diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp
index 6ff4cee071..378003e394 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp
@@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ void WindowManager::updateVisible()
             MyGUI::PointerManager::getInstance().setVisible(false);
             break;
         case GM_Video:
+            MyGUI::PointerManager::getInstance().setVisible(false);
             mHud->setVisible(false);
             break;
         default:
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/videoplayer.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/videoplayer.cpp
index 04a6de30b0..195369a2d8 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/videoplayer.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/videoplayer.cpp
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ namespace MWRender
 
         mVideoStreamId = -1;
         mEOF = false;
+        mDisplayedFrameCount = 0;
 
         // if something is already playing, close it
         if (mAvContext)
@@ -236,6 +237,8 @@ namespace MWRender
 
         mTextureUnit->setTextureName ("VideoTexture");
 
+        mTimer.reset();
+
     }
 
     void VideoPlayer::throwError(int error)
@@ -309,6 +312,14 @@ namespace MWRender
         if (!mAvContext)
             return;
 
+        // Time elapsed since the video started
+        float realTime = mTimer.getMilliseconds ()/1000.f;
+
+        // Here is the time we're at in the video
+        float movieTime = mDisplayedFrameCount * mWantedFrameTime;
+
+        if (movieTime >= realTime)
+            return;
 
         if (!mVideoPacketQueue.size() && mEOF)
             close();
@@ -353,10 +364,11 @@ namespace MWRender
         Ogre::PixelBox pb(mVideoCodecContext->width, mVideoCodecContext->height, 1, Ogre::PF_BYTE_RGBA, mRGBAFrame->data[0]);
         pixelBuffer->blitFromMemory(pb);
 
-        //m_displayedFrameCount++;
         av_free_packet(mVideoPacketQueue.front());
         av_free(mVideoPacketQueue.front());
         mVideoPacketQueue.pop();
+
+        ++mDisplayedFrameCount;
     }
 
     void VideoPlayer::close ()
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/videoplayer.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/videoplayer.hpp
index 05c04c96b4..1d3010e8e9 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/videoplayer.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/videoplayer.hpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 #include <OgreDataStream.h>
 #include <OgreTexture.h>
+#include <OgreTimer.h>
 
 namespace Ogre
 {
@@ -53,6 +54,8 @@ namespace MWRender
 
         bool mEOF;
 
+        Ogre::Timer mTimer;
+
         // VIDEO
         AVCodecContext* mVideoCodecContext;
         AVCodec* mVideoCodec;
@@ -64,6 +67,8 @@ namespace MWRender
         float mDecodingTime;
         std::queue <AVPacket *> mVideoPacketQueue;
 
+        int mDisplayedFrameCount;
+
 
         bool readFrameAndQueue();
         bool saveFrame(AVPacket* frame);