> I understand and and i use webkitgtk2.16.5. I have tried epiphany, and > it behaves just fine for me : i can't play youtube videos but at > least the browser doesn't freeze. With surf, it would be perfect. So > i guess, it is really surf...
Well yes, surf will let the webkit play videos through gstreamer if you click on videos. So haven't actually tested the issue in epiphany. You could try disable 2D acceleration in surf parameters though, maybe the FreeBSD video driver you're using is bugged. Good luck!