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Question

How can I fix flickering line in videos

Sep 13, 2015 2:53PM PDT

Every time I watch a youtube video or any in flash, I get a flickering at the top of the screen. Is this a flash issue or a GPU issue?

I am using Chrome as a browser, I tried Firefox and it's worse I don't seem to have the issue in IE. It's only an issue in browser, I don't get the issue when playing videos on KODI or VLC

here's a example.

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Answer
Could be digitized video from tape, etc.
Sep 13, 2015 3:00PM PDT

Your example is not working but in digitizing old analog video this can happen. To fix it I have to post process the video to remove the last or first few scan lines. This is rarely if ever done once it goes up on youtube. It's not a bug and not a sign your hardware, software or drivers are defective.

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example
Sep 13, 2015 3:21PM PDT
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oops
Sep 13, 2015 4:10PM PDT
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Can't see it.
Sep 13, 2015 4:18PM PDT
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I can't see it too.
Sep 13, 2015 4:49PM PDT

Tried it full screen, HD, just looks like a not too good video.
Dafydd.

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This line is annoying.
Sep 13, 2015 7:33PM PDT

Everything i stream gets this annoying line at about 2 or 3 inch from the top of the screen. Whether it's streaming on Youtube, Netflix, Pron or any site I go to stream something on the web.

I don't know what I am missing here.

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Flash changes weekly it seems.
Sep 14, 2015 4:25AM PDT

Try this old thing. Google it (yeah, I know but you can pick the method you like)

"Disable Flash Hardware Acceleration"

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did that
Sep 14, 2015 8:05AM PDT

Trust me, I have tried that.

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I can't guess that.
Sep 14, 2015 8:30AM PDT

Try other PCs, drivers and such but my bet is that some oddity issue is here. With what you shared all I have is it doesn't work. I often find it's something but something has some dozens of causes and with drivers, OS changes you dive in and try. The fact it's Flash is a tip off it's Adobe again.