Probably not the most important query in the world...

phillyb

Hi,

I know this might sound trivial but its kinda starting to annoy me, Ive got an Acer 5920 laptop, but when Im on Youtube When I click to enlarge the video to full screen all I get is a black screen?

Its like its gone to full screen but there is no picture?

Any advice would be appreciated.

robpw2

i had that with my acer but its to do with the graphic settings you have to look at them
im nto that technically minded but my partner is i wil ask him when he gets back

phillyb

Thanks for that, Its just a bit annoying sometimes.

vyseyboy

As a workaround in the meantime, you could get a youtube video up in normal size (small), right click where the video is playing, go to "settings" and untick "enable hardware acceleration" in the display tab.

You might have to close and re-open the browser window once you've done this to activate the changed setting.

Also a good idea (possibly before trying the above workaround) to make sure you have the latest version of flash:

http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash

And the latest drivers for your graphics chip:

http://www.ehow.com/how_5572_upgrade-drivers-video.html

robpw2

is it vista?

robpw2

1. Right-click in the standard youtube video window (non-full
screen).
2. Choose 'Settings...' from the Flash Player's pop-up menu.
3. Uncheck the 'Enable Hardware Acceleration'
4. Click 'Close'.

wanye

check your graphics card drivers are up to date

phillyb

Yeah Its Vista, its only 2 months old my laptop so I assumed everything was up to date, thats why I was wondering why it didnt go to full-screen.

Cheers for the advice Ill give it ago.

p.s How do I check/edit my Graphics cards details/settings?