i often watch movies in windowed mode and very much like the "general > skins > auto hide main window skin while video screen is active" option... is there a way to do the same thing when the video screen IS NOT active? so that when potplayer is launched you don't see a window at all while potplayer loads, and you don't see a window at all after it's loaded unless you hover over the top or bottom of the screen? and the same question for clicking on a movie file associated with potplayer, is there a way to hide the potplayer/skin window as the movie loads instead of seeing the potplayer as the movie is loading?

thanks very much!

is there a way to do the same thing when the video screen IS NOT active?

Use 'On Screen Control'
first disable
"general > skins > auto hide main window skin while video screen is active"

then enable OSC
Main menu - Skins - On Screen Control - Enable: Layered Window Mode

is there a way to hide the potplayer/skin window as the movie loads instead of seeing the potplayer as the movie is loading?

this is impossible

is there a way to do the same thing when the video screen IS NOT active?

Use 'On Screen Control'
first disable
"general > skins > auto hide main window skin while video screen is active"

then enable OSC
Main menu - Skins - On Screen Control - Enable: Layered Window Mode

awesome, worked like a charm, thanks very much!

have just discovered that using onscreen control (osc) changes the video color (saturation, etc.) quite a bit, especially when viewing an hdr video, is there any way around this?