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    Having trouble viewing HD youtube videos

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by bchreng, Mar 7, 2011.

  1. bchreng

    bchreng Notebook Evangelist

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    Anyone else having issues view some of the 720p youtube videos? I can view some, but others don't seem to run at all. For example, this video works, but this one doesn't seem to run. Any insights as to why?
     
    bchreng, Mar 7, 2011
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  2. dyriax

    dyriax Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have this problem too. You use Google Chrome? I can view HD video in incognito mode. I think this is problem with Chrome, not notebook :)
     
    dyriax, Mar 7, 2011
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  3. kosti

    kosti Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yeah mine does this too, but only in Chrome as well. IE plays fine. Has to be a flash player issue with Chrome.
     
    kosti, Mar 7, 2011
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  4. AlienTroll

    AlienTroll Notebook Evangelist

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    Probably Google Chromes the problem. Anyways how do you run Flash Videos/apps on your browser using your 335m? Because playing "original" quality videos on Youtube makes the video look like Crysis on very high on the M11X R1.
     
    AlienTroll, Mar 8, 2011
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  5. bchreng

    bchreng Notebook Evangelist

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    It happens under both Firefox and IE. I think it might have something to do the flash player.
     
    bchreng, Mar 8, 2011
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  6. i has m11x

    i has m11x Notebook Evangelist

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    Right click on a flash video, go to settings, and disable hardware acceleration. That should fix the issues. It's a problem with flash.
     
    i has m11x, Mar 8, 2011
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    jeremyshaw Big time Idiot

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    I forced mine to run on the Intel GPU on my R2 unit. (global to integrated GPU).
     
    jeremyshaw, Mar 8, 2011
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  8. AlienTroll

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    Ahh, works like swiss cheese now. +rep ;)
     
    AlienTroll, Mar 10, 2011
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  9. MasivB

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    Is a good fix.

    I think issue arises because Chrome has Flash pre-installed plugin unlike IE where you install it separate. I wonder if it can't update itself... Hmm..
     
    MasivB, Mar 11, 2011
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