Thanks for the report. Could you please test mozilla's official firefox build (from https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/download/) and report whether it's similarly affected?
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1876967 Title: Youtube hangs Firefox with HDMI audio enabled Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: If I have my output device set to "HDMI / DisplayPort - Built-in Audio", playing a Youtube video on Firefox causes it to hang. It initially loads fine, but nothing happens. The UI is still responsive at this point, and I can scroll the page, switch tabs, etc. However, if I then try to open a new tab or navigate to a new page, Firefox hangs completely and I have to kill it. If I switch the audio device back to internal speakers, everything works fine. This only started happening some time in the last week. Previously, I observed a different behaviour, where Youtube videos simply wouldn't play audio on HDMI unless I already had an audio stream initiated from another app. It never hung the browser, though. I first observed this on Firefox 76 beta, then 77, and now I have confirmed it on the Ubuntu package of Firefox 75, all with a new, clean profile. Also, I *can* play audio on other sites like Pandora over HDMI. This seems to be YouTube specific somehow. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: firefox 75.0+build3-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-29.33-generic 5.4.30 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-29-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair nvidia_modeset nvidia AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: hackel 5714 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20200403170909 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip Channel: Unavailable CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Tue May 5 12:42:54 2020 DefaultProfileExtensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing DefaultProfileIncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite) DefaultProfileLocales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing DefaultProfilePrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/firefox/omni.ja:greprefs.js:733 DefaultProfilePrefSources: prefs.js DefaultProfileThemes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/firefox/firefox ForcedLayersAccel: False InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-12-03 (154 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017) MostRecentCrashID: bp-576d985d-7cf9-49c6-85be-6b8db0200424 Profile0Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile0IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite) Profile0Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile0PrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/firefox/omni.ja:greprefs.js:733 Profile0PrefSources: prefs.js Profile0Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile2Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile2IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite) Profile2Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile2PrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/firefox/omni.ja:greprefs.js:733 Profile2PrefSources: prefs.js Profile2Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profiles: Profile1 (Default) - LastVersion=77.0/20200504222419 (Out of date) Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=75.0/20200403170909 Profile2 - LastVersion=72.0/20191203141951 (Out of date) RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: firefox SubmittedCrashIDs: bp-576d985d-7cf9-49c6-85be-6b8db0200424 bp-c666b594-be1c-4e99-aa85-9e7ef0200424 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-04-24 (10 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 02/06/2020 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: 1.6.0 dmi.board.name: 018W12 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A02 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.6.0:bd02/06/2020:svnDellInc.:pnXPS157590:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn018W12:rvrA02:cvnDellInc.:ct10:cvr: dmi.product.family: XPS dmi.product.name: XPS 15 7590 dmi.product.sku: 0905 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1876967/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp