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When I switch between "normal" and fullscreen in a youtube video, the video and audio stops for a half second. Any solution?

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VeRychard
VeRychard

It is only present in firefox. Did reinstall whole windows 7 also, still have the problem :(

It is only present in firefox. Did reinstall whole windows 7 also, still have the problem :(

Chosen solution

I just got it fixed!!!

When I right-clicked on my video in youtube, there is an option under "settings" for "Hardware acceleration" , which I unticked, now it's working as it should :))

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gnittala
gnittala

Hello,

This could be related to the graphics card taking some time to display the flash video. Can you please check and confirm if you are seeing this issue when you use the HTML5 player of YouTube. To do that, you can do the following

  1. visit the HTML5 page of YouTube
  2. Select the 'Request HTML5 Player' option
  3. Try viewing the video and see if the issue is happening
  4. You can switch back to the flash based player by revisiting the page and selecting 'Use the default player'

Please try that and let us know if the issue is recurring or not.

Thank you

VeRychard
VeRychard Question owner

Hi, thanks for the fast reply, 

I still have the problem with the HTML5 as well (however after switching and restarting firefox and youtube, when I right click on a video, it still shows "about adobe flash player" << I don't know if it means that it hasn't changed to HTML5 or it's just there)

Also I tried to switch between my integrated and dedicated GPU, the issue is present with both of them :(

This is only happening under firefox (chrome, ie works just fine :( )

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VeRychard
VeRychard Question owner

Chosen Solution

I just got it fixed!!!

When I right-clicked on my video in youtube, there is an option under "settings" for "Hardware acceleration" , which I unticked, now it's working as it should :))