Emperor's Clothes - A DirectShow filter to hide idle cursor

CrendKing · 5th June 2019, 08:44

I made a filter that hides idle cursor for supported video player. Thought some people here might find it useful.

Description

When playing a video, it is annoying to have the mouse cursor hanging over the screen. While some video players offer option to hide the cursor during playback (e.g. PotPlayer), this feature is not available elsewhere (most notably in MPC-BE window mode). Instead of reinventing the wheel in each player, this repository offers a generic DirectShow filter solution. All players that support DirectShow filters can enjoy the hide cursor feature. This filter should not conflict with players that already have the similar functionality fully or partially.

This filter completely passes through video and audio data. Thus it is safe to put it anywhere in the filter chain (except in certain combos such as BlueskyFRC with Zero-Copy mode and madVR).

This filter activates when there is video data and during playback. It deactivates whenever the playback is paused. User can customize the hiding delay in filter property dialog.

Download

Project: https://github.com/CrendKing/emperors-clothes
Version 0.1: https://github.com/CrendKing/emperor...leases/tag/0.1

Install

Unpack
Run install.bat to register the filter emperors_clothes.ax
Enable the filter Emperor's Clothes in video player

Uninstall

Run uninstall.bat to unregister the filter and clean up user data

Asmodian · 5th June 2019, 18:12

Cool idea, my player (Zoom Player) has good cursor hiding but it is great to have it indepent of the player.

Thanks!

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CrendKing Registered User Join Date: May 2019 Posts: 42	Emperor's Clothes - A DirectShow filter to hide idle cursor I made a filter that hides idle cursor for supported video player. Thought some people here might find it useful. Description When playing a video, it is annoying to have the mouse cursor hanging over the screen. While some video players offer option to hide the cursor during playback (e.g. PotPlayer), this feature is not available elsewhere (most notably in MPC-BE window mode). Instead of reinventing the wheel in each player, this repository offers a generic DirectShow filter solution. All players that support DirectShow filters can enjoy the hide cursor feature. This filter should not conflict with players that already have the similar functionality fully or partially. This filter completely passes through video and audio data. Thus it is safe to put it anywhere in the filter chain (except in certain combos such as BlueskyFRC with Zero-Copy mode and madVR). This filter activates when there is video data and during playback. It deactivates whenever the playback is paused. User can customize the hiding delay in filter property dialog. Download Project: https://github.com/CrendKing/emperors-clothes Version 0.1: https://github.com/CrendKing/emperor...leases/tag/0.1 Install Unpack Run install.bat to register the filter emperors_clothes.ax Enable the filter Emperor's Clothes in video player Uninstall Run uninstall.bat to unregister the filter and clean up user data

5th June 2019, 18:12	#2 \| Link
Asmodian Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: San Jose, California Posts: 4,407	Cool idea, my player (Zoom Player) has good cursor hiding but it is great to have it indepent of the player. Thanks! __________________ madVR options explained