gui flashes on video pause

[tom]

whenever i press pause (or play) a video in smplayer, the smplayer gui window "flashes" - it's especially annoying when i step thru the video "frame by frame" (pause then press the "." key) since the flashing gets quite bad and frequent. is there a setting i can change to prevent this? or is it related to my windows settings?

Version: 0.6.9 (SVN r3447)
Using Qt 4.5.1 (compiled with Qt 4.5.1)
Using MPlayer SVN r32492
system info: i use win 7 64 bit with "transparent" theme.

[rvm]

Try a different video output driver.

[tom]

different video drivers didn't help (direct3d, directx, gl, gl ati). i also tried diabling all video effects in windows7 but that also didn't help.

i managed to find a workaround - smplayer prefs > advanced > "run mplayer in its own window". this stops the video windows from flashing, but the other smplayer gui windows still flash (main window [with play buttons and volume], playlist, prefs window).

thanks for your fast response and suggestions rvm.

ps. i also created a small video of the original problem: http://www.mediafire.com/?kejnfbu5ln6zbfn - it's ~6MB and poor quality, but it illustrates the flashing.

[rvm]

This happens because you set the option "Stay on top" to "While playing".

If you set it to "Never" or "Always" it won't happen.

[tom]

thanks for that rvm - not selecting "while playing" fixes it.