No episode description when in playlist

[tOLJY 49]

When I play an episode and press the button to view the episode summary while playing it works fine

When I try to watch that episode as part of a playlist the same action gives an empty display

It will have the show title, episode title rating, duration and play type (direct etc) but nothing under it in the way of an episode summary.

Is this intended?

[GrimReaper 4740]

Which client app? 

But generally it shouldn't matter where from an item is played, OSD should work in the same way/show same info/actions. 

[tOLJY 49]

Ah I should have mentioned - emby for android tv. I'm playing it on Google tv with Chromecast 

[GrimReaper 4740]

24 minutes ago, tOLJY said:

Ah I should have mentioned - emby for android tv. I'm playing it on Google tv with Chromecast 

So Down-Down (2x Down) on your remote should bring episode overview/synopsis in either way - doesn't it do it for you? 

[tOLJY 49]

Correct

It only works when watching an episode directly

Not when playing the episode through a playlist 

It brings up the menu but the synopsis is empty. Every other bit of metadata is there.

I can provide an image if that helps?

Edited June 2, 2023 by tOLJY

[GrimReaper 4740]

5 minutes ago, tOLJY said:

I can provide an image if that helps?

No need, it's clear now. And that's the same episode you're playing/episode that does have actual synopsis? 

Anyway, @ebrmight potentially need you to submit in-app logs, but let's wait for his input. 

[tOLJY 49]

Yep, can confirm it is the same episode I'm playing. Has synopsis when played directly but not in a playlist.

[GrimReaper 4740]

Which app version you're on? As it appears it should've been addressed sometime mid-'21, so both latest release and latest beta should not exhibit same behaviour. 

 

[tOLJY 49]

The latest on the play store for Google TV - emby says it's 2.0.83g

[Luke 42078]

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.

 

[tOLJY 49]

I have the standard app and it works perfectly there. I raise the issue about the android tv version only because it looks like the standard app is still a ways away from being the default on android tv.