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CloudWatcher

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1. Generic suggestion
Sat Apr 16, 2022, 01:36 PM
Apr 2022

Well I hate to see a query go completely unanswered, so I'll chime in with some generic advice.

I've seen similar symptoms (video playback corruption) on many devices over the years ... (not Android, I don't actually use many of those).

The corruption is usually due to some combination of hardware/software glitches that disappear when I power cycle the device.

I.e. when you see this happening, I'd suggest a full power-off and then power-on sequence. Not just a "screen-lock" ... but actually fully powering off the device.

The power-on will reset the hardware, and the software reboot will reset (most of) the software.

If that doesn't help, then I'd start trying different browsers. E.g. try both Chrome and Firefox and see if the problem is specific to one of them.

Of course updating your software (OS and browser) to the most recent is usually a good idea too.

If nothing helps, you might really have bad hardware. I've seen similar display problems when the graphics chip has failing memory or there is a more serious hardware issue.

Good luck!

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help with videos [View all] essaynnc Apr 2022 OP
Generic suggestion CloudWatcher Apr 2022 #1
Thank you for the advice. essaynnc Apr 2022 #2
Maybe test with different browsers CloudWatcher Apr 2022 #3
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