The Amazon Video player just shows a black screen with only audio while the extension is enabled

[jacobmgardiner]

The Amazon Video player just shows a black screen with only audio while the extension is enabled. After disabling the extension, the video immediately returns to normal.

[guingui76]

Me too, and I can confirm it is related to this extension, disabling it there's no problem

[cdw3423git]

I can confirm this same issue. It happens in both Firefox and Chrome browsers on a Intel I9 PC running windows 10 with a NVIDIA graphics card. Browser restart and computer restart didn't help.

[guingui76]

Looks like hiding the controller it's working well !

[Prajwal-k-tech]

Yup, this is definetly an issue did anyone find any work arounds?

[hmmmIndeed]

I had a similar problem earlier this year, and as guingui76 said, hiding the controller should fix it. The default shortcut uses "~" so just press that and the video should come back.

Also, when I had this problem, the video didn't fully disappear (and sound still worked fine). I could still see the top sliver of the video at the bottom of the screen, meaning the video just shifted down a lot. It was the controller that essentially pushed the video down.

[keichhorn]

I also have the problem, that Amazon Prime Video is only playing Audio + Black Screen, as long as the Video Speed Controller Overlay is visible. The moment you hide the Video Speed Controller Overlay, the Picture becomes visible. Thank you @hmmmIndeed, you are a real live saver!

I think the picture goes black because Amazon maybe wants to stop people screen recording (which this plugin obviously does not do).

By the Way: The Video Speed Controller still works (with hotkeys; the overlay can:t be visible).

I would recommend putting this Info into the FAQ and call it a day.

[Breegul]

A more permanent fix is to get the Stylus extension and add a rule to the CSS for site's starting with https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/

This will fix the issue, only difference is controls will pop out vertically when you hover the overlay instead of horizontally.

.vsc-controller {
 height: 0;
}

If having the controls horizontal is important then this also fixes it and preserves that:

.vsc-controller {
 position: absolute !important;
 z-index: 99999 !important;
 width: fit-content !important;
 height: fit-content !important;
}