Video question....youtube or any video

[Daehawk]

I've noticed ob videos..especially youtube ones,...that the first time i make one full screen it fails. The top of the video is all colored squiggle crap and the bottom 2/3 is all black. if i minimize it then try a second time to full screen it it is fine. this happens every time to ever video. Ive gone through many video drivers over time and it has persisted through all of them. What would cause this?

[Kasey Chang]

Direct X, maybe? Flash? Java?

[Giles Habibula]

This is really bugging me, because I had the exact same problem for many months, and I cannot remember how I fixed it.

Have you tried right-clicking on the video, going to "settings", and unticking "enable hardware acceleration"?

Funny thing is, when I tried that on a Youtube video just now, it wouldn't bring up the "settings" option. Instead, it informs me that somewhere along the way, I apparently switched from using Flash to play Youtube videos, to HTML5 video player...? I don't even remember doing that! ... Ah, wait, it's telling me "You are in a trial for HTML5 video on YouTube. Some users of supported browsers are automatically entered in to the trial. If you wish to leave the trial, use the link at the bottom. HTML5 is a new browser technology that allows us to show videos without the Flash plugin."

So apparently, it automatically entered me into the trial for HTML5. Well, whatever. It works anyway. It would have been nice if they'd asked my permission first, since I had no idea. The info screen does give me a way to go back to Flash, but since this HTML5 is working so well, I don't dare shut it off now.

More stuff on HTML5:

"Supported Browsers

We support browsers that support both the video tag in HTML5 and either the h.264 video codec or the WebM format (with VP8 codec). These include:
•Firefox 4 (WebM, Available here)
•Google Chrome (WebM)
•Opera 10.6+ (WebM, Available here)
•Apple Safari (h.264, version 4+)
•Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 (h.264, Available here, WebM support avaliable here)
•Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7, or 8 with Google Chrome Frame installed (Get Google Chrome Frame)

Notes
•Fullscreen support is partially implemented. Pressing the fullscreen button will expand the player to fill your browser. If your browser supports a fullscreen option, you can then use that to truly fill the screen
•If you want to find videos with WebM formats available, you can use the Advanced Search options to look for them (or just add &webm=1 to any search URL)

Additional Restrictions (we are working on these!)
•Videos with ads are not supported (they will play in the Flash player)
•On Firefox and Opera, only videos with WebM transcodes will play in HTML5
•If you've opted in to other testtube experiments, you may not get the HTML5 player (Feather is supported, though)"
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EDIT: If anyone else is having problems using Flash with YouTube, You can join the HTML5 Video Player Trial by following the instructions on this page. Or, this direct link should automatically start you on the HTML5 video player trial.

[Daehawk]

Well thats news to me. How nice of them

Thank you. ill check the right click thing.

EDIT: Ok turned off hardware and on the couple I tested it worked right. So maybe that is that. I can hope Thanks again.

[Daehawk]

Well I screwed it up again. All was fine but I had been nagged for weeks from Flash to update. So I finally clicked install just to shut it up. Then all my YouTube vids were just black boxes. no controls so settings on right click and under settings in channel there was none of the old options. Basically none really.

So I uninstalled all Flash crap. Some vids work. they show a little Flash app needed but then they play. But others say unavailable or stay black. So I install Flash from a fresh dload. Same black video no sound nothing. So I uninstalled again and there I am. Perhaps I should find an older version like 10?

[Isgrimnur]

BAM!

[Daehawk]

Thanks Isg. I'll bookmark that site. I found version 10 last night. I was going to go sans Flash but too much web material required it. Hence putting an older version back in.

You'd think a giant company would test their Flash player out to see if it works with the largest internet video site out there.

[Giles Habibula]

Daehawk, could you let us know how it goes after a few days? If you find a version that works, I'd like to know, since I'm once again having the occasional video that craps out partway through. And a few times where I'd get an empty black box instead of a video until I would refresh it 3 or 4 times.

I had been using the HTML5 trial, but after a while, that started messing up with certain videos even more than Flash, so I switched back. It's just fine 90% of the time, but if there's a version of Flash that works best, I want to have it.

[Daehawk]

I believe the version I got was 10 something and was released in June. Not super helpful but I dont know how to check the version of it.

[Giles Habibula]

Right-click on a video. The version number will be on the bottom of the list that appears. Mine is 11.3.300.257

[Daehawk]

TY
10.3.183.20

[Rumpy]

Always a good idea to update to the latest version, particularly with something used online, as there are security fixes.

Flash does have an auto-update feature if you enable it. I find it very convenient.

[Daehawk]

Updating is what broke it

[Giles Habibula]

TY
10.3.183.20

Thanks.

[Daehawk]

Not sure if this is related but my YT videos seem muted...lower volume. I always have to turn my headphones way up now then back down for everything else.