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Naxterra
Copper Contributor
Oct 19, 2019
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Edge Chromium - Full screen video freezes computer

Hello   When watching videos in full screen, it is not allowing to close it, or return to normal screen. Especially when watching videos more than 20 mins. It also freezes my computer. Video contin...
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    HotCakeX
    Oct 19, 2019
    Try disabling "Load Media Router Component Extension" flag and then check if the problem still persists, if it does, then try disabling hardware acceleration. the point is to find out which part of the browser is causing that problem to happen, don't worry you can turn on HA any time.
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HotCakeX
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Oct 19, 2019

Hi,
Which Edge insider channel and version are you using?

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    Naxterra
    Copper Contributor
    Oct 19, 2019

    HotCakeX 

     

    It is Beta channel and my version is 78.0.276.19 (Official build) beta (64-bit)

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      HotCakeX
      MVP
      Oct 19, 2019
      Are you using any custom Flags?
      have you tried turning off hardware acceleration?
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        Naxterra
        Copper Contributor
        Oct 19, 2019

        HotCakeX 

         

        For custom flags I have following active

        Microsoft Edge Translate

        Load Media Router Component Extension

         

        I didn't disable hardware acceleration because I have RTX 2080Ti and it should handle every load