Love the happy pumpkin on the timeline

[denz 501]

[Bims0n 14]

Is there a way to disable this? One of my users keeps asking me about this...

[CBers 7450]

Should only be applied for the relevant content, not everything.

Please add an option to disable @Luke
 

[denz 501]

I actually like it to appear on all the content for the next few days and then to disappear and only appear for content that has Halloween. 

[CBers 7450]

I have tried LIVE TV, a TV show in my library as well as a Movie, and it shows on all.
 

[yocker 1247]

I will have to join the people not happy about it.
We don't really celebrate Halloween here.

Other than that i love it, specially if it could be configured by admins to show other icons for specific movies or maybe even libraries.

[oziee 2]

if there is code to make it change by date or by show, then there is a way to add code for an extra check.. "does the user have this enabled" if yes then do it, else leave their player alone and let them be.. very very very simple

if date is halloween > show pumpkin
to
if date is halloween and user wants it > show pumkpin

 

why is there no option already for this. I been searching how to disable this rubbish and seems to be a few posts going back some way now asking the same question

[Fch11 3]

What app has this? I want to enable it but my iphone and windows store emby don’t have it.

[softworkz 5066]

If I just had more time - I would love to restore the earlier Halloween theme, including its sound effects of course...

[CBers 7450]

1 hour ago, softworkz said:

If I just had more time - I would love to restore the earlier Halloween theme, including its sound effects of course...

.......with an option to disable it.
 

[softworkz 5066]

16 minutes ago, CBers said:

1 hour ago, softworkz said:

If I just had more time - I would love to restore the earlier Halloween theme, including its sound effects of course...

.......with an option to disable it.

To be honest - what I liked most was the fact that it always came totally unexpected. At one time, I had switched off the TV but not the amplifier, and Emby was still running.
Then, while I was sleeping, it was time for the Halloween theme to become active (like every year) - playing those haunted sounds occasionally. With the amp volume left at a pretty high, position, those sounds made their way through all the rooms. After waking up just slowly, it took me quite some time until I realized what it was . It was the most freightening Halloween moment I ever experienced (probably also the only one) - that was so great. In later years, twice or thrice when I had guests at that time, I left the amp on for the nightr...  

I'm not the type to think like "oh, it's getting xmas time, now I need to switch Emby to  the Holiday theme" - but when it happens automatically, while you didn't expect it,  it's  always a nice surprise - at least that's how I'm seeing it.

That being said - of course it must be possible to disable thiat behavior. At that time, there was an option like "Disable seasonal theme change" (or similar). And of course you could  switch to (and away from) those themes manually. On top of that, the sound effects could be disabled independently.

From my point of view it was perfect like it was - something I don't say too often, hehe...

...but wait - it's not perfect, becasee it's gone now

[CBers 7450]

3 hours ago, Fch11 said:

What app has this?

I've only seen it in the Universal Android app and the Web Client.

Fortunately not in the Android TV app.
 

[Sidestalker 1]

How can I remove the halloween pumpkin on the timeline. 
I've been searching everywhere but all the directions seem to relate to previous versions of Emby and aren't relevant anymore.

How can I remove the seasonal themes? 
We don't celebrate halloween on my server and need this removed.

Thanks.

[Neminem 1518]

Yet another feature with no opt in or out

Why not make it an option.

[brothom 177]

I'm kind of impartial on this. I don't use the webbrowser enough to be bothered by it and the apps don't seem to display the pumpkin so there's that. I can see how some people might "not like" Halloween, especially the more religious folk considering it's an originally pagan festival.

Regardless, I'd like to see a way to opt-out of Holiday specific themes as well, but not just for Halloween; being able to "enable" specific Holidays (Easter, Christmas, New Year, Chinese New Year, etc) would be excellent.

[pwhodges 2012]

I can hardly think of any less offensive temporary theme than this pumpkin.

And since when did religion forbid non-religious celebrations?  (Is it even a celebration? - it's just something that happens around a particular date, like a birthday does.)  Or do they seriously think that people who enjoy Halloween are actually devil worshippers?

Obviously, adding back the old option to refuse seasonal themes should be trivial, and upsetting to no one at all.

Paul

[MediaEmby1968 47]

It's also visible on a Samsung smart TV... and I find it ugly and unprofessional. I agree that if it's going to be there, it should be optional. Today I put on a movie and decided to fast-forward... and there it was, the pumpkin.

While I'm at it, I also don't like the color they've switched to on the player. At night, in the dark in the living room, it's hard to see information like the movie's year and end time. Before, it was white and looked great.

[Gilgamesh_48 1240]

I see absolutely no reason why Emby wants to FORCE this kid of "cuteness" on their user base. It is like they are trying to move from their statement: "Your media your way" to "Your media our way" and that is offensive to me. 

But I have found that when Emby does something as stupid as this they stick with it for quite a while and they eventually fix it quietly and never say a word about the fix. It is like their arbitrary removal of the alphapicker for pictures in the web interface. Where they removed it because it was not working correctly and said explicitly that it was gone for good. And then several months later it magically slips back in with no announcement. 

I expect this abomination will face the same fate and it will either go away or we will be allowed to disable it in the future. But it will disappear some time after we just quit complaining and allow Emby to come to the correct decision on their own. I guess I can stand it for that long but I do worry that Emby is beginning to value cuteness over functionality or user desires. 

