seamonkey linux, distorted sound on certain sites [solved]

[fswl1234]

youtube & most sites work fine, but not wsj & twitter (and a few others i can't recall right now)

can anyone confirm?

[therube]

Some URLs?

Distorted in what way?

Any specific (Linux) sound driver or whatnot being used?
Which Linux are you using?

Which sound system does firefox use on linux?

[fswl1234]

Some URLs?

any on both sites

http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20170714/BCH084137.asp?source=rss
http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20170517/BGH162338.asp?source=rss
for example (dont' have any twitter video links right now)

Distorted in what way?

like it's played in a different speed (slower?) with loud background noises
*distorted* is as close as i can think of

Any specific (Linux) sound driver or whatnot being used?
Which Linux are you using?

Which sound system does firefox use on linux?

fedora 24, about:support shows: Audio Backend pulse

ps: i've had this issue for quite some time, before 2.40 iirc. and only with seamonkey, not firefox

[Frank Lion]

youtube & most sites work fine, but not wsj & twitter (and a few others i can't recall right now)

can anyone confirm?

Nope, both those Chinese links you gave play fine for me. No distortion and both sound synced to the picture.

I suggest you check the sites with a new profile (just close SM, rename your existing .mozilla folder and start SM again.) and see if there is any change.

[fswl1234]

thanks

i tried before and just tried again, same issue in new profile

[ElTxolo]

.... but not wsj & twitter (and a few others i can't recall right now)

can anyone confirm?

Same problem here. Bad browser sniffing on those two pages.
Using SeaMonkey 2.48 (RC), SeaMonkey 2.49.1 and SeaMonkey 2.51 (unOfficial builds by A. Kalla).

As workaround, you should enable Firefox compatibility:
Edit > Preferences > Advanced >> HTTP Networking >> User Agent String -> [x]Advertise Firefox compatibility

Or use an extension to switch the user agent, like PrefBar or User Agent Switcher.






Cheers!

[fswl1234]

thanks, that's it
i've seen bad page layout caused by browser sniffing, never thought it would affect (just) sound


general.useragent.site_specific_overrides still works (firefox got rid of it for reason i don't remember)
i tried adding this and sound is nornal now

general.useragent.override.wsj.com;Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:59.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/99.0

[Frank Lion]

thanks, that's it
i've seen bad page layout caused by browser sniffing, never thought it would affect (just) sound

Yep, me too. I never would have thought of checking browser sniffing to fix a distorted sound problem!

Well done, ElTxolo

[ElTxolo]

thanks, that's it
i've seen bad page layout caused by browser sniffing, never thought it would affect (just) sound


general.useragent.site_specific_overrides still works (firefox got rid of it for reason i don't remember)
i tried adding this and sound is nornal now

general.useragent.override.wsj.com;Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:59.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/99.0

• You're welcome!

Well done, ElTxolo

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