# Full screen video freezes on both Firefox and Chrome...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-screen-video-freezes-on-both-firefox-and-chrome/488351>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 5, 2009, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-screen-video-freezes-on-both-firefox-and-chrome/488351 "2009-03-05T02:25:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![gitfiddle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/898d66/32.png) [@gitfiddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gitfiddle)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-screen-video-freezes-on-both-firefox-and-chrome/488351/1 "2009-03-05T02:25:03Z")

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I’m just curious if anyone knows what might be amiss if videos are freeezing when I put them in full screen mode. It happens in both firefox and chrome and it happens with various different sites (Youtube, Hulu, Tudou, etc.). Is it my video driver or is it flash plugin?

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**Author:** ![gitfiddle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/898d66/32.png) [@gitfiddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gitfiddle)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-screen-video-freezes-on-both-firefox-and-chrome/488351/2 "2009-03-05T02:28:14Z")

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I’m running vista, too.