YouTube theater mode problem

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

So I switched from Chrome to Opera a few days ago (I still can't believe how much faster it is), and I have found a bug (at least I think it's a bug).

Open a YouTube video, switch to theater mode, close Opera, open a YouTube video, the mode is back to default. My friend has the same problem, so it's not just me. Chrome never had a problem with remembering the video mode.

It's not a huge problem if you only open one video (because Opera remembers the theater mode until restarted), but the way I use YouTube makes this problem super annoying.

I open the subscriptions page, and then middle click every video I want to watch. If I forget to switch to theater mode after clicking the first video, I then have to manually click the theater mode button for every video.

Can you guys please fix this problem?

[A Former User]

A Former User @Guest last edited by

@smnstrk

Standard for YouTube is to open normal video frame and go back to default after restart.

I see identical behavior on Opera, Chrome and Firefox.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

@vegelund

You're right, same issue in Firefox and Edge. But Chrome and Vivaldi remember the theater mode after restart. Don't know why. Anyway, I just found an add-on for Opera that forces videos in theater mode: https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/theater-mode-for-youtubetm/

Thanks