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I'm using PotPlayer in workplace. It is allowed for people to listen to an audio file in the background here, but I think it may cause a problem if they see me watching video. Is there a way of temporarily disabling the video on PotPlayer so that the audio will go on playing while the screen is black? I'm looking for a tweak in the settings or a keyboard short cut.

Note: Don't suggest me extracting audio data from the video files to a standalone disk file, since I will turning on the video occasionally.

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Right click and go to Video, Video Renderer, select Null Video Renderer (Compressed). This kept the audio playing, but the video output turned black.

You can set up your own hotkey. Hotkey

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    Is there a keyboard shortcut for this? – hkBattousai Dec 18 '15 at 17:40
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    @hkBattousai There isn't a keyboard shortcut shown. Easy way I found is press the context menu key (which simulates right click), press V (it goes to Video), Video Renderer is the first option so press the right arrow to open the menu, tap the up arrow twice and press Enter. It becomes fast if you get used to it. You can set up your own hotkey in the Potplayer settings. – MC10 Dec 18 '15 at 18:00
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    There is a hot-key ( ` ) to minimize/restore window size and this will turn video on/off keeping control on the screen. Checked on version 1.7.2 – zergius Feb 01 '23 at 15:13