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As long as I've used VLC I've never known this to exist but a bit of research has shown otherwise. However, I don't seem to have them and if there's a way to enable them in Windows 7 then I haven't run across it yet. Am I missing something?

They should be on by default in Windows 7. AFAIK there isn't an option to disable them.

You use VLC 1.1.9 ?

I use one of the 1.2 nightlies, but I don't remember them being in the 1.1.9 build for me, which is why it was a bit of a surprise to learn it's supposed to have them. I have a friend who uses the 1.1.9 build on his Windows 7 and he tells me he doesn't have the peek controls either.

Have you tested VLC 1.1.10 builds?

I haven't, but I'll give that a try.


Update:

I've given that one a try and still nothing.

I've figured it out and I don't know if it's a bug or unfortunate limitation/feature. I've reset all my preferences and they returned. So then I started experimenting with what preference was conflicting with it and I've found that I apparently can't have the video on top of all windows while playing if I want to keep the aero peek controls and I have to restart VLC to get them back.

hmmm, maybe this is the case, indeed.

Is it a bug or simply a limitation?

Do you get some error messages to VLC message log?

No, nothing.

I would vote "bug"

I just found out that Aero Peek is unable to show video continuously (freezing) when you hover on taskbar thumbnail of VLC during video playback. In Wmp, no prob.

Has this issue been fixed?