cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/55341521
Hi all,
WhatsApp Web calls are unreliable in LibreWolf on Debian 13. Both voice and video calls have problems:
- The receiver sometimes hears nothing from me (mic works intermittently)
- Video calls also fail or glitch
- The same calls work fine in Brave on the same machine
Already tried:
- RFP disabled, fingerprintingProtection enabled (no change when disabled)
- media.peerconnection.enabled = true
- Mic/camera permissions allowed for web.whatsapp.com
Has anyone gotten WhatsApp Web calls working reliably in LibreWolf, and what did you change?
Worth cheking also (individually and in combinations):
- media.navigator.enabled = true
- privacy.resistFingerprinting = false
- webgl.disabled = false
Trust me, nothing is fine in Brave
I think the problem is in Gecko base. I all Gecko browser has many performance probleme (speed, resources usage, etc)
Librewolf is made to block a lot of watsapp features and trackers etc. Trying to make it work defeats the purpose of using Librewolf in the first place. Just use a vanilla Firefox for applications and websites that demand tracking and/or scripts.
Or better don’t use Watsapp
I really don’t mind, but reality forces you to use it. Many of my friends, coworkers, and family members use it, so even if I switched to something else, how would I communicate with them? That’s why I asked for a solution to this problem—I don’t want to give up on Librewolf, but I think the problem might unfortunately lie in the fact that it’s Gecko-based.
One possibility, as the original comment suggests, is to install plain Firefox but use it only for Whatsapp-web. Depending on your OS you can create a desktop link or sort of widget by dragging the “shield” icon beside Whatsapp-web’s URL in the address bar, onto your desktop. This essentially creates a shortcut that opens Firefox on Whatsapp-web. When you’re done you can just close it. You can also install Ublock Origin to block some of the cookies and other stuff in Whatsapp-web.
I don’t know how to fix your problem
But I can recommend trying out Jitsi Meet, which is open-source
the problem isn’t the alternative—I know of better ones, The problem is the network effect: a messaging app’s value comes from its users. If I were to switch on my own, I wouldn’t have anyone to communicate with.
