diff --git a/optimap/video/_player.py b/optimap/video/_player.py
index f026711..51d1106 100644
--- a/optimap/video/_player.py
+++ b/optimap/video/_player.py
@@ -167,20 +167,35 @@ def setup_gui(self, pos):
         )
         self.slider.on_changed(self.set_pos)
 
-    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
+    def save(self, *args, hide_slider=True, hide_buttons=True, hide_framecounter=False, **kwargs):
         """Save the animation as a movie file, but hide the GUI buttons and slider.
-        
-        See FuncAnimation's :meth:`~matplotlib.animation.Animation.save` for arguments.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        *args : 
+            See FuncAnimation's :meth:`~matplotlib.animation.Animation.save` for arguments.
+        hide_slider : bool, optional
+            Hide the slider, by default True
+        hide_buttons : bool, optional
+            Hide the play/pause button, by default True
+        hide_framecounter : bool, optional
+            Hide the frame counter, by default False
+        **kwargs :
+            See FuncAnimation's :meth:`~matplotlib.animation.Animation.save` for arguments.
         """
 
         self.saving = True
         # self.save_count = self.max // self.step
-
-        self.ax_player.set_visible(False)
-        self.ax_slider.set_visible(False)
+        if hide_buttons:
+            self.ax_player.set_visible(False)
+        if hide_slider:
+            self.ax_slider.set_visible(False)
+        if hide_framecounter:
+            self.suptitle.set_visible(False)
         super().save(*args, **kwargs)
 
         self.saving = False
         # self.save_count = None
         self.ax_player.set_visible(True)
         self.ax_slider.set_visible(True)
+        self.suptitle.set_visible(True)
diff --git a/tests/test_video_io.py b/tests/test_video_io.py
index 6face8f..1ddc5a0 100644
--- a/tests/test_video_io.py
+++ b/tests/test_video_io.py
@@ -180,3 +180,19 @@ def test_export_video_collage(tmpdir):
     om.video.export_video_collage(filename, videos, vmins=0, vmaxs=1, padding=10, ncols=2, padding_color="white")
     assert filename.is_file() and filename.stat().st_size > 0
     assert mimetypes.guess_type(filename)[0] == "video/mp4"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(skvideo._HAS_FFMPEG == 0, reason="ffmpeg not installed")
+def test_interactive_player_save(tmpdir):
+    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+    video = np.zeros((100, 32, 32), dtype=np.float32)
+
+    fn = Path(tmpdir / "test.mp4")
+    # fn = Path('/tmp') / "test.mp4"
+    fig, ax = plt.subplots()
+    imshow = ax.imshow(video[0])
+    player = om.video.InteractivePlayer(fig, lambda i: imshow.set_data(video[i]), end=len(video))
+    player.save(fn, fps=25, hide_framecounter=True)
+    plt.close(fig)
+    assert fn.exists()
+    assert fn.is_file() and fn.stat().st_size > 0
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