Allow the Emby screensaver to appear while playing music

[AxiomEmby 0]

found this thread after a search - emby 4.9.13 beta...  firestick max running the current Emby app - AndroidTv 2.1.26a, all fed by a synology nas.
Music playback-> song carousel album cover images, and controls -> changes to a large Album image, generic backdrop, with play time bottom left, etc.
but it never moves, only slightly dims (brightens on next song) and just sits there burning in my OLED lol

Meanwhile - if i leave the app to the Firestck Home (not exit) - it will play tunes in the background (which is great) and eventually starts doing my firestick screen saver.
However the emby screen saver options never kick in (i now can't control anything unless i reopen the app) - and even though i chose the "photos" options and made a "Home Videos and Photos" media folder - they don't get trigger to display either.

So what am I doing wrong? as I cannot just have a giant album square hanging there.
Any options for a visualizer?

[Luke 42077]

On 7/4/2025 at 7:29 PM, AxiomEmby said:

found this thread after a search - emby 4.9.13 beta...  firestick max running the current Emby app - AndroidTv 2.1.26a, all fed by a synology nas.
Music playback-> song carousel album cover images, and controls -> changes to a large Album image, generic backdrop, with play time bottom left, etc.
but it never moves, only slightly dims (brightens on next song) and just sits there burning in my OLED lol

Meanwhile - if i leave the app to the Firestck Home (not exit) - it will play tunes in the background (which is great) and eventually starts doing my firestick screen saver.
However the emby screen saver options never kick in (i now can't control anything unless i reopen the app) - and even though i chose the "photos" options and made a "Home Videos and Photos" media folder - they don't get trigger to display either.

So what am I doing wrong? as I cannot just have a giant album square hanging there.
Any options for a visualizer?

@AxiomEmby

Hi.  Can you try searching for our standard android app (Just "Emby" on Amazon and "Emby for Android on Google) on the same device's app store and see how that compares?

Thanks.

 

[AxiomEmby 0]

On 7/12/2025 at 3:50 AM, Luke said:

@AxiomEmby

Hi.  Can you try searching for our standard android app (Just "Emby" on Amazon and "Emby for Android on Google) on the same device's app store and see how that compares?

Thanks.

 

Hi Luke - I'm using the Emby app. (from the amazon app search)
Ultimately - I'd "just like" images from the emby server to appear - no overlay of anything playing, just the images that rotate from a folder.
The Firestick will eventually kick in with the images i have in Amazon photos - BUT that can take up to 15 - 20 mins to finally happen.
An emby specific screensaver would be ideal, because i loath uploading images and such to "the cloud", but you have bigger things on your plate than that
 

Edited July 15, 2025 by AxiomEmby

[Luke 42077]

@AxiomEmby what app version number do you have installed? I’f you follow my instructions that I have, it would result in something different from what you first stated.