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windows in background visible as white shade while playing video

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philii
philii

Hello

When I play videos (html5) in firefox, the windows opened in the background shine through. It's only visible while playing the video, it disappears when I pause. Its also only a firefox issue, no problem with chrome.

See also the picture, where you can see a white rectangle in the video screen (discreet but still annoying).

Switching off hardware acceleration doesn't help, nor does it work properly in safe mode, so no plugin issue. I already reinstalled firefox.

I'm using ubuntu 18.04. Everything should be up to date and no problems elsewhere.

I really would appreciate not to have to switch to chrome, because I really like firefox.

Thanks a lot in advance for your help.

Hello When I play videos (html5) in firefox, the windows opened in the background shine through. It's only visible while playing the video, it disappears when I pause. Its also only a firefox issue, no problem with chrome. See also the picture, where you can see a white rectangle in the video screen (discreet but still annoying). Switching off hardware acceleration doesn't help, nor does it work properly in safe mode, so no plugin issue. I already reinstalled firefox. I'm using ubuntu 18.04. Everything should be up to date and no problems elsewhere. I really would appreciate not to have to switch to chrome, because I really like firefox. Thanks a lot in advance for your help.
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Modified by philii

Chosen solution

I was finally able to solve the problem.

Changing gfx.xrender.enabled to true in about:config solved it.

Credit goes to: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1100753/firefox-64-0-renders-content-transparent

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philii
philii Question owner

Here the picture

Modified by philii

WestEnd
WestEnd

Link so others can see if they get the same results.

philii
philii Question owner

Better than the link where the picture comes from:

look after 1:47

It only works with certain colors and not when paused. Also there has to be a small open window with bright colors behind firefox (like the settings menu).

Thanks

Modified by philii

philii
philii Question owner

Chosen Solution

I was finally able to solve the problem.

Changing gfx.xrender.enabled to true in about:config solved it.

Credit goes to: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1100753/firefox-64-0-renders-content-transparent