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valeri_t
Aug 25, 2019Copper Contributor
edge beta and youtube in full screen video
I have noticed previously that for some ironic reasons, most Chromium based browsers struggle when it comes to opening YouTube videos in full screen. Yandex Browser takes a second, Vivaldi about a se...
HotCakeX
Aug 26, 2019MVP
Yes good question. for me it takes 1 second (or less) and i also agree it should be instant.
when i click on Full screen icon, first it expands the YouTube video to the bottom and right and then goes full screen, it can't do it in one step. my CPU and discrete GPU are very decent so no bottleneck from their end. i'm using hardware acceleration too.
I tried on Windows' built-in Edge and it's the same. I think it's related to the YouTube website itself and their style.
if it takes more than 1 second then there is something to be fixed in your hardware or configuration. also why using beta anyway? it's a very old version. Canary is the most recent and trouble free version.
when i click on Full screen icon, first it expands the YouTube video to the bottom and right and then goes full screen, it can't do it in one step. my CPU and discrete GPU are very decent so no bottleneck from their end. i'm using hardware acceleration too.
I tried on Windows' built-in Edge and it's the same. I think it's related to the YouTube website itself and their style.
if it takes more than 1 second then there is something to be fixed in your hardware or configuration. also why using beta anyway? it's a very old version. Canary is the most recent and trouble free version.