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    Chrome + Youtube 720p Full screen not showing video

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by xijulezix, Feb 12, 2011.

  1. xijulezix

    xijulezix Notebook Enthusiast

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    Chrome + Youtube 720p Full screen not showing video

    Anyone else having this issue? Its just a black screen with audio.
     
    xijulezix, Feb 12, 2011
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    yeah, i just noticed it a few hours ago actually. it only works if i disable hardware acceleration in flash settings. sigh.
     
    argwings, Feb 12, 2011
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    I'm having the same problem as well. Very frustrating.
     
    n1ckg, Feb 12, 2011
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    same...Since adobe update maybe?
     
    josh roberts, Feb 12, 2011
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    Same. Has anyone tried another web browser with full screen?
     
    first_leviathan, Feb 12, 2011
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    I just tried in IE 8 and I cannot get full screen with hardware acceleration enabled. I am having the same issue with chrome as well.
     
    DjId10t, Feb 12, 2011
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    I tried Youtube on full screen and it's okay... on Firefox.

    EDIT: The Nvidia GPU isn't on, if that matters.
     
    first_leviathan, Feb 12, 2011
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    had the issue on firefox but disableing hardware acceleration seams to sort it
     
    drste06, Feb 12, 2011
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    I had the same problem with chrome after the adobe update on Hulu IE works fine for me however.
     
    tidusx100, Feb 12, 2011
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    Thanks. I was having this problem with all of my browsers (Firefox, Chrome, IE). Likewise, disabling HW acceleration seems to fix it. I wonder why...
     
    cappielloa, Feb 12, 2011
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  11. n1ckg

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    How do you disable hardware acceleration on the m11x?
     
    n1ckg, Feb 12, 2011
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    go to youtube, open a video, right click, properties, go to the section all the way on the left
     
    CristoWall14, Feb 12, 2011
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    Thanks! Works now.
     
    n1ckg, Feb 12, 2011
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    Hello,

    I had the same problem. I set chrome to use the intel graphics card from the nvidia menu and I could run flash videos fullscreen with HW acceleration on. Don't know if it is any better, I didn't notice any difference between HW acceleration on/off with the intel graphics card.



     
    vzachari, Feb 12, 2011
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    I noticed that 720p/1080p videos looked croppy after disabling HW acceleration. Found out that you can re-enable it after setting the video to fullscreen without getting a black screen again.
    Then re-apply the desired resolution and the video + youtube interface will look better.
     
    brag, Feb 15, 2011
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  16. DigDung

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    Same issue here.. noticed it right after the last adobe update
     
    DigDung, Feb 15, 2011
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    thanks, brag - solved my problem - repped!
     
    dragon23, Feb 15, 2011
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    I have the same problem and I just registered to this forum to see what's the cause of it. So far disabling hardware acceleration does fix the problem. However, before doing it so, I was confused since I was not able to watch youtube videos in the website itself, but if I went to, say here and click on the "Watch video" link, I was able to watch it normally. It's interesting since the video is linked directly from youtube. Maybe the website has something to do with it?? I don't know. But this issue is very annoying.

    PS: The "youtube black screen" issue seems to affect Chrome browser only. Firefox and IE worked just fine.
     
    phdkriz, Feb 16, 2011
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    If you are using Chrome the hardware acceleration is fixed with the latest beta release.

    The Chrome team is happy to announce the arrival of Chrome 10.0.648.82 to the Beta channel for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Chrome 10 contains some really great improvements including:
    New version of V8 - Crankshaft - which greatly improves javascript performance
    New settings pages that open in a tab, rather than a dialog box
    Improved security with malware reporting and disabling outdated plugins by default
    Password sync as part of Chrome Sync now enabled by default
    GPU Accelerated Video
    Background WebApps
    webNavigation extension API
    More on what's new at the Official Chrome Blog. You can find full details about the changes that are in Chrome 10 in the SVN revision log. If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug. Want to change to another Chrome release channel? Find out how.

    Jason Kersey
    Google Chrome

    Google Chrome Releases
     
    DjId10t, Feb 18, 2011
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    seraphkz, Feb 18, 2011
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    yeah the buffer bar has disappeared for me, I guess Ill have to re-install soon. I thought it was because there was an update so I re enabled the google service but no luck.
     
    MasivB, Feb 18, 2011
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