Help remove annoying Volume slider? S5

[thebigbry]

Galaxy S5 Kit Kat, not rooted. It is very annoying when watching a video and decided to adjust the volume up or down. That giant volume control slider, you know the one that does the exact same thing as the button I pushed to make it pop up. Pops up and blocks a large amount of the screen. I am not sure exactly why i need a visual cue that the thing I'm listening to is getting louder when I push the volume up, or quieter when i push the down button. But no matter it gets real old having to constantly rewind a video to rewatch whatever just happened underneath this thing.

So in short. anybody know how to turn this off?

 

[funkylogik]

Hmm I have an app called Noyze that makes an unobtrusive lil line at top of screen instead but can't seem to find it on Play and I don't remember if it requires root. Have a look yourself and see if you can find it

 

[funkylogik]

Looks like this

You can change the colour and (i think) make it transparent

 

[Keith Lebel]

Are you using the native video player app? Have you tried MX Video Player? I've used the app for years. I don't find the volume slider very obtrusive (see screen shot).
Cheers,
Keith

 

[funkylogik]

+1 for mx player! Love the gesture controls

 

[Pugs1957]

Dont know i its the same as the s4 but it disappears if you tap the screen

 

[funkylogik]

Dont know i its the same as the s4 but it disappears if you tap the screen

Can confirm on stock OnePlus One