BBC website video -Full screen not working

peter999

The videos on BBC website don't work at Full Screen size.
I get a blank screen, but can hear sound playing.

I have tried on 2 Pcs and not working on both.

I assume they should play at full screen size.

Anyone else getting this & know how to solve ??

peter999

KimYeovil

Is this new? Sounds as if your PC is not powerful enough to decode the video - although fullscreen is usually faster than in page so that won't be it. Have you tried the 'use lower bandwidth' version? Or as it is this time in the evening it could just be your provider hobbling you - some of them limit BBC streams at peak times.

peter999

KimYeovil wrote: »

Is this new?

I'm not really sure.

I don't watch videos full screen, just noticed it isn't working in last day.

The BBC website has recently had major redesign, so not sure if it is to do with this.

Try this video:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/8868206.stm

peter999

peter999

Can people check whether BBC website videos work at Full Screen for them.

Find a video on BBC website, select Full Screen, does it work ??


Try this one
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10846395

lucylucky

Working fine for me at the moment.

roadster1

Right click on the small video window and untick hardware acceleration and use low quality.

See if that helps.

peter999

roadster1 wrote: »

Right click on the small video window and untick hardware acceleration and use low quality.

That's worked.

Unticked, it started working at full screen.

If I then ticked again, it still works, strange.

http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/help01.html

What are display settings?
Display settings allow you to use hardware-accelerated scaling to improve the speed of playback in Flash Player.

What happens if I do nothing?
By default, Enable Hardware Acceleration is selected to improve the quality of playback in Flash Player, particularly the performance of full-screen playback.

What is hardware-accelerated scaling?
Although Flash Player can display high-quality video and images by itself, hardware-accelerated scaling uses the video or graphics card on your computer to display images and video more clearly and quickly than Flash Player can on its own.

Will hardware-accelerated scaling work on all computers?
For hardware-accelerated scaling to work, you need Microsoft DirectX 9 with VRAM 128MB for Windows and OpenGL for Apple Macintosh, Mac OS X v10.2 or higher. There might be compatibility issues with older hardware and drivers. (See Flash Player system requirements.) With older versions of Flash Player, you should not see dramatic changes as the player reverts from hardware-accelerated scaling back to software scaling.

If I have display problems with Flash Player, what should I do?
If you have display problems with Flash Player, such as poor picture quality or slow display times, deselect Enable Hardware Acceleration in the Display panel. This should eliminate hardware or driver compatibility problems with Flash Player. Flash Player then uses software to scale and display the content.