with it as well.)

[rokytnji]

To add to the above post. Downloading my pastebin file. Downloads it as a .txt on the end of the file name and a bunch of added naming to the front and end of the file. It should only say xorg.conf. not xorg.conf.txt. or all that other cruft I added to the name to remember later on what it is for in my pastebin.

[torreydale]

If you're able to get back to where you were following rokytnji's suggestions, please create a restore point using Systemback, if you haven't already.  Go to your Menu, and type in systemback.  Open the Systemback app.  Log into Systemback with your password, and create a new restore point.

Then can we see what happens if you install Google Chrome?  You can do that via the Lite Software tool.  Menu, System, Lite Software.

[rokytnji]

Your black screen is probably because you skipped a step on editing the xorg.conf file I made. Refer to posts
https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/video-cards/linux-lite-will-not-play-nice-with-via-chipset/msg14916/#msg14916
https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/video-cards/linux-lite-will-not-play-nice-with-via-chipset/msg14939/#msg14939


This is not a perfect fix. But it is the best one can do for the issue as it stands presently. Unless someone knows something I do not know.  If wanting to get back to Desktop instead of a black screen. Just rename /etc/X11/xorg.conf you downloaded and inserted in your install. It will default back to what you had previously.

[arjaffer]

Hi rokytnji
Thanks for your post
I have tried what you suggested but on reboot it hung. I had to go live remove that file
I am a newbie and I did this. Maybe it is wrong
I downloaded the file from http://pastebin.com/wxYu9cPz
I then did sudo cp <filename> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
I checked and found xorg.conf as a txt file in /etc/X11

I must be doing something icorrect.
Any help appreciated.

[firenice03]

Not sure if HTML5 is GA but was in beta..
Right Click a video the last option is "about HTML5" kinda the give a way if your system is using.
If not I think https://www.youtube.com/html5 was the link..

HTML5 ran a bit better for me...

[torreydale]

Try seeing if there are different video driver options.  I'm not at my pc, but I think if you go to your menu and type in the word driver, you'll see the app that allows you to choose a different driver if one is available.

Furthermore, I stand by my previous suggestions.  Different browsers treat YouTube videos differently because of how they handle Adobe Flash.  Chromium by default has no flash, and I think Firefox uses a legacy version of flash.

This link might be more than you'd care to review as a newbie, but I'll put it here as a reference for the community at large:  http://www.howtogeek.com/193876/using-firefox-on-linux-your-flash-player-is-old-and-outdated/

I also say install MiniTube as a backup.  It is a desktop client for YouTube videos.  And it doesn't require Flash.  Last I checked, the version in the repository doesn't work on Linux Lite.  You'd have to download the *.deb file from Minitube's website to get the version that does work: http://flavio.tordini.org/minitube.

[arjaffer]

Thanks anyway avj

[rokytnji]

You are running a via graphics chip with the open chrome driver in Linux-Lite which is problematic at best on the version that Xorg that comes shipped with Linux lite.

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$ apt-cache policy xorg
xorg:
  Installed: 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1
  Candidate: 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1
  Version table:
 *** 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:7.7+1ubuntu8 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main i386 Packages

I have covered these kind of threads in the past. Xorg 1:2.2  plays nice with Open Chrome open source driver for Via graphics chips. Xorg 1:7 does not play nice with Open Chrome drivers. Here is How I sorted the last thread like this.

https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/video-cards/linux-lite-will-not-play-nice-with-via-chipset/msg14929/#msg14929

Sounds like your problems are not as bad as his was. But you are suffering mild symptoms of the same problem.