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Naglehuff · 2010-12-29, 15:01

Is it possible to pause a movie without showing how far, and how much is left of the movie?

It can e.g be quite annoying if I for some reason need to pause and it shows there is like only like 5 min left of a movie, or like 13 min left of an 5x5min UFC fight.

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Cyb3rH4Xter · 2010-12-29, 19:33

Very interesting question. I would also like to know this. Without knowing how far you are in the movie, it is more likely that you don't figure out how it will end. Like you said, if you are for example watching an awesome new movie and then you really need to pause and see that there is only like 10 minutes left because the movie will end in the middle of the fight because they are going to make a second movie that you yet don't know about.
Anyway, it gets more exciting if you don't know how much time there is left! Smile

There should be a feature to pause, the OSD will show but the timebar will be hidden. But you can show it by pressing button X

Naglehuff · 2010-12-30, 15:37

Yes, just a simple feature that would turn the timebar on/off would be great.

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tyche · 2010-12-30, 16:37

I just hate the OSD popping up when I pause. I pause to see the screen and I end up having the screen blocked with the OSD. I'd just like the guide/info/menu type buttons to bring up the OSD but the pause should just freeze the screen.

**spiff** · 2010-12-30, 17:28

this is all controlled by the skin. you can modify it to do, or do not, whatever you want.

**Hitcher** · 2010-12-30, 17:52

It also covers up the porn. Wink

Naglehuff · 2011-01-09, 06:11

spiff Wrote:this is all controlled by the skin. you can modify it to do, or do not, whatever you want.

How?

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mcborzu · 2011-01-09, 06:16

Naglehuff Wrote:How?

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Easiest way delete dialogseekbar.xml in whatever skin you're using. All dialogseekbar.xml does is give visual representation of whats happening, it won't stop you from pausing/ff/rewind/etc...

Naglehuff · 2011-01-12, 05:36

That worked great! Thanks

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Warp3 · 2011-02-16, 03:56

This thread had exactly what I was looking for, but my main reason for wanting to remove it was different. In my case, it was due to the fact that the default location of the pause dialog window blocks the subtitles. So, if I'm watching something that is very subtitle-heavy and I pause to read what's on the screen, the pause dialog box blocks part of it (which kinda defeats the point).

However, after reading the above, I like the fact that this makes the progress bar go away as well, since that does affect some of the shows I watch.

FYI for anyone who tries this: I had to reboot XBMC for this change to actually take effect (XBMC Live 9.11). Also, I opted to rename the file from .xml to .old instead, in case I ever want to turn it back on for some reason.