Brightness briefly changes randomly

[ie_ai 1]

Having an ongoing issue where while watching something on the Android app the brightness will briefly either dim or brighten and then go back to normal. Seems to happen at entirely random times, sometimes immediately after another or far apart. Seemed to go away for awhile after a system restart but this time it's back immediately after rebooting. 

Android version 3.4.36 (opted into the beta to see if it fixed it and it has not). Server version 4.8.11.0.

Oddly I haven't seen anyone else reporting a similar issue so here I am.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, I've been really enjoying using emby over my other options but this is getting really annoying!

[Flink 0]

I have the same problem when using the emby app on my phone. I didn't try on my TV yet, though.

And yes this is quite annoying

[yocker 1247]

On 3/19/2025 at 5:24 AM, ie_ai said:

Having an ongoing issue where while watching something on the Android app the brightness will briefly either dim or brighten and then go back to normal. Seems to happen at entirely random times, sometimes immediately after another or far apart. Seemed to go away for awhile after a system restart but this time it's back immediately after rebooting. 

Android version 3.4.36 (opted into the beta to see if it fixed it and it has not). Server version 4.8.11.0.

Oddly I haven't seen anyone else reporting a similar issue so here I am.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, I've been really enjoying using emby over my other options but this is getting really annoying!

If this is on a phone can it maybe be the auto brightness in Android that's the problem? It can tend to be quite aggressive. 

[Flink 0]

On 3/21/2025 at 11:00 PM, yocker said:

If this is on a phone can it maybe be the auto brightness in Android that's the problem? It can tend to be quite aggressive. 

For me, that did it What’s weird is it was working fine some weeks ago, maybe related to an android update? (Emby app hasn’t been updated since January)

[ie_ai 1]

I disabled all auto dimming features and it sadly continues. Luckily doesn't happen on my LG TV but it is super annoying on phone. 

[yocker 1247]

I played around with it and found a way to replicate the problem.
Seems to happen when you change the brightness in the app, if you set it to anything other than 1 the app will dim the display every 10 or so second.

[Luke 42077]

Hi, we're looking into it. Thanks guys.

[Luke 42077]

Hi, have you guys seen this?

 

[Ladiesman0217 14]

Thanks for finding that Luke. 

I've switched to using the web interface untill Google pushes out a fix for the issue with Pixel phones.

[Ladiesman0217 14]

On 3/25/2025 at 12:57 PM, Luke said:

Hi, have you guys seen this?

 

Hey Luke, just wanted to let you know that, at least for me, this issue was resolved with the latest Android security update from April 5, 2025 for my Pixel 7 Pro running Emby for Android 3.4.36

[yocker 1247]

Was about to say the same, latest update seems to have fixed it