slimjet 36.0.2.0 linux version youtube videos not loading

[Sandgroper]

Brave is working perfectly and YouTube videos can be downloaded in seconds as opposed to ages with Slimjet.

Not having to worry about installing libffmpeg.so, which requires root access, is a relief too. I don't think Slimjet is worth the trouble on Linux. Works okay on Windows, but I rarely boot into that.

[MiqW7394]

Sandgroper - This thread appears to be specifically about problems with video playback on Youtube only.

If you are experiencing video playback problems with many other sites, it is likely that you don't have the correct libffmpeg decoder library installed.

Follow the instructions here to resolve the problem: https://www.slimjet.com/en/libffmpeg.php

.....which is - unfortunately - a complete waste of time.

As a Chromium user ever since the first release all the way back in 2008, and a Slimjet user of around 8 years, I can state quite confidently that there's a major compilation bug here. This should NOT be happening.

Condescension, my friend, is not appreciated.

Mike.

[James Quadrat]

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[flobou5783]

See this other thread, showing what it has come down to... this is so sad.
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3295
I'm pasting my comment here too:

after weeks of struggling with some videos not playing on Slimjet anymore (but working fine OOTB in Chrome/Brave/Firefox/etc.) I'm afraid I have to switch to another browser; now that I just upgraded to Slimjet 37.1 and now NO MEDIA PLAYS AT ALL. Not even audio-only from bandcamp, for instance.
This is ridiculous.
I've tried a dozen libffmpeg.so versions and none work anymore... this makes no sense.
The instructions on https://www.slimjet.com/en/libffmpeg.php have been updated with wrong information for the last 2 versions at least.
I've enjoyed Slimjet very much for years and I'm glad I donated, but unresolved bugs keep piling up and nobody's answering...
Unless serious action is taken very quickly, I'm afraid everyone is going to leave the boat very soon (at least among Linux users).

[flobou5783]

PS: Media is playing fine with latest "working" slimjet version 35.3 (quite old already, using Chromium 101 instead of 107 for Slimjet 37, and 110 for actual Chromium) and latest libffmpeg.so 0.70.1, so this confirms the issue started in slimjet 36 and worsened in 37. I might try to remain on 35 but it's not going to stay an option for much longer...

[LangjanBK]

Pathetic!

[ahmedmoselhi]

PS: Media is playing fine with latest "working" slimjet version 35.3 (quite old already, using Chromium 101 instead of 107 for Slimjet 37, and 110 for actual Chromium) and latest libffmpeg.so 0.70.1, so this confirms the issue started in slimjet 36 and worsened in 37. I might try to remain on 35 but it's not going to stay an option for much longer...

me can confirm that too

[James Quadrat]

It appears that Version 38.0.8.0 (based on Chromium 109.0.5414.74) is now working, in conjunction with libffmpeg.so version 0.66.0

[flobou5783]

It appears that Version 38.0.8.0 (based on Chromium 109.0.5414.74) is now working, in conjunction with libffmpeg.so version 0.66.0

Which Linux did you try this on(ditro+version or kernel)? And which video sites/types?

[James Quadrat]

Mageia 8 My uname -a gives:

Linux Artemis 5.15.98-desktop-1.mga8 #1 SMP Sat Mar 4 12:16:27 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

The amd64 .tar.xz from the Slimjet site (not the .deb)

libffmpeg-0.66.0-linux-x64 (which I had already, as I had been using it with slimjet 35.0.3.0)

So far, every site with video I have tried has worked - I haven't found one that failed.