Help With Surf Browser Youtube Playback

[Renkin42]

I see from google I'm not the first to have these issues, but no solutions I've tried so far have fixed anything.When I try to play a youtube video on Surf the video will play the first few frames before freezing while audio continues to play smoothly along with the subtitles. Pausing the video or attempting to leave the page simply locks up the browser. I've had a couple other odd crashes, notably when posting to reddit, but I'll adress those after dealing with the elephant in the room. For reference I'm running on a laptop with an Intel i5-8250U and UHD Graphics 620. I'm fairly sure I I activated the appropriate driver modules but it's entirely possible I missed something. Surf is version 2.1-r3 and webkit-gtk is 2.42.3-r410. Hopefully I've just missed a use flag or package.

Here is my make.cobf:

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# These settings were set by the catalyst build script that automatically
# built this stage.
# Please consult /usr/share/portage/config/make.conf.example for a more
# detailed example.
COMMON_FLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe"
CFLAGS="${COMMON_FLAGS}"
CXXFLAGS="${COMMON_FLAGS}"
FCFLAGS="${COMMON_FLAGS}"
FFLAGS="${COMMON_FLAGS}"

MAKEOPTS="-j4 -l4"

ACCEPT_LICENSE="* @FREE @BINARY-REDISTRIBUTABLE"

# NOTE: This stage was built with the bindist Use flag enabled

# This sets the language of build output to English.
# Please keep this setting intact when reporting bugs.
LC_MESSAGES=C.utf8

VIDEO_CARDS="intel i965 iris"
INPUT_DEVICES="synaptics libinput"
LLVM_TARGETS="x86"
CPU_FLAGS_X86="aes avx avx2 f16c fma3 mmx mmxext pclmul popcnt rdrand sse
sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3"

USE="-gnome -kde dbus X xorg wayland egl gbm gles2 opengl xinerama pulseaudio savedconfig gstreamer ffmpeg pango"

GENTOO_MIRRORS="https://mirror.servaxnet.com/gentoo/"

My package.use:

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www-client/surf tabbed
media-video/pipewire sound-server gstreamer ffmpeg dbus bluetooth modemanager pipewire-alsa extra
dev-qt/qtwebengine -bindist
www-client/qutebrowser adblock pdf qt6 widevine
# required by dev-qt/qtwebengine-6.6.1::gentoo
# required by dev-qt/qtwebengine (argument)
>=sys-libs/zlib-1.3-r2 minizip
# required by dev-python/PyQt6-WebEngine-6.6.0::gentoo[widgets]
# required by www-client/qutebrowser-3.1.0::gentoo[python_single_target_python3_11,qt6]
# required by www-client/qutebrowser (argument)
>=dev-python/PyQt6-6.6.1 qml webchannel
# required by www-client/firefox-115.6.0::gentoo[system-libvpx]
# required by firefox (argument)
>=media-libs/libvpx-1.13.1-r1 postproc

My GST plugins:

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equery list gst-plugins\*
 * Searching for gst-plugins* ...
[IP-] [  ] media-libs/gst-plugins-bad-1.20.6:1.0
[IP-] [  ] media-libs/gst-plugins-base-1.20.6:1.0
[IP-] [  ] media-libs/gst-plugins-good-1.20.6:1.0
[IP-] [  ] media-libs/gst-plugins-ugly-1.20.6:1.0
[IP-] [  ] media-plugins/gst-plugins-a52dec-1.20.6:1.0
[IP-] [  ] media-plugins/gst-plugins-cdparanoia-1.20.6:1.0
[IP-] [  ] media-plugins/gst-plugins-dts-1.20.6:1.0
[IP-] [  ] media-plugins/gst-plugins-dvdread-1.20.6:1.0
[IP-] [  ] media-plugins/gst-plugins-faad-1.20.6:1.0
[IP-] [  ] media-plugins/gst-plugins-flac-1.20.6:1.0
[IP-] [  ] media-plugins/gst-plugins-libav-1.20.6:1.0
[IP-] [  ] media-plugins/gst-plugins-meta-1.20.6:1.0
[IP-] [  ] media-plugins/gst-plugins-mpeg2dec-1.20.6:1.0
[IP-] [  ] media-plugins/gst-plugins-mpg123-1.20.6-r1:1.0
[IP-] [  ] media-plugins/gst-plugins-opus-1.20.6:1.0
[IP-] [  ] media-plugins/gst-plugins-pulse-1.20.6:1.0
[IP-] [  ] media-plugins/gst-plugins-resindvd-1.20.6:1.0
[IP-] [  ] media-plugins/gst-plugins-x264-1.20.6:1.0

