Why is there a white strip at the top of youtube video in full screen?

[rejuvenator]

rejuvenator @d216 last edited by

@d216 In case they don't fix it (which doesn't seem like they will), I recommend Vivaldi

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by leocg

Hello,
Not sure if it's Linux specific but when I watch Youtube videos at full screen, there is a very narrow with line on the top of the video (above the video name, across the whole screen).

See example:
https://ibb.co/kq0RWq8

I tested in Chrome and Firefox, and had no such issue.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

I see this issue is old and still wasn't resolved
https://forums.opera.com/topic/38628/why-is-there-a-white-strip-at-the-top-of-youtube-video-in-full-screen/21

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by This post is deleted!

[tetraguy]

tetraguy @Guest last edited by

@maximb yeap. We still have no any idea what is going on and why opera software don't care about this issue on linux.

[d216]

d216 last edited by d216

I've submitted bug report to Opera's bug tracking system. BS-12308
Let's see what they'll say

@rejuvenator Thanks for advice, maybe I'll try it in the near future

[tetraguy]

tetraguy @d216 last edited by

@d216 great job! thx!

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @d216 last edited by

@d216 They won't say nothing, most probably. In fact there is a high chance that it will just be marked as a duplicate.

[minho]

minho last edited by

Same bug with Opera 77.0.4054.277 and Opera 78.0.4093.103 beta on Arch Linux running Wayland session of Gnome 40.2.0.

Chromium, Vivaldi and Firefox installed on the same system
do not have this bug.

[argesever]

argesever last edited by

Hi,

I disabled "Use hardware acceleration when available" under Settings/Advanced/System and was able to get rid of that white strip I haven't checked yet if disabling hw acceleration causes slow performance when surfing.

[tetraguy]

tetraguy @argesever last edited by

@argesever nope, that doesnt work for me. opera ver 78.0.4093.147

[Cove8]

Cove8 last edited by

What worked for me was simply going to display settings, change the resolution of your monitor to whichever option, and then hit revert. Hope this helps

[minho]

minho last edited by

This bug affects even Opera 83.0.4254.54 running natively on Wayland on Gnome and KDE Plasma. Is Opera developers aware of this old bug?

[Joshua-Plays]

Joshua-Plays @Guest last edited by

@mrvoltz Its not only on Linux its also on Windows 10

[pindos]

pindos @Joshua-Plays last edited by

@joshua-plays I have no white strip in Opera's fullscreen on my Windows10 machine.

[tetraguy]

tetraguy @pindos last edited by

@pindos i dont have such problem on my win 10 desktop and other windows devices

[RollingPeanut]

RollingPeanut last edited by

I know it's an old topic, but I found one reliable solution to those unwanted bits on the screen.. Add 'UBlock' to the extensions.. Right click the trouble spot, and create the block for it..

[tetraguy]

tetraguy @RollingPeanut last edited by

@rollingpeanut would you be so kind to show some manual for this solution?

[RollingPeanut]

RollingPeanut @tetraguy last edited by

@tetraguy

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ublock

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

im not using linux, but i notice with opera every time I choose force dark themes on websites, this white strips appear on youtube videos and other web videos when they go into full screen, all i did was turn this option of and it sorted it for me.

Sorry if its late, but if it helps.