How to Fix Black Screen While Trying to Play Videos?

Part 1: What Causes Black Screen When Trying to Play Video?

Many factors play into a black screen while playing videos. Check if it’s one of the following reasons that’s making your video black screen:

• Damaged or corrupted video file
• Unsupported video format
• Missing video codec
• Malfunctioning Adobe Flash player
• Accumulated browser cache.
• Issues with the video player or browser settings
• Outdated or incompatible graphics drivers
• Ad blockers or extensions interference

Part 2: How to Repair Black Screen Video? One-Click Solution HOT

Broken or corrupted videos usually show up with a black screen when you try to play them. However, there's no need to worry, as these videos can be easily repaired with just one click. All you need is a powerful and professional video repair tool, and nothing fits the bill better than the Tenorshare 4DDiG Video Repair. Powered by advanced AI technology, this tool is capable of resolving any video corruption issues you may encounter. Whether your videos display a black screen during playback, fail to open in your media player, or suffer from distortion, choppiness, lagging, or blurriness, this tool can be employed to work its magic and get your videos back to normal.

Here are the key features it offers to you:

• Handle even severly damaged videos with the Advanced Repair mode.
• Repair videos in popular formats including MP4, MOV, MKV, MTS, FLV, M4V, etc.
• Support for popular camera brands such as Canon, GoPro, and DJI.
• Support full preview of repaired videos before saving.Popular camera brands, such as Canon, GoPro, and DJI are supported.
• Guarantee of being 100% safe, fast repair with an easy-to-use interface.
• Serve as an AI video enhancer and video colorizer that allows you to enhance video quality up to 8K and colorize black and white videos.

Here's how the 4DDiG video repair works for fixing black screen while trying to play videos:

1. Select Fix Video Errors

   Bring up the Tenorshare 4DDiG software and select the "Fix Video Errors" option. Click "Start" to proceed.

2. Add and Repair Black-Screen Videos

   Add the video that is giving you the black screen and click on the "Start Repair" button. 4DDiG Video Repair will quickly scan the uploaded videos for corruption and repair them.

3. Export the Repaired Video

   Once the repair process is finished, preview the repair videos and make sure it won't show black screen any more and then sace them to a location of your choice. That's it, you are good to go!

Part 3: Common Ways to Fix Black Screen While Trying to Play Videos

When you get a black screen when playing videos, there are several common troubleshooting steps you can take to resolve the issue:

Fix 1: Adjust Media Player Settings

Most often than not, the main cause of the Black screen issue is the media player itself. So tweaking its settings may help us in solving this issue.

Step 1: In the VLC player, go to Tools > preferences > Video tab.

Step 2: Click on the 'All' button to get the full preference view. Now under the video output module, switch to the module you like and then restart the app. Play your file to see if the error has been solved.

Fix 2: Turn off Hardware Acceleration

Hardware acceleration is a great feature that offloads certain tasks from the CPU to the GPU, which helps improve the performance of video playback and other multimedia applications. However, hardware acceleration can sometimes cause compatibility issues, leading to black screen whhen playing YouTube videos. To solve it, you will have to turn off hardware acceleration in the following way.

Step 1: In Google Chrome, tap on the Customize and Control option on the top-right of the and then click on Settings.

Step 2: Inside settings click on 'Advanced' and then go to 'System'.

Step 3: Go beside the 'Use hardware acceleration when available' option and turn it off via scroller. Restart Chrome.

Fix 3: Reduce Video Card Hardware Acceleration

Reducing hardware acceleration settings directly on the video card can help resolve compatibility issues that may be causing video black screen problems. You can reduce your video card hardware acceleration in the following way.

Step 1: Right click on the desktop and go to Personalize > Display Settings > Advanced Settings.

Step 2: In Advanced Settings go to the 'Troubleshoot' tab and click on 'Change Settings' followed by clicking on 'Reduce Hardware Acceleration'.

Fix 4: Update Display Driver

Outdated or faulty display drivers can impact the performance of video playback on your computer. By updating your display drivers to the latest version, you can ensure that your graphics hardware is fully supported and compatible with the latest software and media formats. If your display drivers are not updated, here is what you have to do.

Step 1: Open the 'Device Manager' by using the 'Windows + X' keyboard shortcut.

Step 2: Select the 'Display Adapters' option and double-click on it.

Step 3: Now right-click on it and choose the 'Update drivers' option and follow the wizard.

Fix 5: Reinstall Media Player

Corrupted or misconfigured media player installations can lead to video black screen issues as well, especially if essential components or codecs are missing or damaged. The best way forward is to uninstall and reinstall the media player with which your videos show a black screen.

Fix 6: Clear Browser Cache

When the cached data accumulates on your web browser over time, it can sometimes interfere with video playback, leading to black screen issues. Here's how you can clear it on various browsers.

1. For Google Chrome

Head to the Chrome menu and go to 'More Tools/History'. In the History window click on the 'Clear browsing data' option.

2. For Firefox

Go to Menu > Settings > Privacy and Security. Once in the 'Settings' window, tap on the 'Clear Data' option to clear the cache.

3. For Safari

Safari users can go to Menu > Empty cache to clear it.

4. For Internet Explorer

Tap on the menu icon and go to 'Safety'. Here click on the 'Delete browsing history' option. Next up select the Temporary Internet Files, Cookies, and History/Preserve Favorites Website Data options and press delete.

Fix 7: Remove Browser Extensions

Browser extensions or add-ons installed in your web browser can sometimes interfere with online video playback and cause video black screen while playing. The only way to fix this is by removing the extensions one by one and seeing if it resolves black screen issue when playing videos.

Step 1.Launch Google Chrome and click on the three-dot menu icon in the top-right corner, then go to "More tools" > "Extensions."

Step 2.Check the list of installed extensions for any that may be causing issues with video playback.

Step 3.Toggle off or remove any extensions, then close and reopen your browser to apply the changes.

Fix 8: Delete the Temporary Files

Temporary files may load your system and make it slow leading to black screen errors. To get rid of these files open the 'RUN' box and type in 'Temp. You'll be directed to the hidden temp folder. Delete this folder entirely.

Part 4: How to Avoid Black Screen While Playing Videos?

Here are some tips that can help you to avoid the black screen when trying to play video.

• Make sure all the cables to the PC are well connected.
• Get the Microsoft Optimiser tool to keep your PC up to date.
• Clear cache regularly and keep your browser updated.
• Regularly scan your PC for viruses and malware.

Video Black Screen FAQs

1. Why is my video showing black?

It can be due to various causes like.

• An irregular network connection
• Malfunctioning Adobe Flash player
• Accumulated browser cache
• An internal bug within YouTube or the media player
• An issue with the browser settings

2. How do I fix the black screen glitch?

You can easily fix the black screen glitch in the following ways:

• Using a professional video repair tool like 4DDiG video repair
• Turning off Hardware Acceleration
• Reducing Video Card Hardware Acceleration
• Disabling Nagle’s Algorithm
• Updating the Display Drivers
• Clearing Cache

3. Why does my screen turn black when I watch YouTube?

Videos may turn up black on YouTube either due to the browser settings, built-up cache, or an internal bug within YouTube.

4. How do I fix the black screen when watching videos on my iPhone?

You can fix the black screen on your iPhone by clearing the cache of your YouTube app or reinstalling the program.

Summary

So that's the thick and thin of how to fix the black screen issue when playing videos. Try all the fixes and see which works and if you don't know what to do just use the professional 4DDiG video repair tool and it will take care of the rest.