Trickplay on Roku

[Hoof]

Just got a Roku Ultra and I can confirm the same behavior. After setting up with 5 width and height in the trickplay settings I can only see the thumbnails when a video is being transcoded. My whole library is HEVC so I can just "Disable HEVC" in Jellyfin on the Roku to force transcoding of all content, but that seems like a step in the wrong direction. Really wish this worked for direct play.

[Mushie]

Update:
Been playing with the trickplay files for several weeks now. Thanks again to @HokieRulz for the guide to set the Tile Width and Tile Height to 5x5.

The video thumbnails mostly work on recorded TV but there are several instances when a recorded show starts with thumbnails for the first few minutes...then nothing! There is no rhyme or reason to why. I though it was specific stations but future recordings had thumbnails throughout the entire show - so who knows what's going on.
In some rare instances, the thumbnails are present for almost the entire show then disappear for the final 10 or so minutes.

I am going to do more experimenting using both NPVR and Jellyfin to record shows to see how that may affect the trickplay thumbnails.

[mooch91]

Looking for any updates or progress on this. I haven't changed the dimensions of my images yet as it seems that doesn't guarantee that the Trickplay thumbnails will show on the Roku. Thanks in advance.

[TheDreadPirate]

Version 3.0 of the app should have better trickplay support. Should be out soon-ish.

If you want a preview, look through the Roku store for the "Viv" app. Our Roku dev has been working on Viv on the side as a sort of Roku re-write.

https://mastodon.social/@tgpo@social.lin...7764999528

https://channelstore.roku.com/details/20...9f611b/viv