Facebook Videos Black Picture in FireFox

All Facebook Videos Showing Black Picture in FireFox

Black picture Facebook video

Symptom:

1. After upgrading to Windows 10, all Facebook videos are showing black picture.
2. There's audio playing in the background, but just no picture being displayed.

Resolution:

1. This steps only work for FireFox browser.

2. Enter "about:preferences#advanced" in Address box.

3. Untick "Use hardware acceleration when available".

4. Restart FireFox browser.

5. Try playing the Facebook video now, it should work fine.

For Chrome browser solution, click HERE.

about:preferences#advanced > Use hardware acceleration when available

Facebook video plays fine now

Facebook Videos Green Picture in Chrome

All Facebook Videos Showing Green Picture in Chrome

Green picture Facebook video

Symptom:

1. After upgrading to Windows 10, all Facebook videos are showing green picture.
2. There's audio playing in the background, but just no picture being displayed.

Resolution:

1. This steps only work for Chrome browser.

2. Enter "chrome://flags/" in Address box.

3. Scroll down to "Disable hardware-accelerated video decode". You can use CTRL + F (Find option) and enter keyword "hardware" to jump there quicker.

4. Click "Disable".

5. A new pop up button "Relaunch Now" appears on bottom of screen, click on that.

6. Chrome browser will restart.

7. Try playing the Facebook video now, it should work fine.

For FireFox browser solution, click HERE.

chrome://flags/ in Address box

Disable hardware-accelerated video decode

Facebook video plays fine now