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    Playing videos full screen capable?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by chingmiester, Feb 9, 2011.

  1. chingmiester

    chingmiester Newbie

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    Hey, just got my mx11 today, very excited and am enjoying it! My only issue so far (still downloading my expansive library of games on steam to try them all 1 by 1) is that when I try to maximize a video on youtube or hulu it goes to a black screen and I cannot see anything. I get audio, but no video. Here is my rig:
    i7 core
    4gb ram
    300gb hd
    connected via HDMI to my gateway hd2201 monitor
    1680x1050 resolution

    I am betting it's some random setting I am missing, but I can't figure it out for the life of me. Thanks in advance
     
    chingmiester, Feb 9, 2011
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  2. bavman

    bavman Notebook Evangelist

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    did you update your drivers?
     
    bavman, Feb 10, 2011
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  3. chingmiester

    chingmiester Newbie

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    yes, the gpu drivers. i figured the rest were already up to date
     
    chingmiester, Feb 10, 2011
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  4. Radam

    Radam Notebook Geek

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    I have the same issue on mine also. The only way I get it to work is to right click, go into the settings and turn off hardware acceleration. Then video can go fullscreen. I then turn the option back on and the video works fullscreen again with it on.

    I think it may be something with the GPU drivers... I am running the 260.99 drivers.
     
    Radam, Feb 10, 2011
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  5. thegh0sts

    thegh0sts Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    are you guys running youtube with the integrated chipset or the nvidia gpu?
     
    thegh0sts, Feb 10, 2011
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  6. Radam

    Radam Notebook Geek

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    The nvidia GPU... forcing chrome to integrated does not work at all :(
     
    Radam, Feb 10, 2011
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  7. thegh0sts

    thegh0sts Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    i don't think using other browsers will work because it might detect the stream and instantly change it to the nvidia gpu.
     
    thegh0sts, Feb 10, 2011
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  8. Radam

    Radam Notebook Geek

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    Chrome is all I have been using.... It's not the end of the world though, as I don't use youtube that much. I think it worked with the 265.xx drivers but GTA doesn't work so I'll just put up with it for now.
     
    Radam, Feb 10, 2011
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  9. thegh0sts

    thegh0sts Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    so long as HD videos work with VLC in integrated mode then that's all i care about :)
     
    thegh0sts, Feb 10, 2011
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  10. kent1146

    kent1146 Notebook Prophet

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    I noticed that you're connecting to an external monitor.

    1) What happens when you disconnect the monitor, and run on the M11x's display? Same problem?

    2) Download and update your Intel HD Graphics GPU drivers, using the latest ones from Intel's site:
    http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=19761&ProdId=3231&lang=eng

    Arrendale-architecture CPU's (like your Core i7-620M ULV) have the Intel HD Graphics GPU on the CPU package itself, and all display pin-outs pass through this GPU. So even if you're using the nVidia GPU to do all of the graphics processing, the Intel GPU is involved in the scaling and display-out. I'll bet that updating the drivers for your Intel GPU will fix your problem.
     
    kent1146, Feb 10, 2011
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  11. tidusx100

    tidusx100 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I think it has to do with the recent Flash update this just started happening to me after I updated flash. I know they were changing the way you could full screen on multiple monitors so im more than certain this is the cause
     
    tidusx100, Feb 10, 2011
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