And the logs from running surf with GST_DEBUG=2:

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GST_DEBUG=2 surf
Could not read style file: /home/renkin42/.surf/styles/default.css
0:00:00.012785939  4680 0x564774116a20 WARN    webkitvideoencoderprivate VideoEncoderPrivateGStreamer.cpp:137:registerEncoder: Encoder omxh264enc not found, will not be used
0:00:00.012828192  4680 0x564774116a20 WARN    webkitvideoencoderprivate VideoEncoderPrivateGStreamer.cpp:137:registerEncoder: Encoder openh264enc not found, will not be used
0:00:00.012836967  4680 0x564774116a20 WARN    webkitvideoencoderprivate VideoEncoderPrivateGStreamer.cpp:137:registerEncoder: Encoder vp8enc not found, will not be used
0:00:00.012849645  4680 0x564774116a20 WARN    webkitvideoencoderprivate VideoEncoderPrivateGStreamer.cpp:137:registerEncoder: Encoder vp9enc not found, will not be used
0:00:00.012858054  4680 0x564774116a20 WARN    webkitvideoencoderprivate VideoEncoderPrivateGStreamer.cpp:137:registerEncoder: Encoder vah264lpenc not found, will not be used
0:00:00.012865651  4680 0x564774116a20 WARN    webkitvideoencoderprivate VideoEncoderPrivateGStreamer.cpp:137:registerEncoder: Encoder vah264enc not found, will not be used
0:00:00.012872907  4680 0x564774116a20 WARN    webkitvideoencoderprivate VideoEncoderPrivateGStreamer.cpp:137:registerEncoder: Encoder vah265enc not found, will not be used
0:00:00.012882719  4680 0x564774116a20 WARN    webkitvideoencoderprivate VideoEncoderPrivateGStreamer.cpp:137:registerEncoder: Encoder x265enc not found, will not be used
0:00:00.017546607  4680 0x564774116a20 WARN    webkitregistryscanner GStreamerRegistryScanner.cpp:281:hasElementForCaps: All video encoder elements matching caps video/x-av1 are disallowed
0:00:00.021241182  4680 0x564774116a20 WARN    webkitregistryscanner GStreamerRegistryScanner.cpp:281:hasElementForCaps: All video encoder elements matching caps video/x-av1 are disallowed
0:00:00.169363744  4680 0x7efce0001e60 WARN                 qtdemux qtdemux.c:3128:qtdemux_parse_trex:<qtdemux1> failed to find fragment defaults for stream 1
0:00:00.169442957  4680 0x7efce0002580 WARN                 qtdemux qtdemux.c:3128:qtdemux_parse_trex:<qtdemux3> failed to find fragment defaults for stream 1
0:00:00.169583549  4680 0x7efce0001e60 WARN                 default qtdemux_tags.c:765:qtdemux_tag_add_revdns:<qtdemux1> This tag com.apple.iTunes:iTunSMPB type:1 is not mapped, file a bug at bugzilla.gnome.org
0:00:00.169585805  4680 0x7efce0002580 WARN                 default qtdemux_tags.c:765:qtdemux_tag_add_revdns:<qtdemux3> This tag com.apple.iTunes:iTunSMPB type:1 is not mapped, file a bug at bugzilla.gnome.org
0:00:00.169598624  4680 0x7efce0001e60 WARN                 default qtdemux_tags.c:765:qtdemux_tag_add_revdns:<qtdemux1> This tag com.apple.iTunes:Encoding Params type:0 is not mapped, file a bug at bugzilla.gnome.org
0:00:00.169610472  4680 0x7efce0002580 WARN                 default qtdemux_tags.c:765:qtdemux_tag_add_revdns:<qtdemux3> This tag com.apple.iTunes:Encoding Params type:0 is not mapped, file a bug at bugzilla.gnome.org
0:00:00.169619364  4680 0x7efce0001e60 WARN                 default qtdemux_tags.c:765:qtdemux_tag_add_revdns:<qtdemux1> This tag com.apple.iTunes:iTunNORM type:1 is not mapped, file a bug at bugzilla.gnome.org
0:00:00.169629939  4680 0x7efce0002580 WARN                 default qtdemux_tags.c:765:qtdemux_tag_add_revdns:<qtdemux3> This tag com.apple.iTunes:iTunNORM type:1 is not mapped, file a bug at bugzilla.gnome.org
0:00:00.169650945  4680 0x7efce00020c0 WARN                 qtdemux qtdemux.c:3128:qtdemux_parse_trex:<qtdemux0> failed to find fragment defaults for stream 1
0:00:00.169650944  4680 0x7efce0002320 WARN                 qtdemux qtdemux.c:3128:qtdemux_parse_trex:<qtdemux2> failed to find fragment defaults for stream 1
