Chromium 79 browser video broken

Rodney reminded me that the Chromium SFS is old. It is version 73, whereas the latest in the Debian DEB package repository is 79.

Right, so I created a SFS for Chromium 79. I do this by installing from the Debian repository, using "petget" (PPM, package manager), then copy the installed files into a folder, then run "dir2sfs".

I tested version 79 running on the main desktop, and in a container. In both cases, videos at youtube.com do not play properly. Video freezes, while the sound continues. Not just videos, all web pages are slow to load.

Running "chromium" from a terminal, there seems to be a GPU problem. For example:

[10780:10780:0307/083627.734491:ERROR:gpu_init.cc(66)] gpu::CollectGraphicsInfo failed.
[10780:10780:0307/083627.736757:ERROR:viz_main_impl.cc(180)] Exiting GPU process due to errors during initialization

However, version 73 plays videos OK. I tested 720p and it played OK.

A quick search revealed that others have encountered the same problem.

https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/23367328?hl=en

https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/23283471?hl=en

...there is a comment that version 80 has fixed it, however the Debian repository has not yet updated to 80.  Well, they have in the "testing" branch. I need to wait until they update the "stable" branch repo. 

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