I'm using Ubuntu Linux 18.04 LTS with Chrome and am trying to stream ESPN live events. The videos load fine and play without buffering but are jerky.

I've tried using Chromium and Firefox and they are worse.

Hulu, YouTube, Netflix and Prime Video all stream with no issue.

Any suggestions?

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Posted by heavylurk

Toledo

Member since Sep 2015

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Posted on 4/13/19 at 12:13 pm to ArkLaTexTiger

go into settings on chrome/firefox and disable hardware acceleration.

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Posted by LSURep864

Moscow, Idaho

Member since Nov 2007

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Posted on 4/14/19 at 6:48 am to ArkLaTexTiger

This may sound basic, but you have updated your graphic drivers using apt-get or the Ubuntu App Store right?

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Posted by LSshoe

Burrowing through a pile o MikePoop

Member since Jan 2008

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Posted on 4/15/19 at 6:23 am to ArkLaTexTiger

I've had issues in the past when you had to use flash player that supported funky drm stuff. No real issues since they've updated it. I use Firefox. Never tried Chrome. Currently on 18.04

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Posted by LsuFan_1955

Slidell, La

Member since Jul 2013

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Posted on 4/16/19 at 3:21 am to ArkLaTexTiger

I'm using Mint Cinnamon 19.1. No issues streaming ESPN live events, or replays. I use the Linux variant of Chrome, which is Chromium. I do have a small issue with mouse lag when I watch YouTube videos, but the videos stream just fine.

ETA: I am also running 2 ad blockers and 2 HTML5 Autoplay blockers.

This post was edited on 4/16/19 at 3:24 am

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Posted by ArkLaTexTiger

Houston

Member since Nov 2009

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Posted on 5/9/19 at 11:41 pm to ArkLaTexTiger

After trying Cinnamon Mint as well as many flavors of Ubuntu I'm using Kubuntu. I prefer the Ubuntu desktop but Kubuntu performs the best for me.

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