0:00:00.169700819  4680 0x7efce00020c0 WARN                 default qtdemux_tags.c:765:qtdemux_tag_add_revdns:<qtdemux0> This tag com.apple.iTunes:iTunSMPB type:1 is not mapped, file a bug at bugzilla.gnome.org
0:00:00.169700820  4680 0x7efce0002320 WARN                 default qtdemux_tags.c:765:qtdemux_tag_add_revdns:<qtdemux2> This tag com.apple.iTunes:iTunSMPB type:1 is not mapped, file a bug at bugzilla.gnome.org
0:00:00.169716669  4680 0x7efce00020c0 WARN                 default qtdemux_tags.c:765:qtdemux_tag_add_revdns:<qtdemux0> This tag com.apple.iTunes:Encoding Params type:0 is not mapped, file a bug at bugzilla.gnome.org
0:00:00.169727501  4680 0x7efce0002320 WARN                 default qtdemux_tags.c:765:qtdemux_tag_add_revdns:<qtdemux2> This tag com.apple.iTunes:Encoding Params type:0 is not mapped, file a bug at bugzilla.gnome.org
0:00:00.169737203  4680 0x7efce00020c0 WARN                 default qtdemux_tags.c:765:qtdemux_tag_add_revdns:<qtdemux0> This tag com.apple.iTunes:iTunNORM type:1 is not mapped, file a bug at bugzilla.gnome.org
0:00:00.169747187  4680 0x7efce0002320 WARN                 default qtdemux_tags.c:765:qtdemux_tag_add_revdns:<qtdemux2> This tag com.apple.iTunes:iTunNORM type:1 is not mapped, file a bug at bugzilla.gnome.org
0:00:04.546650205  4680 0x564774116a20 WARN                    alsa conf.c:5569:parse_args: alsalib error: Parameter DEV must be an integer
0:00:04.546673344  4680 0x564774116a20 WARN                    alsa conf.c:5711:snd_config_expand:
alsalib error: Parse arguments error: Invalid argument
0:00:04.546686526  4680 0x564774116a20 WARN                    alsa pcm.c:2675:snd_pcm_open_noupdate: alsalib error: Unknown PCM hw:0,0:{AES0 0x02 AES1 0x82 AES2 0x00 AES3 0x02}
0:00:04.546914480  4680 0x564774116a20 WARN                    alsa conf.c:5569:parse_args: alsalib error: Parameter DEV must be an integer
0:00:04.546928242  4680 0x564774116a20 WARN                    alsa conf.c:5711:snd_config_expand:
alsalib error: Parse arguments error: Invalid argument
0:00:04.546937193  4680 0x564774116a20 WARN                    alsa pcm.c:2675:snd_pcm_open_noupdate: alsalib error: Unknown PCM hw:0,3:{AES0 0x02 AES1 0x82 AES2 0x00 AES3 0x02}
0:00:04.547174430  4680 0x564774116a20 WARN                    alsa conf.c:5569:parse_args: alsalib error: Parameter DEV must be an integer
0:00:04.547187927  4680 0x564774116a20 WARN                    alsa conf.c:5711:snd_config_expand:
alsalib error: Parse arguments error: Invalid argument
0:00:04.547196951  4680 0x564774116a20 WARN                    alsa pcm.c:2675:snd_pcm_open_noupdate: alsalib error: Unknown PCM hw:1,0:{AES0 0x02 AES1 0x82 AES2 0x00 AES3 0x02}
0:01:08.834580163  4680 0x7efce0004760 WARN           matroskademux matroska-demux.c:1143:gst_matroska_demux_parse_stream:<matroskademux3> Unknown TrackVideo subelement 0xec - ignoring
0:01:08.985289370  4680 0x7efce00056c0 WARN         audio-resampler audio-resampler.c:274:convert_taps_gint16_c: can't find exact taps
0:01:08.989966564  4680 0x7efce0005440 WARN         audio-resampler audio-resampler.c:274:convert_taps_gint16_c: can't find exact taps
0:01:08.993952330  4680 0x7efce0005440 WARN         audio-resampler audio-resampler.c:274:convert_taps_gint16_c: can't find exact taps
0:01:10.132450278  4680 0x7efce0005bc0 WARN           matroskademux matroska-demux.c:1143:gst_matroska_demux_parse_stream:<matroskademux5> Unknown TrackVideo subelement 0xec - ignoring
0:01:10.196338373  4680 0x7efce0004a40 WARN         audio-resampler audio-resampler.c:274:convert_taps_gint16_c: can't find exact taps
0:01:10.198188455  4680 0x7efce00049e0 WARN         audio-resampler audio-resampler.c:274:convert_taps_gint16_c: can't find exact taps
0:01:10.199699507  4680 0x7efce00049e0 WARN         audio-resampler audio-resampler.c:274:convert_taps_gint16_c: can't find exact taps

