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so youtube on linux is wonky. I thought of using external apps. VacuumTube is nice but it is a tv interface also I cant use addons. How do you solve this problem?

I know it might not be secure, yeah vibecoding is cool but we shouldnt do smt unless we understand it and etc. thx but these disclaimers get old quick. maybe we shall be reminded frequently for we are stupid but i dont work at a nuclear powerplant.

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5 minutes ago, OhYou_ said:

I solve it usually by installing and using firefox
preferably with ublock origin, sponsorblock, and some other addons

 

Even with edge it's not very wonky. Granted I'm not using the same distro but it was fine for me.

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Well look on flathub and type tube and you'll find opensource client.

 

You can search on discover too.

So... Browser is fine even brave or Firefox so probably missing codec?

I'm jank tinkerer if it works then it works.

Regardless of compatibility 🐧🖖

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1 minute ago, BoomerDutch said:

Well look on flathub and type tube and you'll find opensource client.

 

You can search on discover too.

So... Browser is fine even brave or Firefox so probably missing codec?

It could also be possible that it's not properly handling the new AV1 version of YouTube properly.

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12 minutes ago, Br0nz3 said:

Even with edge it's not very wonky. Granted I'm not using the same distro but it was fine for me.

on mint and bazzite, the bottom half of video appears black when i hover it, it loads slowly and etc

I know it might not be secure, yeah vibecoding is cool but we shouldnt do smt unless we understand it and etc. thx but these disclaimers get old quick. maybe we shall be reminded frequently for we are stupid but i dont work at a nuclear powerplant.

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12 minutes ago, BoomerDutch said:

missing codec?

what am i supposed to do?

I know it might not be secure, yeah vibecoding is cool but we shouldnt do smt unless we understand it and etc. thx but these disclaimers get old quick. maybe we shall be reminded frequently for we are stupid but i dont work at a nuclear powerplant.

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10 minutes ago, Br0nz3 said:

It could also be possible that it's not properly handling the new AV1 version of YouTube properly.

yea it started recently

I know it might not be secure, yeah vibecoding is cool but we shouldnt do smt unless we understand it and etc. thx but these disclaimers get old quick. maybe we shall be reminded frequently for we are stupid but i dont work at a nuclear powerplant.

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20 minutes ago, manikyath said:

how is youtube on linux wonky? i watch youtube on a linux machine every day.

Yeah, I have no issues with Youtube on Mint XFCE (in either Librewolf, Firefox, or Chromium).

 

I used to have issues in Firefox with screen tearing in Youtube videos on Mint no matter what compositor settings I used, but that seems to have been fixed at least a couple years ago and there seem to be no problems with it in Mint XFCE currently (on my laptop with the i5-4200U, at least).

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3 minutes ago, Br0nz3 said:

For once I am going to ask what are your hardware specs?

it happens on 2300g and rog ally 

I know it might not be secure, yeah vibecoding is cool but we shouldnt do smt unless we understand it and etc. thx but these disclaimers get old quick. maybe we shall be reminded frequently for we are stupid but i dont work at a nuclear powerplant.

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1 hour ago, apoyusiken said:

it happens on 2300g and rog ally 

Not sure about Mint but Bazzite is basically an Atomic Fedora and I have absolutely no issues with YT on Fedora, I watch a ton of videos daily in my browser.

 

What browser do you use?

 

(For YT app you can use GrayJay)

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2 hours ago, WereCat said:

Not sure about Mint but Bazzite is basically an Atomic Fedora and I have absolutely no issues with YT on Fedora, I watch a ton of videos daily in my browser.

 

What browser do you use?

 

(For YT app you can use GrayJay)

edgee

I know it might not be secure, yeah vibecoding is cool but we shouldnt do smt unless we understand it and etc. thx but these disclaimers get old quick. maybe we shall be reminded frequently for we are stupid but i dont work at a nuclear powerplant.

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16 minutes ago, apoyusiken said:

edgee

Use Firefox and add ublock origin.

Of the 100 computers running Linux Mint I'm involved with I've never had the problems you are talking about.

 

If the "edgee" you mention is actually MS Edge, the question is what do you expect? Why use an MS app?

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6 minutes ago, WereCat said:

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Of all the browser you can use, why use this one? Have you tried different one at least to confirm it's not just Edge doing it?

yea its probably about edge but i wanna use edge

I know it might not be secure, yeah vibecoding is cool but we shouldnt do smt unless we understand it and etc. thx but these disclaimers get old quick. maybe we shall be reminded frequently for we are stupid but i dont work at a nuclear powerplant.

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50 minutes ago, apoyusiken said:

yea its probably about edge but i wanna use edge

You're out of luck, edge is not "really" supported in linux but fully supported in windows. 

 

Good luck figuring out.

I'm jank tinkerer if it works then it works.

Regardless of compatibility 🐧🖖

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On 5/28/2025 at 12:08 PM, apoyusiken said:

on mint and bazzite, the bottom half of video appears black when i hover it, it loads slowly and etc

Interesting, this is 100% a web browser issue in how it's rendering the youtube video player. And we know it's your from all the reports saying it's working perfectly fine for them.

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