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Bronze Contributor

Sep 10, 2019

Screen dims when playing fullscreen video.

When I play videos in full screen, the screen brightness dims. This is very annoying as I want to see more vivid colors when watching videos. When I hit volume or screen brightness buttons, it goes back to normal, but then dims immediately afterward.

V-FRROME
Sep 11, 2019
cjc2112

I will play around with some flags in Edge Canary, see if there is a workaround for you.

Thanks,

Frank.

V-FRROME
Microsoft
Sep 11, 2019
cjc2112

Which Edge insider browser is this happening on for you, and is this a recent issue?

Thanks,

Frank.
- cjc2112
  Bronze Contributor
  Sep 11, 2019
  V-FRROME
  Canary. Yes, its a recent issue, and I think its meant to save battery, but this is the wrong way to do it.
  - V-FRROME
    Microsoft
    Sep 11, 2019
    cjc2112
    
    I will play around with some flags in Edge Canary, see if there is a workaround for you.
    
    Thanks,
    
    Frank.
NadissaRyuu
Copper Contributor
Feb 06, 2023
cjc2112 Mine does the same thing. Windows 10 with edge browser. Anytime it's plugged in and I watch a video in fullscreen, it dims considerably. Still haven't found a solution either.
- FinMan
  Copper Contributor
  Feb 06, 2023
  I've been fixed for about 1 week so far & stable. Edge is version 109.0.1518.78 (x64), Win 11, Surface Studio Laptop & this was the change I made:
  
  Settings > Apps > Video playback > "Adjust video based on lighting around me", set to off. I'm 99% sure I've done this in the past also to no avail but I'm finally stable without any full screen videos in Edge darkening the display.
  
  I also noticed full screen RDP would dim as well several times so this issue isn't solely limited to Edge & full screen videos while plugged in.

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