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Why doesn't Apple keep the display from dimming during QuickTime playback?
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I think it's annoying having to wiggle my mouse every couple of minutes while watching a long video clip. I think it's just as cumbersome to have to adjust the Energy Saver settings every time I want to watch a video.
Hey Apple, how's about adding some code to override display dimming/sleeping while QuickTime is in the foreground playing a clip?
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Actually, I think it does for everything but MPEG files. I've never had the energy saver kick in while watching movs or avis.
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It does dim the screen if it's playing in a window. But if you play full screen or present the movie (Movie -> Present Movie...) it doesn't dim the screen. I think those choices should take care of you.
Chris
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Unless they've changed it recently, it *does* dim even in Full Screen mode.
If they've finally blocked it for Full Screen mode only, then great. 
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Thanks guys. I've since confirmed that the screen does not dim when QuickTime Pro plays AVI's in full screen mode.
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Originally posted by f1000:
Thanks guys. I've since confirmed that the screen does not dim when QuickTime Pro plays AVI's in full screen mode.
FYI, you can also set up hot corners that will prevent your screen from dimming.
-Grover
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It doesn't matter anyway because full screen mode requires QuickTime Pro, which is $30. I, for one, can't understand why Full Screen is a "Pro" feature when Real and WMP, both of which suck compared to QT for Mac, have the feature in their free versions. I mean, come on! QT Pro is for splicing and editing and extracting tracks and stuff. Viewing a movie in full screen doesn't seem like a killer feature... it should be standard.
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Originally posted by Luca Rescigno:
It doesn't matter anyway because full screen mode requires QuickTime Pro, which is $30. I, for one, can't understand why Full Screen is a "Pro" feature when Real and WMP, both of which suck compared to QT for Mac, have the feature in their free versions. I mean, come on! QT Pro is for splicing and editing and extracting tracks and stuff. Viewing a movie in full screen doesn't seem like a killer feature... it should be standard.
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there are dozens of free apps that use the QT API for fullscreen viewing. several of them even have windows versions.
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