Comments on: (Real) Full Screen YouTube and Google video

By: Wilbert

Wilbert — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:30:25 +0000

@ken, I can’t reproduce your bug. It works for me, but this example is from 2006. Code and Flash have changed in the last years. I can’t really give you support on the code anymore. Check out the Flash Help files, they are very well documented on the FullScreen topic.

YouTube now has a FullScreen option in the player itself.

Good luck

By: ken

ken — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:06:21 +0000

my problem is that is it goes full screen but doesnt play
i downloaded flash
still not working

By: Wilbert

Wilbert — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:52:16 +0000

Did you make sure to use the right embed tags? You have to allow full screen, make sure to add this in the embed code.

param name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”

By: Bran

Bran — Sun, 04 May 2008 17:50:43 +0000

I use flash and dreamweaver, I have tried fiddling about with flash cs3’s fullscreen features, they work offline but not online. any ideas? I also downloaded your .FLA file and tried ploading that .swf file, again, your worked offline and not online. i have flash player 9 and have tested it on a number of computers.

Am i doing something wrong in flash, or am i doing something wrong in dreamweaver? if it helps i’m just putting it in a simple html page with an image at the top, then the flash underneath. it hasn’t got ang fancy bits, just html and flash.

PLEEEEEASE HELP!!!

By: Wilbert

Wilbert — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:34:33 +0000

The site looks great. Full-screen works good too. Nice job.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 20:48:41 +0000

@25 Hi Wilbert, here we go: http://www.dailydose.tv (with fullscreen option). Enjoy the program and maybe you like to take part at the award. Hope that Maasvlakte will see me again soon. Tot ziens.

By: Wilbert

Wilbert — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 08:09:21 +0000

Hmm, I have no idea. Do you run the swf locally? If you run in in a browser make sure you have used the right embed code when embedding the swf. < param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" />

By: Utopiah

Utopiah — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:27:09 +0000

@Wilbert
thx a lot now Ive binded it and can watch YouTube video in fullscreen with just Ctrl+L then “utfs YOUTUBECODE”,
but… it doesn’t open in fullscreen, I dunno why :p
It’s bigger than the original version, for sure, but it doesn’t open any new window (and if I open it in a new window and not a tab, same problem)

By: Wilbert

Wilbert — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:17:19 +0000

@Utopiah, I don’t think I can autohide the statusbar because YouTube has a script forcing the movie to use the screensize available. I don’t know anything about GreaseMonkey, if someone knows more about it he or she might get it to work by linking to the swf file: http://lab.hypernarrative.com/youtube_fullscreen.swf?youtube=EcZE-4C93Bw

@Basu, does it work local when just running the swf?

By: Basu

Basu — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 08:30:52 +0000

I am trying to load a game in full screen mode.. but it is not taking any key events except ESC key..

By: Utopiah

Utopiah — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 22:24:08 +0000

Excellent zork, thanks a lot.
Could it be possible to auto-hide the status bar ?
COuld it be possible to add a parametrable by url version so we could bind-bookmark it (or GreaseMonkey it) ?

By: mike

mike — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 09:14:38 +0000

I don’t need it anymore

By: Gerard zazzera

Gerard zazzera — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 04:15:54 +0000

full screen freezes on you tube

By: jack

jack — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 02:27:45 +0000

is it possible to make a flash content full screen for http://animevengeance.smartvideochannel.com,

By: Wilbert

Wilbert — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 09:53:59 +0000

Good luck, post a link to the results if you like.

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 04:18:31 +0000

Early in the morning an still trying… Very nice example at your site. I’m trying to get a solution for fix sized video (320×240 +overlay buttons) on the main page and fullscreen option with no change of size and position of the buttons. I’ll keep tryin…

By: Wilbert

Wilbert — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:33:37 +0000

Joe, the videos from YouTube and Google have script for this in the player. Script you can't override. If you would like to make something yourself that doesn't size with the screen you can use stage.scaleMode, with this you can set what your Flash Movie should do when scaled. For example when using "noScale" the buttons in your screen will always be the same size, like the YouTube and Google players. With Stage.width you can read what the currents stage settings of the person viewing the movie are. With this you can continues reposition the buttons or menubar. If have used something similar at www.wilbertbaan.nl/client/, you can scale the movie (or go full screen) and the buttons top-left en bottom-right move along. Does this answer your question?

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:30:44 +0000

Hi Wilbert, at the YouTube fullscreen mode the buttons stay at the same size/scale at the bottom of the screen, the video is scaled in x and y direction. That’s looking perfect. But my buttons also scale in both direction, so they become big and ugly. Any idea how to avoid it and keeping the original size?

By: Wilbert

Wilbert — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 07:00:13 +0000

I have included mangaspot into this version, Crunchyholl requires a log-in, it is nog so easy to work around. If you have Flash you can take a look at the source file and start playing with it to make your own. source file: http://lab.hypernarrative.com/mangaspot_fullscreen.fla

By: James Austin

James Austin — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 14:55:27 +0000

Wilbert, if it isn’t too much trouble I’d like to see a player for the Flash content at:

http://anime.mangaspot.com/ and http://www.crunchyroll.com/

By: Wilbert

Wilbert — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:53:44 +0000

James the swf file (player) I have build loads a Google or YouTube player, it is a simple workaround for the time being. I'm sure the guys over at Google Video and YouTube will incorporate the Flash fullscreen function sooner or later, it kind of depends on the spreading and popularity of Flash 9. I'm not sure how much you know about Flash but with this source file (with code) it is relatively easy to build a fullscreenplayer for every swf player out there. If there is a particular one you would like to see in this player just let me know.

By: James Austin

James Austin — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:22:49 +0000

What’s the chance of you publishing the code for the ‘(REAL) FULL SCREEN YOUTUBE AND GOOGLE VIDEO’ player or at least offering it for a nominal charge. The reason I ask is because it seems such a shame that you only offer support for YouTube and Google, when there are so many sites out there that use Flash Player, but haven’t yet gotten around to upgrading to the actual fullscreen viewing option.

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By: VJ

VJ — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 01:13:07 +0000

thanks!