Bottom of Videos Blurred

[luser 37]

When playing videos on an iPhone 12 mini, the bottom of the screen is blurred with a grey bar. The bar has a high opacity making it impossible to read subtitles. It doesn’t matter what type of video is streamed, it happens with all videos. It’s driving me insane because I can’t find anything about this online. I’ll upload some pictures of the issue. If anytime can help, I’d appreciate it. I don’t even know where to begin.

 

latest Emby server

latest Emby app

iOS 14.4.2

 

If anyone can point me in the right direction, I’d appreciate it 

 

[samuelqwe 317]

I think this is caused by the new version of the app that just came out (2.0.7). This update added some padding at the bottom of the screen on devices with notches/no home button, but that bar doesn’t disappear when playback starts.

I’ve noticed it too, so this seems to be a bug that was introduced in that update. 

[luser 37]

Thank you for the reply. Hopefully it’s resolved soon. It looks like the behavior of screen rotation was broken as well. It’s nice knowing I’m not alone. Thanks again.

[sh333222 1]

Same problem after last update

[vdatanet 1617]

Same problem using iPhone X.

[Spaceboy 2573]

and on a 12 max

[alferz 3]

Happening here too, see example from iPhone 12 Std.

[krassespferd 0]

Same here on a iPhone XS

[Luke 42077]

HI guys, I can't reproduce this on my devices, but it will be simple enough to fix so we'll get an update out to resolve it. Thanks.

[pwhodges 2012]

I'm not seeing it on either iPhone SE (2020) or iPad 8th Gen.

Paul

[luser 37]

I assume it has something to do with Apple’s “groundbreaking innovation” of the screen continuing and curving up to the top corners of the iPhone X+....

[samuelqwe 317]

48 minutes ago, pwhodges said:

I'm not seeing it on either iPhone SE (2020) or iPad 8th Gen.

Paul

I think the issue only affects iOS devices with notches, so it would make sense that those two are unaffected.

[samuelqwe 317]

1 hour ago, Luke said:

HI guys, I can't reproduce this on my devices, but it will be simple enough to fix so we'll get an update out to resolve it. Thanks.

Awesome, thanks!

Also, minor annoyance, but since the little white bar at the bottom of the screen (The one that serves as the home "button" on iOS devices with notches) doesn’t obstruct the tabs anymore, would it be possible to always keep it on screen while browsing menus? It should still disappear during playback like it currently does, but while just browsing your media it would look more consistent with other apps on the phone if it stayed there.

Not a big deal otherwise, it just looks a little empty on the bottom of the screen now, so I think it would look a little better that way.

[Hjlfmir 15]

Hi guys, same issue here with iPhone 11 Pro.

[rodainas 191]

Same with Iphone XR

[thymon 11]

And another here :-D

iPhone Xs Max.

[Generalfuzuki 1]

Same with my XS Max, only appeared after installing 2.0.7 does not matter if auto or cover aspect

Edited June 16, 2021 by Generalfuzuki
Added photo

[Guardian87 4]

Just wanted to add that I'm affected by the blur in the same way on an iPhone 12 Pro. Drives me slightly mad at the moment.

[speedingcheetah 39]

was just about to post about this. same issue all of a sudden with my iphone 12 pro max.  

annoying bar on the bottom of the screen at all times during playback of anything.

does not happen on Android with my old Pixel 3.

[nickwzy 1]

Same issue here with EMBY ver. 2.0.7, ios ver 14.6 on iphone 12

[A32 19]

I have a similar issue on iPad Pro 2018.

 

 

 

[speedingcheetah 39]

ive switched to a neat app called Infuse as it does some wizardry and connects seemingly natively to Emby and other servers. 

it has no annoying bar on the bottom,

Edited June 19, 2021 by speedingcheetah

[luser 37]

Thank you for the suggestion @speedingcheetah. 
 

I wanted to add: infuse has PIP, Emby does not, but switching the screen orientation still doesn’t work with either app.

Edited June 19, 2021 by luser

[nickwzy 1]

The issue was solved by APP ver.2.0.8

[speedingcheetah 39]

9 minutes ago, nickwzy said:

The issue was solved by APP ver.2.0.8

iOS is stupid and lacking when it comes to showing the user the availability of manual App updates... had to go in to the right update other apps it says need update. Then after 2x loading that page, and scrolling pages down of my installed apps, where Emby is, then it says it has an update available, but does not put Emby at the top where it put the other apps it said have update...

yes, the bar on the bottom is gone now.

But, i am likeing Infuse cause it has on screen gesture/swipe controls to adjust brightness and volume, something Emby used to have while back but removed.