silvending 6 Posted July 23, 2020 Posted July 23, 2020 Would be awsome to have trailers played in background, instead of backdrop still images... Thanks for the awsome app. 1 2
Carlo 4564 Posted July 23, 2020 Posted July 23, 2020 That could make reading the text very difficult at times.
Painkiller88 256 Posted July 23, 2020 Posted July 23, 2020 Not really the Trailer but there is a Plugin for that to play a trailer or short scene from the movie in the background. It is called "Movie Theme Videos" 1 1
TurkeyMan 18 Posted December 16, 2022 Posted December 16, 2022 I'd really like it if trailers would play in the background while flicking through the menu. I often determine what I might like to watch by watching the trailers that auto-play when using Netflix. I guess this is not a very hot request, it's been sitting for 2.5 years and only 3 comments from years ago... 2
silvending 6 Posted December 17, 2022 Author Posted December 17, 2022 9 hours ago, TurkeyMan said: I'd really like it if trailers would play in the background while flicking through the menu. I often determine what I might like to watch by watching the trailers that auto-play when using Netflix. I guess this is not a very hot request, it's been sitting for 2.5 years and only 3 comments from years ago... Let us keep the hope that some day, developers code something like that...
NICK123321 2 Posted January 25, 2023 Posted January 25, 2023 I would also like to see this feature added, either while browsing on the main emby app page when hovering over a title the trailer plays or after selecting a title it playing in background instead of seeing fan art. 1
silvending 6 Posted December 5, 2025 Author Posted December 5, 2025 That would be an awsome feature, and in addiction, should download video automatically from imdb directly to movies directory.
seanbuff 1417 Posted December 6, 2025 Posted December 6, 2025 50 minutes ago, silvending said: should download video automatically from imdb directly to movies directory. I would say the problem would be finding a reliable source, as nothing downloads from IMDb.
twofacetoo 3 Posted Tuesday at 03:40 PM Posted Tuesday at 03:40 PM On 06/12/2025 at 00:09, seanbuff said: I would say the problem would be finding a reliable source, as nothing downloads from IMDb. Could it work if we can set our own folder for it? We can fill it with trailers for movies and previews for shows of our own choosing, then let it play them in a 'shuffle' so it's randomised.
Luke 43148 Posted Tuesday at 05:45 PM Posted Tuesday at 05:45 PM 2 hours ago, twofacetoo said: Could it work if we can set our own folder for it? We can fill it with trailers for movies and previews for shows of our own choosing, then let it play them in a 'shuffle' so it's randomised. Play when and where?
Smitty018210 190 Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago Quote Could it work if we can set our own folder for it? We can fill it with trailers for movies and previews for shows of our own choosing, then let it play them in a 'shuffle' so it's randomised. On 9/22/2026 at 1:45 PM, Luke said: Play when and where? If you have local trailers all you would need to do is create backdrops folder and drop copy of your trailer into it. Then it would play in the background of detail page just like any other video in that folder. Or am I wrong? Could be cool if there was option to play or not play trailers by default, but seems like easy work around. Only down side is that you would have to have two copies of trailer video in each movie/TV show folder.
speechles 2111 Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago (edited) 9 minutes ago, Smitty018210 said: If you have local trailers all you would need to do is create backdrops folder and drop copy of your trailer into it. Then it would play in the background of detail page just like any other video in that folder. Or am I wrong? You are right. That is the problem with the plugin that automates the fetching of movie/tv-show backdrops. It is occasionally, quite often, a trailer that someone contributes. When it is supposed to be BluRay/DVD menus and such. Not just movie/tv-show trailers. But I can see the point of having trailers there too. I can see why people submit those. They must want the same as others in here. If it is a trailer that were to auto-play, wouldn't you want to see it in a corner unobscured? Wouldn't that be better? Having it show fullscreen beneath a details view is making it harder for you to enjoy the trailer. If it is just background noise related to the content you are about to play and you just want to hear/see something related that moves to make it more impressive to friends then I get that too. But I would prefer trailers to play unobscured so you can watch them without having to see around things. Edited 58 minutes ago by speechles
Smitty018210 190 Posted 43 minutes ago Posted 43 minutes ago 12 minutes ago, speechles said: it is a trailer that were to auto-play, wouldn't you want to see it in a corner unobscured? Wouldn't that be better? Having it show fullscreen beneath a details view is making it harder for you to enjoy the trailer. If it is just background noise related to the content you are about to play and you just want to hear/see something related that moves to make it more impressive to friends then I get that too. But I would prefer trailers to play unobscured so you can watch them without having to see around things. Yeah that would be nice, but I was just responding to twofacetoo and Luke. What your suggesting is a much bigger request, I think. I was reading current request as: play trailer as background instead of fanart. I was just pointing out that is already possible. I like your idea for sure though.
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