How To Make Screen Controls Disappear In Full Screen Mode?

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How To Make Screen Controls Disappear In Full Screen Mode?

I downloaded Quicktime 7.2 and even though I have selected Edit/Preferences/Player Preferences/Full Screen and under Controls, Display Full Controls, Hide after 2 seconds -
When I am watching a video in full screen mode, for example the latest Keynote Address by Steve Jobs, the control panel which accesses Stop/Pause/Fast Forward etc., does not disappear regardless of how long I wait. Additionally the mouse pointer does not disappear either.

I have to move the mouse pointer off the screen and/or move the Control Panel all the way down out of the way for it not to be visible.

If I Deselect the "Display Full Screen Controls", then of course the controls do not appear, however the mouse still stays on the screen in full screen mode.

How do I correct this. The Windows Media Player functions perfectly when I watch movies in full screen - controls disappear and so does the mouse. If I move the mouse, they reappear then disappear again after a few seconds.

Any advice in correcting this would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Dell XPS 600, Windows XP Pro, Pentium Dual Core 3.0GHz

Posted on Sep 9, 2007 3:22 PM

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Answer 1

lukasl

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Sep 20, 2007 1:39 AM in response to tanders04

I am having this same problem exactly!! Both the "ding" and the full-screen controls not disappearing. PLEASE HELP!!!

Have you figured out how to fix it? There's nothing on Apple's website about it, and clearly we can't be the only ones.

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Answer 2

Sep 20, 2007 1:30 AM in response to Skier7667

I've been having the same problem.

It seems like it only started after I repaired QT in order to fix the "dinging" problem.

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Skier7667 Author

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Sep 20, 2007 7:59 PM in response to lukasl

Yes, this is annoying, however I'm glad you 2 guys finally posted. This is what I've found out so far. If you delete the .plst file (do a search for for it), it appear that it will be recreated again by Quicktime. That cured the problem with the Control Panel disappearing after the preset time set in preferences. However, the pointer will not disappear. I tried to uninstal and reinstall and also view different movies, but it will not disappear.

So give that a shot and see if that resolves 50% of the problem. In Media Player, the control panel and pointer disappear in Full Screen mode. In Quicktime there seems to be a quirk. I've searched on this forum, but have not been able to find any other threads that indicatd a resolution to this issue. So let's hope that someone does or that Apple figures out the problem and issues an updated version for this.

There was a new update that I received over the past few days and I was hoping this would resolve this issue, but it didn't.

I've also read here that going to Windows Safe Mode and activating QT, watching a movie, then going back to normal mode fixes some issues. I've tried that too, but the pointer just will not disappear.

I've tried disabling the Control Panel and then it won't appear at all, but the mouse pointer always does and the only way is to move it physically off the screen. When you move it the Control Panel will appear for a few seconds, then disappear again.

Try these things out and comment on what you discover.

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Answer 4

bellshw

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Sep 23, 2007 7:19 PM in response to Skier7667

I tried to do a search for the .plst file, but I came up with nothing. I couldn't find looking through Quicktime files.

I'm having the same problem. With my older version everything worked fine. With the newer version the controls do not disappear.

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