[Bug]: Videos don't open in Theatre Mode even if "Enable Theatre Mode by Default" is checked

[PrivacyFriendlyMuffins]

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• I have encountered this bug in the latest release of FreeTube.
• I have encountered this bug in the official downloads of FreeTube.
• I have searched the issue tracker for open and closed issues that are similar to the bug report I want to file, without success.
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• This issue contains only one bug.

Describe the bug

Even if Settings > Player Settings > Enable Theatre Mode by Default is enabled ...

... videos will still open in regular view mode.

(Clicking the Theatre Mode icon in the video toolbar will still successfully toggle between the two states, though.)

Expected Behavior

When "Enable Theatre Mode by Default" under Settings > Player Settings is set to On, videos should open in Theatre Mode.

Issue Labels

feature stopped working

FreeTube Version

v0.20.0 Beta

Operating System Version

Windows 10 Home version 22H2

Installation Method

.exe

Primary API used

Local API

Last Known Working FreeTube Version (If Any)

v0.19.2 Beta

Additional Information

No response

Nightly Build

• I have encountered this bug in the latest nightly build.

[efb4f5ff-1298-471a-8973-3d47447115dc]

Unable to replicate this on the master branch and on my locally installed nightly build

[efb4f5ff-1298-471a-8973-3d47447115dc]

Could you do the following:

1. Open up the dev tools: ctrl+shift+i
2. Show that the setting is enabled
3. Go to a video

[PrivacyFriendlyMuffins]

1. Open up the dev tools: `ctrl+shift+i`

Done.

2. Show that the setting is enabled

Okay, how do I do that?

[efb4f5ff-1298-471a-8973-3d47447115dc]

Apologies forgot to mention that you need to provide a screen recording of those steps

[PrivacyFriendlyMuffins]

Sorry for the late reply. Work and weird hours, you know how it goes. Lol.

Just so I understand you correctly, do you want a screen recording or a screen shot? If a screen recording, I don't know of any software that can do that. Sorry. :( If a screenshot, then no problem; it's above in my original post.

Apologies if I'm misunderstanding...

[kommunarr]

@PrivacyFriendlyMuffins Here's an article I found on how to do that in Windows 10, if it helps!

[PrivacyFriendlyMuffins]

Thank you!

That being said, did you want a screen recording of the setting being turned on or "something something something dev tools"? Because once I pressed shift+ctrl+I, I didn't know what to do to make sure the setting was on. Lol.

[PhilJbt]

@PrivacyFriendlyMuffins does this occur only on playlists, like me? I noticed this for a while now, I thought it was just not implemented for playlist, but only for regular watched videos.

Actually on v0.21.0 Beta:
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[kelvin-wong]

I have the same issue.
It could be reproducible by enabling Hide Recommended Videos in Distraction Free Settings.

[PhilJbt]

I have the same issue. It could be reproducible by enabling Hide Recommended Videos in Distraction Free Settings.

I can confirm, it was enabled from my side. Disable it fixes the bug.

[PrivacyFriendlyMuffins]

@PrivacyFriendlyMuffins does this occur only on playlists, like me? I noticed this for a while now, I thought it was just not implemented for playlist, but only for regular watched videos.

Yes, I hadn't noticed at the time, but checking that, it does seem to only happen on Playlists. If I watch a video from my Subscriptions section, it works just fine.

I have the same issue. It could be reproducible by enabling Hide Recommended Videos in Distraction Free Settings.

I can confirm, it was enabled from my side. Disable it fixes the bug.

Can confirm this fixes the bug. Unfortunately, that means seeing recommended videos. Lol. But for a short-term solution, it does the trick. thumbs-up (Side note & totally unrelated: I really wish there was an emoticon for thumbs-up. Haha.)

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[loopernow]

I don't have any Distraction Free settings enabled, but I still experience this behavior--Enable Theatre Mode by Default is on, but videos default to playing in windowed mode.

I'm on Windows 10 using 0.23.3 beta.

[deepspaceaxolotl]

Same issue here with Hide Recommended Videos enabled, no issue when disabled. v0.21.3 Beta, Windows 10 22H2.