firefox just started doing this too so remember kids if you want to stream things like netflix or hulu over discord without the video being blacked out you just have to disable hardware acceleration in your browser settings!

for the people saying this might be too difficult: idk about chrome but in firefox it just goes

> open settings

> search "hardware acceleration" and there should only be one result

> uncheck use recommended performance settings

> uncheck use hardware acceleration

done!

Since I'm looking at the comments and seeing a lot of people asking what hardware acceleration is and getting wildly incorrect answers, here you go. This is what hardware acceleration is. It's not DRM, and it's not placing a limit on memory usage (unless you have weird definitions for both "memory" and "placing a limit").

This is what hardware acceleration is:

"Do you just have a graphic for this on hand at all times?"

Yes. For this precise reason.

hey just to let anyone using firefox know! searching "hardware acceleration" in firefox settings doesnt do anything! you wont get anything whatsoever! you have to scroll down on the main general settings page to "Performance" and uncheck "Use recommended performance settings" to be able to uncheck "Use hardware acceleration when available"! signed someone who was extremely confused when trying to follow OP's instructions only for there to be no results