Option to allow bypassing the record popup in the Android TV client

[esinger63 1]

Was anything done about an option to disable this popup.   It's pretty annoying to navigate to a channel and then have to press select twice to get past the popup.   Doesn't even seem like a good idea to have that enabled.

[Luke 42077]

5 hours ago, esinger63 said:

Was anything done about an option to disable this popup.   It's pretty annoying to navigate to a channel and then have to press select twice to get past the popup.   Doesn't even seem like a good idea to have that enabled.

@esinger63

Hi.  Can you try sideloading our standard android app on the same device and see how that compares?

https://emby.media/emby-for-android.html

Thanks.

 

[arooni 2]

Hi!

I have the standard Android app on my TCL Google TV and there doesn't seem to be a way to directly play a IPTV channel without having to hit the middle button on my remote twice.

Once to get this modal popup which provides useful info on the given show I want to see, but honestly I don't need to see it at this moment, I would rather it just tune to that channel.  Anyway to avoid/disable this behavior so it behaves a bit more like Tivimate and lets me access this higher depth DVR as an OPTION, but not the DEFAULT?

Thanks so much!

[Luke 42077]

On 7/7/2025 at 11:25 PM, arooni said:

Hi!

I have the standard Android app on my TCL Google TV and there doesn't seem to be a way to directly play a IPTV channel without having to hit the middle button on my remote twice.

Once to get this modal popup which provides useful info on the given show I want to see, but honestly I don't need to see it at this moment, I would rather it just tune to that channel.  Anyway to avoid/disable this behavior so it behaves a bit more like Tivimate and lets me access this higher depth DVR as an OPTION, but not the DEFAULT?

Thanks so much!

The play button on your remote is one way. Another is long press OK context menu -> play.

[arooni 2]

Don't have a play button on the google TV remote 

Seems like enough people want this not sure why you folks keep declining it. 

[Luke 42077]

On 7/12/2025 at 1:26 PM, arooni said:

Don't have a play button on the google TV remote 

Seems like enough people want this not sure why you folks keep declining it. 

Hi, we are not against it. It is certainly possible to add as an option. I was just mentioning that in case you had a play button.

[fabien_m2002 5]

Hello

+1 for this feature. Very annoying to pass via the record pop-pop.

I want to play directly the channel when i click on it (via Guide, ...)

[arrbee99 1815]

On 6/29/2022 at 4:23 PM, arrbee99 said:

As you say, an option is fine, but not a replacement. Don't want to click on a program to see info about whether its worth watching or recording and instead it plays, especially if, like me, you find it takes 5 seconds to start playing and you don't know whether to press back instantly or wait to see that its started ok and then press back just in case pressing back while its trying to start buggers something up.

As above.