Using cover flow full screen activates iTunes visualizer

After maybe 5 minutes the full screen cover flow is replaced with the visualizer. Pressing ESC returns to iTunes with the visualizer playing in the iTunes window. This is new behavior in iTunes 10.x and I'd like to make it stop. Thanks in advance.

I have a similar behaviour in iTunes 10.2.1 & MacOS 10.6.7.: Everytime I’m watching movies in fullscreen after 15 minutes my screensaver comes and disturbs my nonstop watching. I don’t have changed my system settings since I’ve updated to 10.6.7. and the previous MacOS version hasn’t this behaviour.

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Problem with Cover Flow full screen view in 10.6

I like to use the Cover Flow full screen view in iTunes on my monitor. Since upgrading to iTunes 10.6 Cover Flow full screen view will revert to Cover Flow standard view between each song. This did not occur with any previous version of iTunes. Is there a setting that will prevent Cover Flow automatically switching back to standard view from full screen view?

I guess I am the only one experiencing this issue of Cover Flow full screen view collapsing to standard view when a song within an album or playlist changes. This began in 10.6 and has continued in 10.6.1. At least I have not experienced the more serious issues others have with 10.6.

Still can't use cover flow

okay, i still can't use cover flow. i got the itunes 7 update, 7.0.1, but it still comes up with "can't browse album covers on this computer." is it just because i use windows 2000, or do i need to change something on my computer?

It shouldn't be related to Windows 2000, and luckily there are a few things you can try.
First, here's Apple's reference to the problem, iTunes 7 for Windows is unable to display album covers in Cover Flow.
The following have fixed the problem for many people...
Make sure the graphics card has 32Mb of memory or more. If you're not sure carry on as we're going check this later
Download and install iTunes 7.0.1 (or higher), http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
Make sure that your Hardware Acceleration is set at Full. Control Panel > Display, Settings > Advanced, Troubleshoot
Install the latest drivers for your Graphics card - this fixes most problems
Download and install DirectX 9.0c (or higher), DirectX 9.0c
Start > Run, type dxdiag and press enter. Go to the Video tab (or Display n) and enable DirectDraw Acceleration and Direct3D acceleration.
Whilst on this tab check the Approx. Total Memory value to ensure your graphics card has at-least 32MB of available memory
If iTunes still isn't working...
Uninstall iTunes, don't re-install just yet...
Install Quicktime 7.1.3 (or higher), http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/
Install iTunes again
However, I can confirm that none of the above will work for the Matrox G550. Guess which card I have...
P4 2GHz, 1GB RAM Windows XP Pro SP2; Matrox G550; Dual screen

I have a tiny problem that is driving me mad. When I am playing an album in iTunes using cover flow view (with the playlist beneath the artwork picture) the picture is exactly above the album title. All is symmetrical. When I switch to full screen displa

I have a tiny problem that is driving me mad. When I am playing an album in iTunes using cover flow view (with the playlist beneath the artwork picture) the picture is exactly above the album title. All is symmetrical. When I switch to full screen display, the artwork moves a couple of inches to the left and the display is therefore asymmetrical. Why and how do I correct it? It would drive you mad to.
Thanks for any help,
Graham

I was having the same problem, but tried the "Top Button + Home Button" reset and that did work for me. My unofficial guess is that perhaps RAM caches get filled through daily use of various apps leaving no memory for cover flow. Resetting the phone on the phone itself seems to reset that RAM. I can't say it's a cure-all, but it solved my issue. Hope this helps.

Shuffling genre using cover flow not possible

Hi,
Using iTunes to play music over the home stereo became so much nicer with cover flow, however, you cannot shuffle, for example by genre, when using cover flow. Using list view I selected the genre and shuffle, then switched to cover flow, and it starts shuffling all songs in iTunes and does not stick to the selected genre. I guess this is because it looses the browser even if you don't use full screen mode. I could of course create playlists for all genres but this seems to be excessive use of playlists, especially because it's not necessary for anything else.

Yeah the Cover Flow option is checked when I click it. I have checked it again and it is still checked - but it still appears as the picture shown above.
J

4th gen. iPod touch restarts when using Cover Flow while playing music

I was just listening to music the past few months ever since I got my iPod touch back in August (and I love it) but for the past week I have been having this annyoing issue when I tilt my iPod touch to use Cover Flow. When I tilt the iPod while playing a song, the Cover Flow (and everything else on the screen) freezes and the music skips much like a CD skipping, then it restarts itself with the dotted circle loading symbol.
I am using a 4th generation iPod touch upgraded to iOS 5.0.1.
I have also noticed it only does this on certain albums by the way; some do it, while most others don't. I think the issue may be with the artwork as it's custom artwork and not artwork downloaded from iTunes.
Any help with this if possible? Thanks.

First, try a system reset. It cures many ills and it's quick, easy and harmless...
Hold down the on/off switch and the Home button simultaneously until the screen blacks out or you see the Apple logo. Ignore the "Slide to power off" text if it appears. You will not lose any apps, data, music, movies, settings, etc.
If the Reset doesn't work, try a Restore. Note that it's nowhere near as quick as a Reset. Connect via cable to the computer that you use for sync. From iTunes, select the iPad/iPod and then select the Summary tab. Follow directions for Restore and be sure to say "yes" to the backup. You will be warned that all data (apps, music, movies, etc.) will be erased but, as the Restore finishes, you will be asked if you wish the contents of the backup to be copied to the iPad/iPod. Again, say "yes."
Finally, if the Restore doesn't work, let the battery drain completely. Then recharge for at least an hour and Restore again.

Using Cover Flow from 1 Mac on another.

