screen dims when pause/skip

[gunterhausfrau]

sorry if this is posted elsewhere, I did search.
is there a way to turn off the dimmed image when you pause our skip during video playback? I case it is unintentional, I get a few seconds of dimmed video after unpausing or skipping in the playback, which means I need to skip back so the unwatchable video is prior to where I want to be at, which kinda defeats the purpose of skipping.

thanks.

[sub]

I'm not sure what you're talking about. My screen doesn't dim when I pause or skip.

Are you talking about the black area at the bottom of the screen, which shows the name of the recording or channel etc?

[gunterhausfrau]

no, the actual video. if I pause or skip, the video dims, after a second or so it undims.

[gunterhausfrau]

ok, playing to solve another issue with playback, and this one seems to have gone away. I wish I could say how, but alas. I've downloaded and think I've installed ffdshow, and played a bit with the decoder settings, but the scientific method was not present. sorry, but thank you for the attention.

[sub]

no, the actual video. if I pause or skip, the video dims, after a second or so it undims.

Sorry, I don't know. Maybe something to do with the video decoder you're using?

Or are you maybe using a Popcorn Hour / NMT / MVP? I think these dim the screen when any OSD graphics are displayed.

[whurlston]

Or dynamic contrast is enabled on either the video card drivers or the TV.

[sub]

Yeah, dynamic contrast on the TV was something that crossed my mind too.

[gunterhausfrau]

no, I don't think it was the dynamic contrast, as it stayed dim for a bit, and definitely not on the TV. It was fixed when I was fiddling with the video settings in NPVR, trying to solve another issue. Which I'm still having and will post separately. It went away, but I don't like it when I accidentally fix a problem, we not as much as when I still have the problem, but it won't help the next person (who will likely be me) with the same issue.

Thanks.