Overlay should not be displayed when media starts playing in cinema mode

[mholt]

Describe the bug

When cinema mode is enabled, an overlay showing the title, cover art, and other metadata is rendered to the screen. These kinds of overlays do not appear in cinemas, only when watching YouTube videos or something - but with YouTube you can hide it by tapping the screen or moving the mouse out of the way. There is no way to hide them in Jellyfin, especially when Chromecasting.

They often cover up important text or subtitles at the beginning of videos.

I consider this a bug because cinemas do not show this metadata at the start of playback, so neither should Jellyfin in cinema mode.

System (please complete the following information):

• OS: Ubuntu 20.04
• Virtualization: none/any
• Clients: Browser, Android
• Browser: Chrome 87
• Jellyfin Version: 10.6.4
• Playback: any
• Installed Plugins: none (but sometimes prerolls, where the media overlays are especially annoying)
• Reverse Proxy: none/any
• Base URL: none/any
• Networking: any
• Storage: any

To Reproduce

1. Enable cinema mode
2. Start playing a video
3. Optionally, start casting the video. The overlay bar along the bottom cannot be hidden until it disappears on its own.

Expected behavior

The overlay bar should not appear in cinema mode.

Logs

n/a? But let me know and I can get you some.

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[BobWez98]

Hi @mholt , i don't know if this is still an issue for you, but i experienced it too. Finally found my fix here: https://www.reddit.com/r/jellyfin/comments/ulx3m0/title_stays_on_screen_when_casting_to_chromecast/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 . Hope it helps you :)

[mholt]

Thanks! It is, but I don't have titles like that unfortunately.

I'm actually referring to not showing the overlay at all when in cinema mode, i.e. over Chromecast. It's not that it's "stuck" but that it should not display at all. When you go to a movie theater, you don't see the "Play/Pause/scrub" controls on the screen when the movie starts...