FB's videos are green, but youtubes are not (fixed that a month ago.)

[thurmanuclear]

The videos on Facebook are green screened, *but* I had this problem with youtube and fixed it. And youtube still works...no green screens at all. So, I can get the name of the video from FB, go to youtube and it plays fine, but that is a pain in the ass after only a few days now. It seems bizarre that many of these FB videos are directly linked to youtube--yet are green when on the youtube page they are not.

 

[jbrown156]

The videos on Facebook are green screened, *but* I had this problem with youtube and fixed it. And youtube still works...no green screens at all. So, I can get the name of the video from FB, go to youtube and it plays fine, but that is a pain in the ass after only a few days now. It seems bizarre that many of these FB videos are directly linked to youtube--yet are green when on the youtube page they are not.

here is how to fix the problem ...

right click on the video while it is play on fb >> select setting >>then uncheck the hardware acceleration box and refresh the page and try to play the video again and the green screen will be gone..

 

[thurmanuclear]

Sadly, didn't work. If you wait until it's green/playing, right click gets you an adobe box, and you can right click again and get settings, but it won't go past that. Nothing happens. You're stuck on settings. Or you can right click before it starts playing (and turns green) and get the usual IE menu, which has settings and three or so accelerators but none are remotely labeled hardware acceleration and have no boxes to click if they did.

 

[jbrown156]

Sadly, didn't work. If you wait until it's green/playing, right click gets you an adobe box, and you can right click again and get settings, but it won't go past that. Nothing happens. You're stuck on settings. Or you can right click before it starts playing (and turns green) and get the usual IE menu, which has settings and three or so accelerators but none are remotely labeled hardware acceleration and have no boxes to click if they did.

ok then try this
Open Internet Explorer 9. Press the "Alt" key on your keyboard then click on the "Tools" menu and select "Internet Options."

2
Click the "Advanced" tab then find "Accelerated Graphics" in the "Settings" area. Put a check in the box next to: "Use software acceleration..." Click "OK."


3
Close and re-open IE9 so the changes can take effect. Web pages will now render more slowly, but your computer will have more processing power for other tasks.

thats hould work ... the problem is that hardware acceleration is on and is commonly the cause of the green screen

 

[thurmanuclear]

Sadly, didn't work. If you wait until it's green/playing, right click gets you an adobe box, and you can right click again and get settings, but it won't go past that. Nothing happens. You're stuck on settings. Or you can right click before it starts playing (and turns green) and get the usual IE menu, which has settings and three or so accelerators but none are remotely labeled hardware acceleration and have no boxes to click if they did.

ok then try this
Open Internet Explorer 9. Press the "Alt" key on your keyboard then click on the "Tools" menu and select "Internet Options."

2
Click the "Advanced" tab then find "Accelerated Graphics" in the "Settings" area. Put a check in the box next to: "Use software acceleration..." Click "OK."


3
Close and re-open IE9 so the changes can take effect. Web pages will now render more slowly, but your computer will have more processing power for other tasks.

thats hould work ... the problem is that hardware acceleration is on and is commonly the cause of the green screen

 

[thurmanuclear]

That's how I fixed the youtube green screen problem, so that's already been done. WHY, OH LORD, do those computer Dark Overlords torture us so with this endless 5000 new problems with each upgrade or just for no reason, no upgrade involved at all...special place in hell for anyone who even bought coffee for anyone who had anything to do with windows 8.

 

[jbrown156]

That's how I fixed the youtube green screen problem, so that's already been done. WHY, OH LORD, do those computer Dark Overlords torture us so with this endless 5000 new problems with each upgrade or just for no reason, no upgrade involved at all...special place in hell for anyone who even bought coffee for anyone who had anything to do with windows 8.

which graphics card do you have in your machine ?
if it is integrated graphics right click on the desktop > screen resolution >advanced settings >troubleshoot and turn the hardware acceleration all the way down and try to play the video once more

 

[jbrown156]

"WHY, OH LORD, do those computer Dark Overlords torture us so with this endless 5000 new problems with each upgrade or just for no reason" LOL thats crazy