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icecat sound problem

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From: andrewburns <at> tutanota.com
To: bug-gnuzilla <at> gnu.org
Subject: icecat sound problem
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2020 01:43:18 +0200 (CEST)

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The sound from the videos played on rokfin.com , using the icecat browser, is distorted.

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From: bill-auger <bill-auger <at> peers.community>
To: bug-gnuzilla <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#44203: icecat sound problem
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2020 20:03:46 -0400

are there any videos on that website which can demonstrate the
same problem, but do not require registration ? - or can you
find another example on some other website?

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From: andrewburns <at> tutanota.com
To: 44203 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: icecat sound problem - further information
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2020 02:06:40 +0200 (CEST)

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distorted sound on rokfin.com

the sound functions properly when using firefox-esr


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From: "Antonio T. sagitter" <sagitter <at> fedoraproject.org>
To: bill-auger <bill-auger <at> peers.community>, 44203 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#44203: icecat sound problem
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2020 10:27:27 +0100

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Hi all.

I can confirm this problem since icecat-78.3.1 and icecat-78.4.0 (not 
with icecat-78.3.0).
Test Twitter video for example:
https://twitter.com/TwitterVideo

On 25/10/20 02:03, bill-auger wrote:
> are there any videos on that website which can demonstrate the
> same problem, but do not require registration ? - or can you
> find another example on some other website?
> 

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From: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
To: andrewburns <at> tutanota.com, Andrew via bug-gnuzilla
 <bug-gnuzilla <at> gnu.org>, 44203 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#44203: icecat sound problem
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2020 18:10:01 -0400

Andrew via bug-gnuzilla via GNUzilla bug reports <bug-gnuzilla <at> gnu.org>
writes:

> The sound from the videos played on rokfin.com , using the icecat browser, is distorted.

I don't want to try running the non-free javascript on that site myself,
but I vaguely recall that one of IceCat's privacy-enhancing default
settings causes this problem on some sites.

It might have been "privacy.resistFingerprinting", which defaults to
"true" in IceCat but "false" in upstream Firefox.  Would you like to try
setting it to "false" in <about:config> and reporting back?

However, beware that by doing so, you will be sacrificing some of your
privacy in exchange for using sites that apparently don't value your
right to privacy.  Many popular video sites (including YouTube) work
properly with "privacy.resistFingerprinting" turned on, so clearly it's
possible to implement a properly functioning video player in JavaScript
that's compatible with that setting.

If setting "privacy.resistFingerprinting" to "false" doesn't fix your
problem, you could try fiddling with the other <about:config> options
for which IceCat has different defaults than Firefox.  Here's a list of
them:

  https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnuzilla.git/tree/data/settings.js?id=05adddbf87a5ee11de7cd90794c331a178bcfd5c

      Mark

Message #23 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
To: andrewburns <at> tutanota.com, Andrew via bug-gnuzilla
 <bug-gnuzilla <at> gnu.org>, 44203 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#44203: icecat sound problem
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2020 16:46:04 -0400

Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org> writes:

> Andrew via bug-gnuzilla via GNUzilla bug reports <bug-gnuzilla <at> gnu.org>
> writes:
>
>> The sound from the videos played on rokfin.com , using the icecat browser, is distorted.
>
> I don't want to try running the non-free javascript on that site myself,
> but I vaguely recall that one of IceCat's privacy-enhancing default
> settings causes this problem on some sites.
>
> It might have been "privacy.resistFingerprinting", which defaults to
> "true" in IceCat but "false" in upstream Firefox.  Would you like to try
> setting it to "false" in <about:config> and reporting back?

FYI, Andrew reported back to me in private email that setting
"privacy.resistFingerprinting" to false fixed the sound problem for him.

       Mark

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