Hide cursor in DVD Player

How do you hide the mouse cursor while in fullscreen mode in DVD Player?

Usually it just disappears after a short time when not moved. I don't why yours is failing to do that.
In iDVD Preferences, tab on Full Screen and see if there is selected Hide controller if inactive for (so many) seconds.
Try and reduce that number to a smaller value.

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