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youtube Playback Controls are way too small

imran7447
imran7447
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hello 

          im having this problem with my youtube. The playback control on youtube are way too small to see it. This doesnt happen with chrome or IE. i also tried to activate HTML5 in youtube site. .It fixes the issue but then cant choose a video 1080p . It gives the option up to 720p only. please help me to solve the issue.
hello im having this problem with my youtube. The playback control on youtube are way too small to see it. This doesnt happen with chrome or IE. i also tried to activate HTML5 in youtube site. .It fixes the issue but then cant choose a video 1080p . It gives the option up to 720p only. please help me to solve the issue.

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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If you have a higher-than-full-HD display, several affected users have reported that the controls of the Flash player do not scale up automatically. Users have reported two workarounds for this issue, at least on YouTube:

(1) The YouTube Center extension: https://support.mozilla.org/questions/1005923#answer-590458

(2) Switch to HTML5 on YouTube (this will cover many videos, but some will still use Flash): https://support.mozilla.org/questions/982635#answer-520300

I don't recall seeing any workarounds posted for other sites (but it's impossible to read or remember everything posted here).

Now... for the problem of the HTML5 player not offering 1080p streams, you could try the steps in this article: http://www.ghacks.net/2014/07/30/play-1080p-videos-youtube-firefox/

Does that work for you?