Front row acting up??

when im at front row and i play a movie/trailes clip..the whole screen blinks black then appers again it plays the movie/clip for like 3 seconds then blacks out then appers againg?? how do i fix that??
thanks

HI and Welcome to Apple Discussions ...
I'm hoping I'm close on this... open System References/Front Row/Sound Preference Panel. There is a new option under the “Sound Effects” tab to enable or disable playing Front Row sound effects.
Hopefully you can at least Mute the sound ...
Carolyn

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First, I should say I'm new to Mac OS X, had early Macs, but went PC a long time ago.
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(http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1284758)
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I have restarted!
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Come on Apple! get your act together! this is crazy...
I am NOT the only one with this problem!
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Me Also.
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However, it is important that we tell Apple, so: http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
You should just send them your thoughtful and very well written post.
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Here's the thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1251292&tstart=0
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Command + Escape
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