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MacBook Pro Retina Display 15 inch YouTube problem

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tob866622

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Hi

I recently got my MacBook Pro retina display about 2 weeks ago. I had a problem when I'm playing YouTube in 720 or 1080p full screen it lags. You will be able to tell the differences when you look at the screen. So I decided to take it to apple store to check the hardware. They decided to replace my logic board it took a couple of days. When I came back to take the machine back they told me to re-check the computer so I opened up the machine and try playing YouTube again it still lags. Have anyone of you got any ideas of why this keeps happening even after replacing the logic board and reinstalling the os. Using the computer normally nothing happens it runs smoothly playing games on windows 8 runs smoothly. But I'm just concerned since it's not a cheap machine.

Thanks in advance
 
ShiggyMiyamoto

ShiggyMiyamoto

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Have you reset the SMC stuff? Also, have you reset NVRAM and PRAM? There are guide on how to do that all over the Web. Also make sure that you have all firmware and other such updates installed when you reinstall the OS.
 
Schranke

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i do not think the youtube player are good on the rMBP, i watch my youtube in html5 and it do have some troubles doing full screen.
Normal playing not a problem
 
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ShiggyMiyamoto

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Also something I just was thinking of: be sure you have the latest version of the Adobe Flash Player plug-in installed. It should prompt you to install the latest after you reinstall the OS, but if it doesn't just manually download the installer and let 'er rip!. lol
 
Ultra AleM

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To fix this problem just disable the GPU auto-switch. it will use the NVIDIA chip and it will be great with HD videos.
 
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tob866622

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ShiggyMiyamoto said:
Have you reset the SMC stuff? Also, have you reset NVRAM and PRAM? There are guide on how to do that all over the Web. Also make sure that you have all firmware and other such updates installed when you reinstall the OS.
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Not yet I will take a look at it when I get the computer back

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Schranke said:
i do not think the youtube player are good on the rMBP, i watch my youtube in html5 and it do have some troubles doing full screen.
Normal playing not a problem
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Yes the same goes for me normal screen is ok running smoothly but when I press fullscreen it lags like crazy.

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ShiggyMiyamoto said:
Also something I just was thinking of: be sure you have the latest version of the Adobe Flash Player plug-in installed. It should prompt you to install the latest after you reinstall the OS, but if it doesn't just manually download the installer and let 'er rip!. lol
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I actually use google chrome and safari and both of them are installed with the newest flash player.

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Ultra AleM said:
To fix this problem just disable the GPU auto-switch. it will use the NVIDIA chip and it will be great with HD videos.
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I tried that no differences at all. I don't understand it too, I tried downloading Google Chrome on the demo machine in the store and tired running it, it runs fine with Safari and Google Chrome.
 
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john500y2k

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Hey tob866622 I had the exact same problem but managed to resolve it.

I use chrome and not safari at all. When I did a fresh install with just chrome it did the lag when in fullscreen that you too are experiencing. Then I tried downloading flash directly from the adobe site and that made no difference.

After some Googleing I found out that you must disable the built in chrome flash player for the directly downloaded adobe one to work.

To do this in web address bar go to:

chrome://plugins

Click details near the top right of the page. Look for Adobe flash player and disable the one with the location Google.Chrome.app

Once I did this, reloaded Chrome and went to youtube and was thrilled to have fullscreen HD with no lag at all. Even noticed that when I clicked the fullscreen button it would be instant with no flicker as before.

I also have automatic graphic switching enabled and no problems with that either.

On an additional note I was round a friends today and he has a windows PC and had the same issue. The above also addressed his issue.

Hope it works for you.
 
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tob866622 said:
Hi

I recently got my MacBook Pro retina display about 2 weeks ago. I had a problem when I'm playing YouTube in 720 or 1080p full screen it lags. You will be able to tell the differences when you look at the screen. So I decided to take it to apple store to check the hardware. They decided to replace my logic board it took a couple of days. When I came back to take the machine back they told me to re-check the computer so I opened up the machine and try playing YouTube again it still lags. Have anyone of you got any ideas of why this keeps happening even after replacing the logic board and reinstalling the os. Using the computer normally nothing happens it runs smoothly playing games on windows 8 runs smoothly. But I'm just concerned since it's not a cheap machine.

Thanks in advance
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I'm curious, do you use Chrome? Because they use a Flash plug-in with their browser. It's best to disable it and use the one you download yourself.

You disable it by going into chrome://plugins

I had the same problem on mine, but then I disabled it and all is good.

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john500y2k said:
Hey tob866622 I had the exact same problem but managed to resolve it.

I use chrome and not safari at all. When I did a fresh install with just chrome it did the lag when in fullscreen that you too are experiencing. Then I tried downloading flash directly from the adobe site and that made no difference.

After some Googleing I found out that you must disable the built in chrome flash player for the directly downloaded adobe one to work.

To do this in web address bar go to:

chrome://plugins

Click details near the top right of the page. Look for Adobe flash player and disable the one with the location Google.Chrome.app

Once I did this, reloaded Chrome and went to youtube and was thrilled to have fullscreen HD with no lag at all. Even noticed that when I clicked the fullscreen button it would be instant with no flicker as before.

I also have automatic graphic switching enabled and no problems with that either.

On an additional note I was round a friends today and he has a windows PC and had the same issue. The above also addressed his issue.

Hope it works for you.
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This works. Typed my response up before reading the thread :)
 
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tob866622

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Sep 23, 2011
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john500y2k said:
Hey tob866622 I had the exact same problem but managed to resolve it.

I use chrome and not safari at all. When I did a fresh install with just chrome it did the lag when in fullscreen that you too are experiencing. Then I tried downloading flash directly from the adobe site and that made no difference.

After some Googleing I found out that you must disable the built in chrome flash player for the directly downloaded adobe one to work.

To do this in web address bar go to:

chrome://plugins

Click details near the top right of the page. Look for Adobe flash player and disable the one with the location Google.Chrome.app

Once I did this, reloaded Chrome and went to youtube and was thrilled to have fullscreen HD with no lag at all. Even noticed that when I clicked the fullscreen button it would be instant with no flicker as before.

I also have automatic graphic switching enabled and no problems with that either.

On an additional note I was round a friends today and he has a windows PC and had the same issue. The above also addressed his issue.

Hope it works for you.
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Thanks I'll try it when I get the rMBP so apple replaced my logic board for no reason lol
 
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tob866622

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Sep 23, 2011
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So after wasting about 1 week apple decided to change my macbook pro retina from 2.4 ghz to the top model!
 
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trombo22

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Just to add, I have the 15" 2.6 with 10.8.3 and all up to date(including flash). I use the click to flash extension which auto converts to html5 if it can. I watch I also watch videos on the highest quality available with 1080p frequently. I have graphics switching on and have great performance while watching 1080p.

I included a screen shot of istat menu while playing 2 1080p videos on youtube. There is one 1080p on main monitor and another on an external monitor with various other things open. So the retina 15" with current software is capable without any adjustments to the os.
 

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tob866622 said:
So after wasting about 1 week apple decided to change my macbook pro retina from 2.4 ghz to the top model!
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And this is the reason I love to buy Apple products. Their customer support is top notch, and will compensate you for time wasted with things like upgrades. Just got my retina 15" base model about a week ago, and it is flawless so far. 
 
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