Jellyfin Server on TrueNas Scale / Jellyfin Client on Nvidia Shield

[carsten schmidt]

Hi Guys,

A quick question regarding screen-saver and backdrop.

Use in app screen-saver is on, time is set to 1 min.
If I play songs from playlist or albums it turns screen-saver on after 1 min. so all good, but I only get a blurred background, compared to before where I got the backdrop of the band/singer (image from album folder).

Is that new since last update, is it something changed in the settings, is it a bug...????

Cheers

[niels]

The screensaver does not currently use backdrop images in the now playing view.

[carsten schmidt]

Hi Niels,

Thanks for your answer.

But how to get it as it was before then...?? It does not show any backdrop currently, its just a big blurred screen with the small cover down left.
Before if playing a song then after 1 min. it switches to backdrop with the cover to the side, and as soon as you touch the remote control it puts back the overview.

[niels]

Like I said, the new screensaver does not show the backdrops anymore. This was an intentional design change. If there's a lot of demand for it we can look into adding the backdrops back to the screensaver in some way.

[carsten schmidt]

ahh okay,

not a good design change from my point of view,
then all the work to have very nice backdrops is wasted and also the amazing look is gone.

is there a possibility to downgrade to the older version where this was still functioning ...???

[tmsrxzar]

is there a possibility to downgrade to the older version where this was still functioning ...???

1. go to https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-androidtv/releases
   
2. find version you want
   
3. click "Assets" to expand files
   
4. download the apk
   
5. install the apk
   
6. profit
   

[carsten schmidt]

Hi tmsrxzar,

Great, I will try that out.

Thanks for your answer 👍