Bug#866503: webkit2gtk: stuttering audio playback

[Reiner Herrmann]

Source: webkit2gtk
Version: 2.16.5-1

Hi Richard,

On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 11:41:55AM +0200, Richard Lucassen wrote:
> Hello Reiner,
> 
> I just got an upgrade to surf-2.0 in Debian testing. I use surf for
> this site:
> 
> http://radio.dos.nl/
> 
> But on several computers the sound is interrupted a few times per
> second (I think depending on the bitrate). Downgrading to 0.7 resolves
> the problem. Can you try this site to see if you encounter the same
> issues?

Thank you for testing surf and providing feedback.

I can reproduce the issue you described. On the site you mentioned the sound
is also stuttering for me (1-2 times per second), though it works fine on
other sites like YouTube.
And it also does not occur with surf 0.7 (which is based on the older
webkit(1)).

I was also able to observe the issue with other webkit2gtk-based
"browsers" (liferea).  There the sound is also stuttering.
So the issue seems to be related to the webkit engine.
(surf is only a small "wrapper" around webkit. Rendering and other stuff
like audio/video playback is performed by the webkit engine.)

I'm forwarding your report to the Debian bug tracker.

Kind regards,
  Reiner
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