BTW: I do NOT find it cute at all. It is simply a distraction that the world would be better off without. 
But what do I know I am simply an old Emby user that relies on Emby for most of my TV viewing and I have about 5000 movies and nearly 1000 TV shows. What do I know about watching content through Emby.

I do not see anywhere else I could watch my content in comfort as I absolutely will NOT use Plex and I do not like dealing with people that do not give credit to the source code's original developers like Jellyfin and there really is nothing else out their that does what I need. I like stability in my world and unwanted or unneeded fluff is not stabilizing my watching experience.

BTW2: It has now oozed into my Android app on my Shield and I am subjected to that distracting hideous fluff every time I use Emby. It is very discouraging that Emby is so callous as to FORCE this crap on all their users.  It seems totally intrusive by Emby. If I want to see pumpkins or anything else like that I can just go to Kleather’s Pumpkin Patch a bit down the road from me. At least I can eat those or make "Pumpkin Juice."
I also do NOT want any "holiday" themes or junk on my system but Emby seems too stupid to even support their user's desires. I have "no seasonal themes" selected but Emby does not respect that.

[bugman9317 5]

1 hour ago, Gilgamesh_48 said:

I see absolutely no reason why Emby wants to FORCE this kid of "cuteness" on their user base. It is like they are trying to move from their statement: "Your media your way" to "Your media our way" and that is offensive to me. 

But I have found that when Emby does something as stupid as this they stick with it for quite a while and they eventually fix it quietly and never say a word about the fix. It is like their arbitrary removal of the alphapicker for pictures in the web interface. Where they removed it because it was not working correctly and said explicitly that it was gone for good. And then several months later it magically slips back in with no announcement. 

I expect this abomination will face the same fate and it will either go away or we will be allowed to disable it in the future. But it will disappear some time after we just quit complaining and allow Emby to come to the correct decision on their own. I guess I can stand it for that long but I do worry that Emby is beginning to value cuteness over functionality or user desires. 

BTW: I do NOT find it cute at all. It is simply a distraction that the world would be better off without. 
But what do I know I am simply an old Emby user that relies on Emby for most of my TV viewing and I have about 5000 movies and nearly 1000 TV shows. What do I know about watching content through Emby.

I do not see anywhere else I could watch my content in comfort as I absolutely will NOT use Plex and I do not like dealing with people that do not give credit to the source code's original developers like Jellyfin and there really is nothing else out their that does what I need. I like stability in my world and unwanted or unneeded fluff is not stabilizing my watching experience.

BTW2: It has now oozed into my Android app on my Shield and I am subjected to that distracting hideous fluff every time I use Emby. It is very discouraging that Emby is so callous as to FORCE this crap on all their users.  It seems totally intrusive by Emby. If I want to see pumpkins or anything else like that I can just go to Kleather’s Pumpkin Patch a bit down the road from me. At least I can eat those or make "Pumpkin Juice."
I also do NOT want any "holiday" themes or junk on my system but Emby seems too stupid to even support their user's desires. I have "no seasonal themes" selected but Emby does not respect that.

This has got the be the dumbest thing I've read today. Chill out and watch your media. You sound like that 90 year old complaining about a ball being hit into their yard.

Edited October 30, 2025 by bugman9317

[pwhodges 2012]

2 hours ago, Gilgamesh_48 said:

BTW: I do NOT find it cute at all. It is simply a distraction that the world would be better off without.

Are you somehow watching with the controls visible all the time?  That would seem a pretty annoying distraction in any case!

Paul

[Gilgamesh_48 1240]

14 minutes ago, pwhodges said:

Are you somehow watching with the controls visible all the time?  That would seem a pretty annoying distraction in any case!

Paul

Of course not. My objection to this garbage is that it shows up every time I play something if I FF or RW or pause the show I see a stupid and unnecessary pumpkin (or other image that just gets into my view) that I do NOT want to see at all.
I have no objections to the fact that it is available. My objection is that it is visually ugly to me and cannot be turned off. 
Introducing something like this without giving the users the ability to turn it off is totally alien to professionalism. It is something a 12 year old might do. No. That insults 12 year olds as most have the good sense to not force others to view their quirkiness. The "pumpkin" is much like homosexual sex, I do not care if it is done it is just objectionable that I am forced to see it. 

Edited October 30, 2025 by Gilgamesh_48

[denz 501]

Geez some people have miserable lives that they have their knickers in a twist on something like this. I don’t celebrate halloween nor does it ger celebrated here very much. It is something that is interesting and cute to see for few days. 

[Gilgamesh_48 1240]

9 minutes ago, denz said:

Geez some people have miserable lives that they have their knickers in a twist on something like this. I don’t celebrate halloween nor does it ger celebrated here very much. It is something that is interesting and cute to see for few days. 

It is not the function I object to it is the fact that it was introduced without my permission and no way is given to turn it off. If people choose to use it no problem for me it is just that I don't want it and it flies in the face of what Emby itself says "Your media your way" and turns it into "Your media our way." That is much like Plex with its user friendliness.  

[seanbuff 1315]

Hi All, just a gentle reminder to remain civil and to respect each others differing opinions. Let's try to avoid any personal attacks on other members please. Thanks.

[TMCsw 248]

Perhaps this would be better discussed in the FR I created, where you can add your plus/minus and different ideas, as I did not include any seasonal-themed icon selection.