I'm putting together a music server using my Mini. The idea is to allow the other Macs on the network to access this one computer for all of the recorded music in the Mini's library. I am doing this successfully, but for two things that have to do with Album artwork and Cover Flow when running through iTunes.
When connected to the shared iTunes folder, all of the options in the VIEW menu are grayed out — all that's available is List View. It would be great to be able to change the view to Cover Flow so that users could view the cover art just as you can from the host computer. I've gone through all of the preference panels but haven't found anything that looks like it would accomplish this. Am I missing something? Would netTunes do this for me?
Likewise, when using Front Row to access the shared music folder, none of the artwork is present. Any way to see the art in Front Row?
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This is one that I was able to solve on my own. Thanks for all the suggestions.

Green / Magenta squares after using Cover Flow or the like

I'm on a C2D white 20" iMac upgraded to 10.5.1 Leopard. Whenever I use Cover Flow, or Front Row, or Time Machine, I get these squares all over the screen and I can only clear them out with a reboot.
I tried searching on the issue here but most things I'm seeing are for lines, either horizontal or vertical, but it seems they're all afflicting the alum iMacs, and not white ones like mine.
Is there by any chance a fix I could exact to rectify this?
Here's a screenshot of what I'm referring to:

I have exactly the same issue, just started appearing after I upgraded to Leopard (10.5.1) after Christmas. For me, this occurs particularly when using video effects in PhotoBooth or iChat. Also sometimes when I'm using iPhoto. (I am still using the previous release of the iLife suite).
Tonight I upgraded to the Leopard-compatible version of RapidWeaver, and I started to see the same green/magenta squares effect appearing in "thumbnail" images on photo pages. That makes me think it's something in the graphics processing, and not just the display hardware.
Please advise if you heard anything helpful from Apple or another user. Thanks.

When i open entourage mail my view used to be full screen now its half screen and i have to maximize now how do i fix this

when i open entourage mail it use to be full screen and now its half screen so now i have to hit the maximize button how do i fix this

Click on the green button. Or you adjust from the bottom right to fill the window. With Mac OS X 10.7 or later, you can adjust from any of the window edges. Only upgrade to 10.7 or later if you have read this tip:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6271

Using Cover Flow, then resizing window

I love cover flow for my finder windows, but every time I resize a window, it automatically makes the cover flow section increase in size.
This drives me nuts; I'm always trying to increase the window size so I can see more options available to me in the list. In essence, cover flow is more of a pretty additional thing, but I never actually use it. Should I just stop using Cover Flow?
Is there an easy fix to this issue? I've looked in View Options and set the "Use as Defaults" for window size for now... I really think this will solve my problem. But I'm just curious to see if there's anything else out there regarding Secrets of the Finder Windows.

I've never found a way to have those two panes scale proportionally (what I'd prefer) or prefer the lower list pane to the upper Cover Flow pane. I think the reason for this is that if you are using Cover Flow view, that's your primary method of navigation and thus that pane should be the one that enlarges when you scale the window up. If you are using the list below, you probably should just use the list view instead of Cover Flow. That does seem to be the logic anyway.

How to use the set full screen mode ?

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i found.
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I selected full screen how do i undo it the tab that i used to make full screen isnt there now

i selected full screen how do i undo it the tab that i used to make full screen isnt there now

The F11 key will toggle Full Screen Mode on or off
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Can't open visualizer in itunes window. It goes to full screen and "show visualizer in full screen" won't stay unchecked. I'm running SL and everything is up to date.

I would really like to be able to view the visualizer in the itunes window. when I uncheck full screen in preferences it does not take. I'ts automatically checked when I open preferences.

I would really like to be able to view the visualizer in the itunes window. when I uncheck full screen in preferences it does not take. I'ts automatically checked when I open preferences.

View by cover flow not working in Itunes 8.1

Hi all, I don't know what's Happened but view by cover flow has stopped working for some reason . view by list & view by grid still works but when i goto select view by cover flow, all I get is a blank screen where the albums should be & a empty space at the bottom. When I first installed Itunes & Quick time, view by cover flow was working. I havent used it tho for a couple of weeks then thought i'll try it again & now nothing. Is there a fix I can try to get it back to the way it was before it stopped working? It doesn't affect the use of Itunes in any way, (I can still sync to my 32gig Ipod touch no problem) but as I do use view by cover flow, I miss it & having to use view by grid & the moment (just means a double click on the album to see the tracks that's all), Yes all my drivers & directx are up to date & Itunes & quicktime are the latest versions. Cheers

So I found out how to clean this up. Make sure to replace "USER_NAME" with the right account name.
1. Remove Itunes, Quicktime, and Apple Mobile device Support.
2. Reboot PC
3. Delete C:\Program Files\Itunes Directory
4. Delete C:\Document and Settings\USER_NAME\Application Data\Apple Computer
5. Delete C:\Document and Settings\USER_NAME\Local Settings\Application Data\Apple Computer
6. Delete C:\Document and Settings\USER_NAME\Local Settings\Application Data\Apple
7. Reboot
8. Reinstall Itunes
This reset all of the settings and brought back the cover flow as well as keeping my existing files.
Obviously there was a easier way of doing this.. but a full clean install helps.

Cover flow full size

Yet another version of iTunes (11.0.3) and still there is no cover flow function available.
I find it almost unreal how Apples developers can take away such an important functionality - to obviously many users - and persist to do so, release after release.
I guess I have not yet discovered the other flaws and bugs with this new release (11.0.3) that many of you mention in other discussions but my greatest sorrow will always be the loss of the cover flow. All the time and effort I have put in to get the right resolution of my artwork...
I always used to have the cover flow in full size as my default image on iTunes.
Eone

I believe you mean the slide show. select some items in Finder (in any view not just coverflow) and enter commandoptiony. this will get you to the slideshow view. you can also use Quicklook by hitting the space bar.

Using cover flow full screen activates iTunes visualizer

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