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First of all, my specs, my Windows version is Windows 10 v1809, I have a i7-8700k with 16GB of Ram+ 1080Ti GPU, I use a single monitor setup, 1920x1080p resolution. I have the latest version of VLC player 3.0.7.1 Vetinari at the time of the post.
The issue: when entering fullscreen and sometimes when fullscreen is active, quite randomly, my monitor turns black for 1-2 seconds.The issue becomes very noticable when you enter and leave fullscreen repeatedly.
I have had this issue in Firefox browser, when playing Youtube videos, but I fixed it by disabling all acceleration in settings.
Steps I've performed to fix the issue:
1.Changing video output to OpenGL.
2.Hardware accelerated decoding setting in input/codecs section Disabled.
3. Resetting preferences.
All drivers are up to date.
This issue persists through different file extensions like .flv .mp4
I searched the forum for similar issues like mine, only found one for which the recommendation was to disable HDR, I couldn't find ''HDR'' in VLC preferences whatsoever, nor search for ''dynamic range'' yielded any results.
Also I couldn't find ''Blank screens in fullscreen mode'' in all options, which was another recommendation in old post.
Any support on this matter would be appreciated.

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I just performed these steps to no avail:
1. Have both hardware decoding disabled and Direct3D9 active.
My video driver is 431.68 (GTX 1080Ti) .
The issue is very inconsistent, but if I get the black screen when entering fullscreen, I will 100% get it when exiting it after.
I tried to play 720p, and I don't seem to have issues with specifically 720p, also 1080p videos with black bars doesn't seem to be an issue.
I tried 1920x1072(buffer dimension) videos and they don't seem to be an issue as well.
Looks like the issue is with 1920x1088 buffer dimension videos. Any 1920x1088 video I've tried so far, sooner or later my screen turns black for 1-2 seconds with any of these videos.
Looks like I found the culprit, I just don't know how to fix it. Devs?

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Hi,

About disabling HDR, it's in the parameters of windows. Windows might reconfigure the screen when getting into fullscreen/windowed mode, which takes time. If you're not using HDR, it might be a difficult issue without real testing.