Front Row View While Playing

While Front Row is playing music or other mp3 it shows the progress bar and the "album jacket" associated with the file. Every minute or so, the album jacket switches from one side of the screen to the other automatically.
Is there a way to stop the alternating from side to side?
Thanks.

I think this feature may be for people who use an lcd or plasma type display for their main monitor. I have a Mac Mini in the living room that feed's my plasma and the flip flop feature seems to be designed to prevent burn-in (latent images of bright objects), It doesn't do a great job but that appear to be it's function. Apple probably thinks you wouldn't want to turn it off.

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Have you guys tried the play/pause + minus button to get out of Front Row? This usually gets you out of most problems in Front Row. Trust me when I say your Mac hates you to unplug or power down hard - only use as last resort.
For better results in Front Row quit out all "i" media apps before using Front Row. Then allow Front Row to open the various apps for you. I know this is slower. Front Row is really only a "front" for the other software. If you update iPhoto or iTunes and then go into Front Row it can easily hang due to the updates. I am now in the habit of just quiting out all "i" apps when I update them. Works like a charm.

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When I go to view trailers in iTunes or even from Apple's website I don't have any problems with them starting quickly and playing through.
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Downloading the movie posters will be a little slow.
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Make sure that QT is setup with your specific internet type (dialup, dsl, t1, t2, etc.)
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