YouTube playback problem

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  1. lgfaver, Jun 16, 2011

    lgfaver macrumors member

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    For some reason when i am watching youtube videos and i switch to full screen, the playback freezes for like 2 seconds, sometimes it's a black screen, sometimes it's a still of the video, then when it resumes, the video is all pixelated for like a second and then playback goes back to normal.

    What is causing this to happen?

    Quick note... this only happens with Youtube videos, playback is fine with videos from other sites.
     
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  2. Detrius, Jun 16, 2011

    Detrius macrumors 68000

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    It's because YouTube is changing to a different resolution video. That is, it might be switching from a 480p to a 1080p, and therefore, it starts the download again from the position you're watching. You didn't notice that it looks much better full screen, but you did notice the pause. :p
     
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  3. Surfing@Blacks, Jun 16, 2011

    Surfing@Blacks macrumors regular

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    i heard this is a problem because the high res screens are 16:10 while youtube is 16:9... might be totally wrong on this haha
     
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