Metadata not displayed on television

[artatgray 8]

Before something stopped it from working, the highlighted metadata in the screenshot used to be displayed on my television whenever I navigated to content using Emby (client) on Android. Then, it suddenly stopped doing so and I don't recall changing any setting that would prevent it. Which setting do I check to make sure I've not accidentally disabled it?

Thanks in advance, 

Bill

 

[Luke 42077]

Hi, what does it look like now?

[artatgray 8]

4 minutes ago, Luke said:

Hi, what does it look like now?

As follows, just the Emby logo and stating "Ready to Cast" :

 

[Luke 42077]

@artatgrayOK this change was deliberate and it was done to reduce resource consumption on these cast devices, or smart TV's with Chromecast built-in.

What was happening was that between loading the metadata and displaying the full screen backdrop, and then clicking play while that stuff was still loading would cause playback to either take a really long time to start or fail altogether. Unfortunately these devices with chromecast built-in just cannot handle very much.

Does that help ease the blow at all? It was done for a good reason. Thanks.

[artatgray 8]

Hi @Luke

Yeah, I fully understand the reason. 

Thanks. 

[artatgray 8]

@Luke

What was the version number prior to the change, please?

I'd like to rollback, if possible, the update to get the metadata displayed as I find it useful when company is around for sharing info about potential selections. 

I didn't notice any significant delays when streaming to my own CC Gen 2.. However, being in a single television setup where there's predominantly the only client accessing my server at a time for video, I just may have gotten fortunate in not actually stressing it. 

Thanks, 

Bill

 

[Luke 42077]

Hi, it's not something you can roll back to because the change happened to our chromecast receiver app. We can always add options to control this.

[artatgray 8]

3 minutes ago, Luke said:

Hi, it's not something you can roll back to because the change happened to our chromecast receiver app. We can always add options to control this.

That would appreciated. 

 

Regards, 

Bill

[dalesd 6]

On 9/11/2025 at 4:15 PM, Luke said:

Hi, it's not something you can roll back to because the change happened to our chromecast receiver app. We can always add options to control this.

Yes, please give us the option to enable it.  I never had a problem with it on my ancient Chromecast Ultra

That metadata display was a big help when we're trying to decide what to watch next.  

[mindhive 2]

I'm assuming the ambient backdrop screensaver when casting was also affected by the change? I've been looking for months to figure out why that stopped working. Please add the option back to turn this on if desired. I never had any problems with playback either. Thanks! 

[Luke 42077]

16 hours ago, mindhive said:

I'm assuming the ambient backdrop screensaver when casting was also affected by the change? I've been looking for months to figure out why that stopped working. Please add the option back to turn this on if desired. I never had any problems with playback either. Thanks! 

Options to control this are certainly possible, although if you had the ability to turn it on and off then I think you'd see what i mean about media starting quicker and being more stable without it.