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[OscarTalks]

The videos on that website did play for me in latest Slimjet (11.0.5.0).
I don't know if it makes a difference but Slimjet ships with a slightly older Pepper Flash and I have updated that to latest (which is 22.0.0.209) and I believe some websites refuse to play if the Flash Player version is outdated.

Regarding the other issue,
There is an option in the settings which talks about memory optimisation. To be honest I don't fully understand what it does but you could try experimenting with it to see if you can improve the performance under heavy load.

[davids45]

G'dafternoon Mike,

I think you meant to type a colon but came up with a half-measure in your last post for me?

I succeeded with:

[OscarTalks]

Version 11.0.6.0 released.
This is supposed to have fixed a bug which prevents videos on Twitter from playing.
Not sure if it is working though, I am still seeing error messages, though they are different from before.
To be honest I am finding Vivaldi better in this regard.
https://yadi.sk/d/fd8rBM0WoF9sB

[OscarTalks]

Slimjet version 11.0.6.0 has been recalled.
The download page has reverted back to 11.0.5.0
Reports have suggested that the fix of Twitter videos broke playback of videos on some other sites including Facebook.
In the brief tests I performed, the Twitter videos still did not appear to work in Puppy anyway, not sure why.
They are working to release 11.0.7.0 as soon as possible (and possibly a version 12 based on a newer Chromium).
In the meantime, users may wish to consider NOT upgrading to 11.0.6.0

[OscarTalks]

Version 11.0.7.0 is out.
Videos in Twitter still don't appear to play. Nor do streams in Periscope.
These appear fine in Vivaldi and also Iron so not sure why the problem with Slimjet. Shame because I like the browser otherwise. Maybe they have tested the fix in Windows only. Some reports are suggesting a problem with Pepper Flash 23 but that might be Windows related as well because it seems OK in Puppy in my tests.

[OscarTalks]

Slimjet version 12.0.5.0 based on Chromium 53.0.2785.89 is out.
Now requires --no-sandbox argument in older Puppies (same as Vivaldi 1.4).
Adequate sandboxing in Tahr. Use "tahr" version in Slacko 6.3.* to run with sandbox enabled.
I think the video problem in Twitter and Periscope is due to lack of h264 codec because of licensing issues. Not sure why other browsers have it working
Experimental packages uploaded, but I am considering stopping doing this.
Includes Pepper Flash 23.0.0.185
https://yadi.sk/d/fd8rBM0WoF9sB

[sheldonisaac]

[OscarTalks]

Version 12.0.6.0 now out.
Seems they are releasing bugfixes every couple of days just lately.
I have updated my experimental packages.
https://yadi.sk/d/fd8rBM0WoF9sB

@Sheldon and anyone else,
Mike Walsh is also putting packages together for Slimjet
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=106957
I am tending to use Vivaldi more as my Chromium derivative of choice but have not completely abandoned Slimjet yet.

[Mike Walsh]

Hi, Sheldon.

[OscarTalks]

Slimjet website is now offering 13.0.0.0 as a "beta".
Based on Chromium 55 with PepperFlash 24.0.0.194 bundled.
MEDIA CODEC SUPPORT appears to be improved.
Videos on Twitter and Periscope are playing.
Experimental 32bit packages uploaded.
Running OK in Wheezy and Slacko 5.7
https://yadi.sk/d/fd8rBM0WoF9sB

[greengeek]

[duckguy]

Hi, I'm posting this from Slimboat.

When I first loaded the 32bit version of Tahrpup 6.05 the quickpet manager came with Slimboat. When I tried to update Slimboat, the site told me to just switch to Slimjet.

Newsflash. Slimjet won't run on the latest 32 bit version of Tahrpup! Good news, though. I have the 64 bit version of Tahrpup, and it runs just fine. The only thing is that the 64 bit Tahrpup is too buggy and crashes frequently!

My advice is to stick to the 32 bit version, and stick to Slimboat, until they come up with a more stable version of either the 64 bit Puppy, or a Slimjet that won't crash with the 32 bit Puppy.

Hope this helps. B"H.

[Mike Walsh]

Hi, duckguy.

Curious. Where are you getting your SlimJet from, may I ask? The 32-bit versions that both Oscar and I do for Puppy run without any problems...

I also don't understand why your copy of Tahr64 is 'buggy', and 'crashes frequently'. My own is as stable as they come; it's where I package the 64-bit versions of SlimJet.....and they run just fine.


Mike.

[duckguy]

[duckguy]

Hi trying to reply but it's not loading up!!! B"H.