YouTube screen size matters?

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Hours of searching and no solution leads me to ask my fellow TidBitters…

I row on my Concept2 rower for 10k meters 4 to 5 times per week. To educationally pass that time I have queued up a YT playlist on my 10th gen iPad (on 17.5.1) which autoplays one “video” after another.

Up until recently, starting with the first played video in full screen mode all successive videos in the playlist remained in full screen mode. Starting sometime about 3-4 weeks ago each successive video reverts back to smaller window making viewing of most videos an issue unless I want to break stroke/stride and clumsily reach up to try to re-engage full screen mode.

I cant seem to trace this to any OS or app updates nor any particular settings.

Any clues or suggestions?

Thanks :smiley:

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No help here, but

I’m impressed. I think that would kill me, or at the very least kill my productivity for four to five days per week.

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Thanks but really not really much to be impressed about. I mentioned it more to show that I’m a captive audience who doesn’t really want to try and futz with YT on iPad settings while rowing. (That and doing a Guy Kawasaki about Concept2 rowers and rowing, though I suspect not many viewers will know of him).

My 10k’s are Zone 2 (60-70%) of max heart rate and take 50 minutes each. It builds a pretty decent cardio base and for a guy of 69 years keeps me whistling Dixie(in Colorado). :slight_smile:

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I checked on my iPad on the YT app and, yes, same thing happened.

However, If you start the playlist playing and then tap on the cogwheel top right, there’s an option ‘Lock screen’ which removes this problem at least on my quick test.

I pay for premium in case that’s a factor but I doubt it.

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Thanks so much Tommy, locking the screen took care of the issue!
You made my day :smile:

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