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It's very disheartening that when you try to connect with firefox, it says you should use chrome. This is a direct stab in the heart of the people who would fa

It's very disheartening that when you try to connect with firefox, it says you should use chrome. This is a direct stab in the heart of the people who would favor it over zoom because it is free software.

surround 7y ago
Zoom also recommends Chrome [1]. As other users said, the issue is probably with Firefox’s simulcast, not Jitsi. [1] https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/214629443-Zoom-Web-Client https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/214629443-Zoom-Web...
undefined-1 7y ago
It worked better for me in Firefox than Chromium.
fergbrain 7y ago
I use it with Firefox and it works just fine
- Naac 7y ago
  What version of Firefox? What OS? Can confirm Firefox-dev on Linux has no working video.
  - lytedev 7y ago
    Firefox preview on my phone in desktop mode worked FWIW.
    - skylerwshaw 7y ago
      If that's on iOS, you're not actually using Firefox since it uses Apple's Webkit.
      - surround 7y ago
        Firefox preview is only on android. iOS doesn’t support videoconferencing in the browser - you have to download the app.
  - monksy 7y ago
    Firefox stable /Linux. Video works.
  - trthomps 7y ago
    Works for me, firefox-nightly (76) on Linux.
  - dontdieych 7y ago
    Arch linux Firefox Nightly 76 Works fine though not tested mic(muted on system).
  - Fice 7y ago
    Firefox 74.0 on Fedora works. AFAIK Firefox on GNU/Linux uses Gstreamer. Maybe you need to install gstreamer codec packages. Update: Firefox switched to FFmpeg and removed Gstreamer support some time ago. I have FFmpeg installed from rpmfusion, but I don't know if that's relevant to WebRTC and Jitsi.
    - renaudg 7y ago
      Looks like 2020 is still not the "year of Linux on the desktop" (from a desktop Linux user years 1996-2004)
- acidburnNSA 7y ago
  It works on Firefox but does not have simulcast support so whenever someone on Firefox joins, other devices have to use vastly more CPU and bandwidth. My phone dropped 50% battery in 10 minutes with a Firefox user on. It is being worked on [1]. Firefox was a supported browser but they took it off the list in January until this issue is fixed. [2] [1] https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet/issues/4758#issuecomment-563190289 https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet/issues/4758#issuecomment... [2] https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet/pull/5017 https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet/pull/5017
  - lvs 7y ago
    Sounds like a great DOS attack on meetings you don't want to be in. Just join from Firefox and everyone's battery dies.
ironmagma 7y ago
It really shouldn’t matter that much — using some open source software is better than using none.
cheald 7y ago
The reason is that Firefox's simulcast support is iffy. It works fine, though (better than Hangouts did on Firefox, last I checked!)
hannob 7y ago
As others have said, this seems to be a Firefox issue, once you get a larger number of participants in a call it becomes unusable with a single firefox user. I have actually considered running an instance of jitsi meet where I block out all non-chrome browsers. I don't like it, but if you pragmatically want something that works... I really feel in this situation Mozilla should put all resources on fixing issues like these.
rock_artist 7y ago
After Firefox warning I've tried Safari and got the same 'Browser Warning' badge btw.
leshenka 7y ago
And here I am, opening Chrome just so I can join audio in Zoom conference. For some reason it says "Your browser does not support using the computer’s Audio device" and recommends Chrome. p.s. Discord has no problems with my audio
dserodio 7y ago
Tried it in Firefox with just 3 people in the room and the UI (mute/hangout/video off) UI is like 0.2 FPS

surround 7y ago

Zoom also recommends Chrome [1]. As other users said, the issue is probably with Firefox’s simulcast, not Jitsi. [1] https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/214629443-Zoom-Web-Client https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/214629443-Zoom-Web...

undefined-1 7y ago

It worked better for me in Firefox than Chromium.

fergbrain 7y ago

I use it with Firefox and it works just fine

Naac 7y ago
What version of Firefox? What OS? Can confirm Firefox-dev on Linux has no working video.
- lytedev 7y ago
  Firefox preview on my phone in desktop mode worked FWIW.
  - skylerwshaw 7y ago
    If that's on iOS, you're not actually using Firefox since it uses Apple's Webkit.
    - surround 7y ago
      Firefox preview is only on android. iOS doesn’t support videoconferencing in the browser - you have to download the app.
- monksy 7y ago
  Firefox stable /Linux. Video works.
- trthomps 7y ago
  Works for me, firefox-nightly (76) on Linux.
- dontdieych 7y ago
  Arch linux Firefox Nightly 76 Works fine though not tested mic(muted on system).
- Fice 7y ago
  Firefox 74.0 on Fedora works. AFAIK Firefox on GNU/Linux uses Gstreamer. Maybe you need to install gstreamer codec packages. Update: Firefox switched to FFmpeg and removed Gstreamer support some time ago. I have FFmpeg installed from rpmfusion, but I don't know if that's relevant to WebRTC and Jitsi.
  - renaudg 7y ago
    Looks like 2020 is still not the "year of Linux on the desktop" (from a desktop Linux user years 1996-2004)
acidburnNSA 7y ago
It works on Firefox but does not have simulcast support so whenever someone on Firefox joins, other devices have to use vastly more CPU and bandwidth. My phone dropped 50% battery in 10 minutes with a Firefox user on. It is being worked on [1]. Firefox was a supported browser but they took it off the list in January until this issue is fixed. [2] [1] https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet/issues/4758#issuecomment-563190289 https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet/issues/4758#issuecomment... [2] https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet/pull/5017 https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet/pull/5017
- lvs 7y ago
  Sounds like a great DOS attack on meetings you don't want to be in. Just join from Firefox and everyone's battery dies.

ironmagma 7y ago

It really shouldn’t matter that much — using some open source software is better than using none.

cheald 7y ago

The reason is that Firefox's simulcast support is iffy. It works fine, though (better than Hangouts did on Firefox, last I checked!)

hannob 7y ago

As others have said, this seems to be a Firefox issue, once you get a larger number of participants in a call it becomes unusable with a single firefox user. I have actually considered running an instance of jitsi meet where I block out all non-chrome browsers. I don't like it, but if you pragmatically want something that works... I really feel in this situation Mozilla should put all resources on fixing issues like these.

rock_artist 7y ago

After Firefox warning I've tried Safari and got the same 'Browser Warning' badge btw.

leshenka 7y ago

And here I am, opening Chrome just so I can join audio in Zoom conference. For some reason it says "Your browser does not support using the computer’s Audio device" and recommends Chrome. p.s. Discord has no problems with my audio

dserodio 7y ago

Tried it in Firefox with just 3 people in the room and the UI (mute/hangout/video off) UI is like 0.2 FPS