I cannot hide the controls?

jmalmsten

Newbie Joined: Sep 16, 2020 05:06 Messages: 2 Offline

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Sep 16, 2020 05:32

In short. No matter if I'm in windowed or full screen. The PowerDVD GUI won't hide when I watch a film. I stop moving the mouse. I tried moving window focus to another app on another screen. Nothing.

I search for this issue in the forum but only get results dating back to v10. It's v20 now. Am I to assume that no development for this has been done since then? The powerDVD is a day-fresh install. It feels weird that this is not a standard feature for a payed for media player?

Jets2011

Senior Contributor Location: Canada Joined: Sep 29, 2006 05:26 Messages: 760 Offline

Sep 16, 2020 05:41

There has been an update on this. Simply move the mouse to the left or right side of the window when in full screen mode to hide the playback controls. If you are talking about the OSD, the hotkey is "D".

Updating your GPU driver is always a good idea too.

Dave

jmalmsten

Newbie Joined: Sep 16, 2020 05:06 Messages: 2 Offline

Sep 16, 2020 07:59

Quote There has been an update on this. Simply move the mouse to the left or right side of the window when in full screen mode to hide the playback controls. If you are talking about the OSD, the hotkey is "D".

Updating your GPU driver is always a good idea too.

Dave

That's what I meant by moving focus to another window on another monitor. It doesn't hide no matter how long I wait with the mouse at the edge or on another window.

And I have the latest Nvidia Driver for my GTX1080 that the screens are connected to.

edit:

oh and yes, I tried the d-button. It brings up the info about the video and audio stream. I can close that allright. It's the GUI with the PowerDVD-logo at the top left and the playback controls at the bottom that refuses to hide.

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qwerty999

Newbie Joined: Aug 21, 2020 16:44 Messages: 2 Offline

Oct 01, 2020 15:44

I'm having the same issues. The overlay will not go away. The black (proper) control bar at the bottom pops up briefly and then it turns to the limited blue one as shown here. None of the buttons even work on the blue one.

https://imgur.com/a/1DZ3raW

RTX 2080Ti driver 456.38, Windows 10

Trying to play a BDVM folder.

Happens in windowed or full screen. Moved the mouse to various places and waited. Nothing helps. Randomly after about 10-15 times of trying, it did work. The black bar at the bottom was present with all the controls.

My experience with this software has not been good so far. Nothing but problems and of course NO RESPONSE TO THIS post in 2 weeks. This is not free software. We paid for this.

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!

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Kirben

Newbie Joined: Feb 02, 2018 04:47 Messages: 2 Offline

Aug 03, 2022 21:04

I'm having the exact same problem with certain Ultra HD Blu-ray discs from Disney, the blue controls along the bottom aren't responsive and can't be hidden, when using PC mode. If I try TV mode, the BD/DVD title bar along the top can't be hidden either.

Did anyone manage to solve this problem?

I'm using PowerDVD 21, on Windows 10. Pro

Kirben

Newbie Joined: Feb 02, 2018 04:47 Messages: 2 Offline

Aug 10, 2022 21:55

I found the exact cause of the problem, in my case at least.

The problem only happens if you play an Ultra HD disc in SDR only, and choose to hide the option to ask again.
If you let PowerDVD ask that question everytime, the problem no longer occurs.