Ubuntu – How to make YouTube fullscreen actually fullscreen

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Whenever (using flash) I make YouTube videos fullscreen then they come out not actually any bigger.

In the screenshot below you see exactly what I see when watching a video in fullscreen mode. All the black space shouldn't be there (I think). I don't see this problem in other sites, for example BBC iPlayer.

Screenshot of Flash YouTube on Ubuntu

Is this standard YouTube behaviour, common on YouTube, or is it just me?

Any suggestions on fixing it?

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Okay, this is one of those embarassing occasions when you discover what's going on just after posting a question...

It is because of my dual monitor setup. YouTube is seeing the size of both monitors together, but then shrinks it to fit on one for some reason.

It doesn't happen on videos that are available in HD (in fact if the video is available in HD even if you watch it at 480p or lower resolutions then it works, which is a bit strange).

It seems this issue has been around for several years and the easiest fix is to enable HTML5 mode in YouTube.

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I found the following solution which worked perfectly for me:

Workaround fo this:

Install devilspie (via Terminal:)
```
sudo apt-get install devilspie
```

Write config for firefox (via Terminal:)

mkdir ~/.devilspie
nano ~/.devilspie/flash-fullscreen-firefox.ds

(if
(is (application_name) "plugin-container")
(begin
(focus)
)
)

Make devilspie autostart

Done.

Solution from: https://plus.google.com/100368718538258540940/posts/eJWwPj8B4dX (last post)

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