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youtube livestream chat buffer

Unread post by breadmoth » 2017-08-13, 18:02

I am at a loss with Pale Moon when it comes to chats during a youtube livestream. After a few minutes the chat just stops updating , so I have to reload the page constantly. This happens on both compiled versions of 24.7.1 and packaged versions for my distro (Slackware Linux). This issue has actually followed me when I first used version 24.4 both packaged and compiled by source. Other browsers I try does not have this issue and I have tried Pale Moon without any addons such as no script, but I still notice the same behavior, and after a few minutes the chat stops. I can still type and send messages but unless I reload the frame or the entire page there is nothing new from other users.

That is the best way I can describe this issue, and I poked around all settings I can think of, cookies cache etc, still no improvement. Anyone else experienced this and found a solution? I like Pale Moon for it's lightweight and everything else works just fine.

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Re: youtube livestream chat buffer

Unread post by Alexium 67 » 2017-08-14, 09:34

I experienced it too on my Windows Pale Moon 27.4.1 (x64). I don't know any fix.

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Re: youtube livestream chat buffer

Unread post by breadmoth » 2017-08-14, 23:43

Well at least then I know I am not the only one. Hopefully if more users come with this issue - the devs might be able to look into it then.

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Re: youtube livestream chat buffer

Unread post by Alexium 67 » 2017-08-15, 11:02

Do you experience this issue only with the chat? No any problems with playing video itself?

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Re: youtube livestream chat buffer

Unread post by breadmoth » 2017-08-15, 19:06

Alexium 67 wrote:Do you experience this issue only with the chat? No any problems with playing video itself?
Just the chat. I tried even the pop out feature to see if that would make a difference, and it still stops updating after a few minutes and I still have to reload that page. The video works just fine. Also in another thread I was having trouble with audio sounding very slow on twitter, it was suggested I disable MSE , but then that would prevent me from actually watching livestreams on youtube. So I had to re-enable MSE.

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Re: youtube livestream chat buffer

Unread post by trava90 » 2017-08-16, 02:46

Could you please try with the latest unstable build? I watched a live stream last night for 4 or 5 hours and could not reproduce with the latest unstable build. The chat updated as it should have throughout the stream and the streamers even reacted to questions/comments I posted so everything appeared to be working.

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Re: youtube livestream chat buffer

Unread post by Alexium 67 » 2017-08-16, 08:36

I'll test unstable build this Friday when my favorite streamer will online.

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Re: youtube livestream chat buffer

Unread post by breadmoth » 2017-08-16, 14:25

I just downloaded the unstable binary. Version still displays as 24.7.1 , I thought it would say something about it being 'unstable' but whatever. The streamer happens to be online right now, so I will report what happens.

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Re: youtube livestream chat buffer

Unread post by breadmoth » 2017-08-16, 14:36

Ok, well it didn't take long this time. I even took a screenshot , and yes before anyone asks, I also made sure to clear the cache before running the unstable build.
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Re: youtube livestream chat buffer

Unread post by breadmoth » 2017-08-16, 14:47

Oddly enough this time just popping out the chat, allowed the chat to update. I am really at a loss. Also as a side note, it seems to me that both stable and unstable binaries tend to peak cpu usage a lot more, than say Firefox.
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Re: youtube livestream chat buffer

Unread post by breadmoth » 2017-08-16, 15:01

It doesn't matter what I do, it still has stopped updating again. To recap, I did clear out all cache and deleted history, just to be sure, and I am running the unstable 64 bit binary... :wtf: :crazy: :problem:


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Also before anyone indicates from the screenshot - yes the chat is on slowmode, HOWEVER considering the number of people viewing, it wouldn't take very long maybe 1sec at most to update. Slow mode just prevents a user from typing again after sending a message, but should not affect the chat buffer itself. It does happen on any livestream with or without the streamer using slow mode.

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Re: youtube livestream chat buffer

Unread post by trava90 » 2017-08-17, 03:58

The latest Linux unstable version is 27.5.0a1 (64-bit) (2017-08-13). If it displayed 27.4.1 then that was not the current unstable build.

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Re: youtube livestream chat buffer

Unread post by breadmoth » 2017-08-17, 18:45

trava90 wrote:The latest Linux unstable version is 27.5.0a1 (64-bit) (2017-08-13). If it displayed 27.4.1 then that was not the current unstable build.
:oops: :oops:

Lets try that again - this time I made sure to be running the unstable build, no addons (no script), just Pale Moon with no previous cache/history, but still experiencing it. I want to say it is possible Youtube is doing some changes on it's own causing my problem, but I am still not experiencing this with Firefox (latest stable build), as well as the ESR versions of Firefox for Linux
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Re: youtube livestream chat buffer

Unread post by Alexium 67 » 2017-08-18, 18:36

Unstable build didn't help me too.

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Re: youtube livestream chat buffer

Unread post by Alexium 67 » 2017-08-23, 08:11

May the input focus (when text blinking cursor stay at text field) cause this issue?

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Re: youtube livestream chat buffer

Unread post by breadmoth » 2017-08-24, 18:38

Alexium 67 wrote:May the input focus (when text blinking cursor stay at text field) cause this issue?

Whether I have the blinking cursor or clicking on something else, it makes no difference. The chat still stops updating after a few minutes. This AFAIK is the only issue for me, and is the only thing that is keeping me from outright abandoning bloated Firefox.

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Re: youtube livestream chat buffer

Unread post by breadmoth » 2017-09-11, 18:29

Bumping this thread. It seems my hopes for this issue actually being solved has been dashed. Stable version 27.4.2 x64, issue still occurs with youtube chatbuffer. :evil:
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This is Pale Moon without any extensions/plugins even installed.

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Re: youtube livestream chat buffer

Unread post by breadmoth » 2017-10-10, 02:15

Upgraded to stable 27.5.0 , and of course the issue still occurs :wtf: :crazy: :evil:
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Re: youtube livestream chat buffer

Unread post by GMforker » 2017-10-10, 06:31

- Is there something (js errors) in Browser Console?
- Are there any places that compile a calendar of these events?

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Re: youtube livestream chat buffer

Unread post by Alexium 67 » 2017-10-10, 08:50

It's me again. 27.5.0. The issue still occurs on my Windows. I found only one thing - I can't reproduce it with some streams from other youtubers (not subscribed). No any valuable errors in console.

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