It does look like it failed to load quite a few codecs, maybe av1 stuff? For what it's worth those errors were from navigating to youtube.com, as were all the odd ones about itunes. Most of the errors from the video page itself relate to audio curiously.. Not Sure what to do with that. Let me know if you need any further logs/command output, and thank you in advance!

[Zucca]

Do you have a custom alsa config?

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0:00:04.546650205  4680 0x564774116a20 WARN                    alsa conf.c:5569:parse_args: alsalib error: Parameter DEV must be an integer
0:00:04.546673344  4680 0x564774116a20 WARN                    alsa conf.c:5711:snd_config_expand:
alsalib error: Parse arguments error: Invalid argument 

... suggest there is some invalid value in the alsa config.

But it is an audio related problem, which you say works. Doesn't hurt to check. ;)

If you don't have alsa config, then you might have some version mismatch of alsalib and some other component.

[Renkin42]

Do you have a custom alsa config?

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0:00:04.546650205  4680 0x564774116a20 WARN                    alsa conf.c:5569:parse_args: alsalib error: Parameter DEV must be an integer
0:00:04.546673344  4680 0x564774116a20 WARN                    alsa conf.c:5711:snd_config_expand:
alsalib error: Parse arguments error: Invalid argument 

... suggest there is some invalid value in the alsa config.

But it is an audio related problem, which you say works. Doesn't hurt to check.

If you don't have alsa config, then you might have some version mismatch of alsalib and some other component.

No alsa config sadly. I'm using Pipewire for audio. my media-libs/alsa-lib is 1.2.10-r2, and media-video/pipewire is 1.0.0-r1. I tried disabling pipewire-alsa, but no changes there.

Trying a few more things, I was able to leave the page with the ctrl-g prompt and go to google. On doing so, I get a new interesting error:

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0:00:54.083812580 15041 0x55d57bb7b1d0 WARN          downloadbuffer gstdownloadbuffer.c:973:gst_download_buffer_close_temp_location_file:<downloadbuffer0> Failed to remove temporary file /var/tmp/WebKit-Media-7XUIH2: No such file or directory

Could this be a permission error in creating the stream buffer or something? That would be surprisingly consistent with what I'm seeing.

[Zucca]

Do other webkit-gtk browsers work?

[Renkin42]

Do other webkit-gtk browsers work?

This actually just occurred to me earlier. I’m emerging epiphany now. I’ll get back to you this evening.

[Renkin42]

So epiphany didn’t work at all. Just got an endless stream of errors that it couldn’t connect to a gst server and it wouldn’t load anything. I was afraid it might have issues considering I’m running my system with the “-gnome” flag. I tried luakit after that and it demonstrates identical behavior to surf.

[Hammett]

For what is worth, I tried some months ago luakit and the performance was atrocious, not only on YT, but other sites as well. The RAM consumption was very high in general, and the playback on multimedia was very poor. My guess is that webkit+gstreamer are not a very performant combination.

[Renkin42]

Got it working! Looks like I needed the vpx flag on gst-plugins-meta. I think. I enabled it globally and now playback seems to be working. Webkit performance is still kinda crap, but oh well.