Strange colors/blue-fringed mouse pointer on full-screen YouTube when f.lux is active
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@chris-l thanks for the extensions! Does this apply to all videos, or only full-screen playback? I haven't tried it yet, but I think lowering the opacity would have some undesired effect on the color and contrast, no?
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@Nirvanes said:
Now Safari is just fine but Chrome isn't lol
Safari has noa artifact whatsoever since I updated to Safari 10.
Is it just me?
Have you tried Netflix? Youtube seems to be a lot better but I definitely still get artifacts with Netflix.
@chris-l The Chrome extension definitely works. Youtube looks absolutely fine. Thank you!
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Thanks for the feedback. Yes the extension is applying to all videos, full screen or not. The opacity is only reduced by the smallest possible amount, so I would hope it has minimal to no perceptible effect. (Only 0.4% of the background color will be blended into the video). But yes there are other ways I could try -- like the box-shadow rule that was mention earlier. I think what we are doing is forcing the browser to render the video in a way that doesn't trigger the bug. Probably there are a bunch of ways to do it.
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@mixolyd said:
@Nirvanes said:
Now Safari is just fine but Chrome isn't lol
Safari has noa artifact whatsoever since I updated to Safari 10.
Is it just me?
Have you tried Netflix? Youtube seems to be a lot better but I definitely still get artifacts with Netflix.
@chris-l The Chrome extension definitely works. Youtube looks absolutely fine. Thank you!
Tried it a little, need to give it a go, but I didn't notice anything.
Youtube is like it should right now, I just don't ironic that now that Safari is alright Chrome isn't... I only used Chrome to watch Netflix and Youtube at night, nothing more.
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MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) - Intel Iris Graphics 6100 1536 MB
Have been having issues both in Chrome and Safari with this neon affect coming on while I am trying to watch Narcos... as well as in YouTube, at first I thought it was my computer graphics and was getting worried, but when disabling f.lux (v 37.7) the problem is solved. This is a bummer as I need f.lux to help me maintain my sleep cycle and I watch a lot of videos at night. I tried the f.lux fixer chrome extension, but it only worked for youtube
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I'm having the same issue for Netflix and YouTube on Chrome. My OS is 10.11. Macbook Pro Retina 15 inch mid 2014. Graphics Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB. Problem goes away when I disable Flux.
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I hope this helps at least SOME people. I simply went into system preferences > energy saver. Then on the top left of that page I unchecked the "automatic graphics switching" box. Suddenly I can fullscreen everything with no issue.
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@isayuh Thanks - this avoids the issue, which appears to happen with Intel GPUs, by using the discrete GPU instead (NVIDIA or AMD, which do not have the problem). Of course, it only works on machines with two GPUs.
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Happening on the new 2016 MacBook Pro. 'About This Mac' specs below.
OS: macOS Sierra (10.12.1)
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2016, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)
Processor: 2 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory: 8 GB 1867 MHz LPDDR3
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@omgwtfbbq you already got the new macbook pro, that's keel. Does it run less hotter than previous models?
But css above should fix for you too.
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@ik... It's great! Running a lot cooler and way quieter than my Mid-2014 Retina MacBook Pro.
I'm just concerned the CSS fix will cause excessive CPU/GPU usage in compositing the filter over the video? -
@omgwtfbbq So cool, I'm sitting with my late 2013. It will last me a long time thanks to ssd and retina.
I don't really remember why this fixes the issue, I think it makes an element render differently. It's not like it's switching off hardware acceleration or something. I'm sure it will be insignificant comparing to actually playing a video.
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@omgwtfbbq I would guess that the CSS just turns off the "fully accelerated" path, but it is still using the GPU to do the compositing and decoding. (i.e. there is likely a battery hit but it may not be very big.)
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@herf Makes sense. I've found that the issue occurs when the video is the primary element in focus on the screen.
If a banner ad, video controls, system volume controls, etc are the primary window then the issue does not occur. Whereas if the video is then it occurs. -
Update:
Apple has reported this video bug fixed in the latest Safari. This seems to be true. Progress! (Thanks Safari team!)
However, because it is fixed in Safari, it still appears in several other apps that play video, including desktop Quicktime and Chrome (AVFoundation or QTKit? We don't know.) For now, Chrome users should use the plugin.
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It seems with the new Netflix player the problem has been fixed in Safari. I've been watching netflix all day and haven't seen the blue fringed mouse pointer.
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I'm still having this bug in Safari, but not all video. Youtube is mostly fine, but most other videos have the color issue.
Mid-2013 Macbook Air, Sierra 10.12.1, Safari 10.0.1 -
I'm still having this issue too, and it's very irritating. Weirdly, a similar thing is also happening from time to time on my iPhone, which does not have f.lux installed on it, but is using Apple's new built-in Nightshift.
Mid-2012 MacBook Pro, El Capitan 10.11.6, Chrome 55.0.2883.75
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@applewaffles Oh, gee. I do promise it's not our bug, I guess that's further evidence. Do you have reduce white point turned on for your iPhone by any chance? Turning it off may help.
Updating the OS and to the latest Safari should fix the artifact problems in everything in Safari. I don't believe it's fixed for non-Apple apps.
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@kcds I have the exact same problem.
