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More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 31 for Windows => Topic started by: blgentry on August 05, 2023, 10:23:16 am
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I would love to have an MCC that would show and hide the video playback strip in Display View. I am aware of the MCCs that work on the OSD. 10051 shows the OSD. The OSD is not what I want. I'd really like to show and hide the Video Playback Strip that appears at the top of the playing video.
Can we get an MCC to show/hide the Playback Strip please?
I'm attaching a picture of the Playback Strip that I'm talking about.
Thanks,
Brian.
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I'd be shocked if you didn't know this already Brian, but just in case… You can turn off the OSD pop-up bar altogether by disabling the checkbox for Enable OSD under Tree & View/Advanced.
If you still want to show it for other reasons, the OSD can be made visually appealing by setting the Pop-Up Transparency Mode to Enabled under General/Advanced. That said, changing the setting to Enabled will make ALL pop-ups (menus, tooltips, and track info) transparent as well. I personally love transparency for all pop-ups, but if you don't, then your stuck with the gray OSD.
I realize that none of this solves your desire for a remote control command to show the Pop-Up Player Bar (the "playback strip"), but figured it was a good opportunity to provide information about the OSD that people may not be aware of. I personally did not discover how to get rid of that supremely ugly gray for the 1st couple of years I used MC, so I presume others may be in the same boat.
One final note for Matt: There are 3 modes for Pop-Up Transparency: Enabled, Disable over Movies, Disabled
The Disable over Movies mode does nothing. When checked, all pop-ups (the OSD, right-click menus, etc.) all remain transparent, so effectively there are really only 2 options for transparency: Enabled or Disabled. I personally think that's adequate, but having an additional option which does nothing is confusing for new (or old) users.
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If you still want to show it for other reasons, that horrific gray OSD can be made visually appealing by setting the Pop-Up Transparency Mode to Enabled under General/Advanced. That said, changing the setting to Enabled will make ALL pop-ups (menus, tooltips, and track info) transparent as well.
I just tried General > Advanced > Popup Transparency Mode > Enabled
The OSD is unaffected by this setting on my system. It's still a solid gray strip at the bottom. I'm not too concerned about it, but I do wonder if it works on your system to make the OSD actually transparent.
Brian.
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your Mac and I'm Windows?
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FYI… Here's what the OSD looks like with pop-up transparency enabled on my machine
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Must be a Mac MC thing then. But this is really just a side point.
I'm really just interested in an MCC to show and hide the Popup Player Bar.
Thanks for the discussion.
Brian.
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For me this functionality would be like the "Display Button" on a BluRay player. Giving you status about time remaining, position, etc. The OSD doesn't do all the things that the Player Popup does.
Thanks for considering my idea.
Brian.
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You can't really interact with that UI element other than with a mouse. So showing it with the mouse seems logical. Its also not scaled for viewability at a distance.
What information exactly are you looking for?
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What information exactly are you looking for?
I'm looking for:
Current Position (time)
Time Remaining
Total Time
Track name, artist, album
All of this is on the Player Strip because it is configurable and I have put all that info there.
I do not want to interact with the Player Strip. I want to see the information that it provides. Have you ever used the Display button on a DVD or BluRay player? That's the kind of functionality I'm looking for.
The OSD is missing time remaining as a minimum. If it had that, I probably would not have made this request.
The Player Strip is more attractive, provides more information, has a functional position bar, and is user configurable.
Thanks,
Brian.
Thanks,
Brian.
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This feature would be very non-invasive. It's just a way of activating something that already exists.
Thanks for considering my request.
Brian.