Fullscreen youtube colour artefacting.

Hug0w054

Same here, mbp 13inch 256gig 2015, mocOS sierra

Just some comments mainly to the Flux developers... In my case, the color problem had nothing to do with Flux itself. I mean, I had the problem without Flux, just by having a custom color profile. Then I installed Flux just to see if it solved the problem (some site suggested it), but it did not help.

I had this color problem in El Capitan before upgrading to Sierra. At that time, it was pretty straightforward to fix, as it started right after installing the Oracle Java plugin. I uninstalled it, and everything became normal, no color problem. It was before upgrading to Sierra. But when I upgraded, colors went ugly without the Java plugin, too. So I was confused.

The good news, I can also confirm that the Chrome plugin solved the problem. So I am happy now :) Somehow it stopped that single "flickering" to happen when the playback controls disappeared. It was the exact moment in my case when the colors went wrong. So thanks for the help @scoundrella.

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meowmix

I just started have the same issue a few days ago on El Capitan. It started happening after I got the update notification for Sierra (but did not update). I'm on 10.11.2 El Capitan

Getting blue (typically) artifacts that go away as soon as the mouse gets moved. Happening in Netflix and various other video portals. Haven't tried the Chrome extension (don't know who the developer is, can be shady)

Chrome version: 53.0.2785.143

Don't be afraid of the extension. I checked the source code. It is very simple and very smart. It just injects a CSS style sheet into every web page, and it contains only a "video" tag, and setting the opacity attribute to a little less than 1. I guess in this case it is not hardware accelerated and does not switch to a different render mode. The only side effect is that it uses a little more CPU when playing a video from the browser.

Furthermore, you can try it on-the-fly without the plugin also. In Chrome, open Youtube. Start to play a video then pause it. Right-click and select "Inspect". Then find the "video" element on the page (there is a button in the top left corner of the debug view to help selecting the video with your mouse). Then add this CSS snippet to the style window (although it is just temporary):

video {
    opacity: 0.996;
}

The plugin does this but in a permanent way. For me, it solved the color problems.

nouvindriadji

I also had the same problem, I bought Macbook Pro Retina 13 last Aug, then I experienced that issue after a month. I reported to Apple store then they exchange my Macbook to the new one. Then today, I also got the same problem for my 2nd new Macbook Pro.

ThatLiamAnthony

Obviously this has been an ongoing problem for a while, glad that is actually a software issue and not a hardware issue. Just for the record, happening to me on Chrome, using the MacBook Pro Retina 13"

mixolyd

If you're using Chrome then just get the extension. It fixes the issue. I wish there was a Safari extension. Youtube on Chrome only goes to 720p. You need to use Safari for 1080p.

nouvindriadji

@ThatLiamAnthony Where did you know that it's only software problem?

mixolyd

@nouvindriadji said:

@ThatLiamAnthony Where did you know that it's only software problem?

Have you not read any of the replies in this very thread? The issue is fixed by software. Why would it be a hardware problem? This has been an issue ever since Yosemite came out with new video drivers which have this bug

Btw I can't believe you got a replacement Macbook for this... That's hilarious. You could've easily googled and found that it's because of Flux

gberberoglu

this looks like a intel hd gpu driver problem, not related to hardware OR flux app itself. Any monitor calibration that uses below 6500K standard temp will hit this issue.

You can try other flux-like apps or you can use built-in monitor calbiration app.. see the image below. you'll hit the same isseu with full screen videos in google chrome.

In my mac, safari has no issues.. so It may be related to the way that google chrome decodes the videos.. open google chrome and type chrome://gpu/ to the address bar, you'll see already there are lots of "driver bug workarounds"..

this is why I think chrome devs (assuming apple won't care since it does not happen in safari for me) are the people that needs to look at it..

macos builtin monitor calibration:
https://s21.postimg.org/4ibclu41

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UPDATE:
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=652184

Orico

@gberberoglu I don't use chrome at all. It does happens to me on Safari.

I'm having this same problem while using Netflix in CHROME.

CodyRo

Same problem for MacBookPro Retina 2016 for any video on Chrome and Safari.

In conclusion any solution?

aalek137

HI guys, I have had the same issue, in both Safari and Chrome and in multiple video players.
I discovered that my problem lied in the Display Settings. I preferred the Rec. ITU-R BT.2020-1 Display Colour and used it instead of the default Color LCD.
So, basicall, I just switched it back to its original setting - Color LCD - and I am not having the issue anymore.
How to do this?
System Preferences -> Displays -> Color -> Display profile (Select Color LCD).

Hope this solves your guys' issue.

I made an extension in safari similar to the chrome fix. I don't have a a certificate, so it has to be re-activated if you restart safari.

Also, switching to the Color LCD profile did not work for me.

antonis111

I am using a Macbook pro 2015 13.3'' (operating system: El Capitan 10.11.6). I was watching fullscreen Netflix (I am using the second streaming plan with two screens and HD) on safari at night (colour temperature 1900K), and many times the screen became momentarily more white, like the flash of a camera. At first, I thought that this was in my imagination or was not an artefact but part of the film, but when I quit the fullscreen mode, this "flash" stopped. This problem wasn't too serious, but it was quite annoying some times and I had to stop watching in fullscreen mode. I checked Chrome and this "flash" was also there, but there were also colour artefacts in bright colours. In Chrome, it was impossible to watch in fullscreen mode. These colour artefacts were not in safari.
I searched google and I found this thread and I just wanted to tell my experience. I hope that an official update (an update from flux or apple) will be released soon. Some user in another post reported that this problem exists in macbook pro 2016 (aka macos sierra), therefore there is no meaning in updating to macos sierra yet.

PS: Maybe this "flashing" is a different issue than the colour artefacts that other people are reporting...

@antonis111 Were the white parts kind of pixelated looking? It sounds like you're talking about the same issue we are all experiencing. It only happens on fullscreen after the mouse goes away. I can put the extension files for the safari fix online for people to install on safari themselves.

antonis111

@mango_ hi not pixelated. The whole screen changed momentarily color. At first, I thought that this was happening when flux was dropping gradually the color temperature but was also happening when the color temperature was steady at 1900K. It was like “flashing” of a camera, but much milder. Or like when the tv is playing in a dark room and the scene changes from a dark to a bright one. In this case, you can see that the room becomes brighter and understand that the scene changed even if you are not looking at the tv screen.
Maybe this was happening because flux disactivated itself for a second, the color temperature rose and then activated itself again?
The pixelated artefacts were only in chrome, not in safari. But chrome had also this flashing issue.