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Questions tagged [osd]

On Screen Display - an image superimposed on screen, usually over other elements, often used to display notifications.

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How to reduce OSD time-out?

In Windows 10, OSD for volume control, brightness, etc. takes almost 12 seconds to disappear. Is there any way to change this timeout?
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Disable large rectangle from Windows 10 Volume Overlay

We've had questions before such as this one about how to disable the fairly small overlay seen when adjusting volume. Recently I've seen that small overlay, which I'm happy with (because it tells me the current system volume), plus a much larger…
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Dismiss Windows 8 Volume Box (top left corner)

When adjusting the volume in Windows 8.1, a box appears at the top left corner of the screen. This box sticks around for ~13 seconds before it fades away. If you attempt to dismiss it by click on it, it switches to the music app. How do you disable…
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How to write to KDE's OSD or notification from console?

How can I write, from a bash script, to KDE's OSD or notification area? I am using KDE 4.5, and basically what I want is my script to report some stuff when it is run. Since I run the script by a shortcut, I have no console output, but I would like…
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How to disable the Windows8 volume On-Screen-Display?

Here is a picture of what i am talking about. I am at my wits end with that annoying thing, please somebody help me.
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Enable the Volume OSD in Windows 10

So I have a Windows 10 device that recently lost the ability to display the Volume OSD thing when pressing the volume keys, and (contrary to what others seem to want) I want it back. This is apparently also affecting the Currently Playing music…
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How do I get a volume OSD just like the one in OSX?

I'm using a Dell Studio laptop which has volume up/down hotkeys. On pressing these, I want a volume OSD to popup to show my current volume status just like in OSX; that is, just like: Anybody know any solution that would work on Arch Linux?
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How to display time remaining, filename, etc., on vlc's OSD (On Screen Display)?

I have tried: Preferences > All > Video > Subtitles/OSD: Enabled 'Marquee Display' Then, Preferences > All > Video > Subtitles/OSD > Marquee > Text: %H:%M, $t, $P This is what I get: Image where $ is displayed as $. Only % values are replaced…
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Show Volume Level OSD on both monitors?

I use my main monitor often for games and external sources but I have all my audio running through my PC via audio in. I'd like to be able to see the volume indicator (default that shows up in the top left) on my second monitor.
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Can't remove Philips 231P monitor SmartImage overlay

I have a Philips Brilliance 231PQPYK IPS LED monitor connected to my desktop. It's worked fine for the past 2.5 years, but all of a sudden yesterday it gave me this strange SmartImage overlay with one side of the screen saying "SmartImage On" and…
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Lenovo T61 mute button and On Screen Display mute indicator doesn't work in Windows 7

This quesion is a follow-up to a two-part question I previously had. It's in regards to my On Screen Display settings on my Lenovo T61. I recently reformatted my Lenovo T61 and put Windows 7 Professional on it. I backed up the original Vista driver…
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Display a permanent OSD

Is there any way to have a permanent static translucent OSD somewhere on my screen? I'm looking for an overlay that I cannot interact with so I can still use whatever is behind it. What I am trying to get is an always visible overview of an…
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Display Hotkey associated with menuitem

I don't use keyboard shortcuts a lot and would like to improve that. Is there a way to display (like an On Screen Display) a shortcut I could have pressed when selecting a menu item / context menu via mouse so I can try and memorize the shortcut I…
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How to prevent Riva Tuner from overlaying certain applications

I recently installed MSI Afterburner with Riva Tuner to monitor my RAM usage during some game testing. I have noticed since installing this that there are other programs that Riva Tuner is also overlaying that don't want, like SMPlayer for…
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What is a modern alternative to Thinkpad Buttons?

A lot of people say that Thinkpad Buttons prevents the CPU from saving power and shouldn't be used but it is the only solution for Thinkpads I know that shows OSD for volume keys. hotkey-setup that came with Ubuntu Jaunty can't even intercept those…
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