Audio volume bar disappears when using playlists

[Highway_Yellow]

I've been using VLC for a while now, and I notice this in every version:
I put a TV show season in the playlist (20-25 videos, 40 mins each). After a while, when using the mouse wheel to turn the volume up and down, the white volume bar on the right side of the window stops appearing.
I haven't managed to find a rule (like, after 5 videos, it stops showing) and I'm thinking it might not even be related to the number of items in the playlist, but maybe to how often I switch from full screen to window size, or maybe related to switching windows (Alt + Tab). I noticed this never happens when playing the first video in the playlist.

[VLC_help]

So other OSD symbols like pause and play also disappear after that?

[Highway_Yellow]

I don't know about play and pause, haven't noticed if they disappear or not. The volume percentage definitely disappears when the movie is in window and the bar disappears when in full screen. Next time it happens I will try pause/start see if the symbols display or not.
Unfortunately, I don't know when how to make it happen, so I can't test start/stop on the spot.
I noticed in the previous versions, after the symbols stopped displaying, once I close vlc and click on the folder 'add to playlist' or 'play with vlc', they didn't play anymore, yet vlc.exe did show in task manager. However, if I played one video individually, and then added to the playlist the rest of the videos, it worked fine. This doesn't happen in the latest version anymore, but I'm guessing the two are related (not 100% sure though).
I have windows xp sp3 32 bit on athlon64 - don't know if it matters, but maybe helps.

[VLC_help]

If you use pause or play hotkeys in full screen, they should display white icons.

[rozeby]

Hi,

I've been having the same problem. But not too often, so it wasn't a nuissance.

However, since I updated VLC to the latest version (1.1.11 The Luggage), the
volume percentage display doesn't show anymore. The volume bar while in fullscreen
displays the volume correctly, but not in window mode.

I've searched for a setting for a long time and couldn't find a way to display it.

Any thoughts please?


Also, is there a way to display the file name in the playlist instead of the video informations?

[VLC_help]

Also, is there a way to display the file name in the playlist instead of the video informations?

You can right click the columns and select the ones you want to use.

[rozeby]

Also, is there a way to display the file name in the playlist instead of the video informations?

You can right click the columns and select the ones you want to use.

Yes, but the most useful one is file uri, in the form of...

file:///c:\%20\my%20videos%20to%20see\file%201.avi

not very useful....

[dr_always]

After a while, when using the mouse wheel to turn the volume up and down, the white volume bar on the right side of the window stops appearing.

If by 'white volume bar' you mean the white text that displays as 'Volume XXX %' when one uses the wheel mouse to adjust volume (fullscreen or windowed doesn't matter), I'm having this same problem and its driving me insane. Sometimes the text will display and sometimes it won't, no rule or pattern except for the text always displays with the first file that plays out of a playlist (on random or sequenced doesn't matter). It is EXTREMELY annoying when one is in fullscreen or windowed in the minimal view setting, wheel scrolls up or down to adjust volume and can't tell what percentage of volume is set unless you look at the green/yellow/orange/red volume bar. I'm on WinXP SP3 and using VLC 1.1.11 The Luggage. Someone, anyone, please help me keep my sanity.

For that extra bit of clarification, here's a snapshot. The text circled in red is the object in question.



Also, while I'm here I'd like to add my thanks to the developers for providing us with such an awesome media player!