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submitted 4 months ago by cloudless@fedia.io to c/firefox@fedia.io

Some Firefox users noticed playback issues on YouTube for several months. These affected high resolution videos only, from 1080p and up. To make matters worse, no clear pattern could be identified.

Some videos played fine, others would stop abruptly when they ran out of buffer.

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[-] oce@jlai.lu 8 points 4 months ago

It seems Netflix is able to detect that spoofing, and sends this error when trying to play videos, "Sorry, something went wrong. Please try again later.". I had to disable my add-ons one by one to identify that it was User Agent Switcher causing it.

[-] Sestren@lemmy.world 33 points 4 months ago

Simple solution is to not pay Netflix and just pirate their content. They go out of their way to make the experience worse for paying customers on a regular basis. Sonarr+Jellyfin on an old computer with no video card and you've got a better Netflix where your content doesn't just magically disappear or fail to play on some devices.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago

This ends with $500/mo Netflix subscriptions. An employee comes to your house and holds a laptop up in front of your couch while looking for hidden cameras camming the show.

Bathroom breaks are allowed, but they’ll pause the show.

[-] outerspace@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 months ago

*pause the ads

[-] SeekPie@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

I've been really ahpy with Stremio + Real-Debrid. Yes, it costs money, yes it's worth it (less than 3€/month).

[-] Azzu@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

Any piracy costing money is also really really likely to be shut down relatively soon, making you need to change your setup.

[-] SeekPie@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

Been using it for 2 years, no issues so far.

[-] mrvictory1@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

The DRM module tells Netflix you are on Firefox. For Netflix I would use Chrome on Wine tbh, it now supports 1080p w/o extensions. Or maybe Chromium w/ ChromeOS' Widevine module.

[-] oce@jlai.lu 1 points 4 months ago
[-] InternetUser2012@midwest.social 1 points 4 months ago

Yuck. Piss on anything chrome related. Just hit the high seas for what you want to watch, it doesn't care what browser or os you're using.

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