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theothernt / AerialViews

A screensaver for Android TV devices including Nvidia Shield, Fire TV, and Chromecast with Google TV. Inspired by Apple TV's video screensaver.
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Feature Request: Auto-resume if network issues occur. #35

Closed sb76117 closed 2 years ago

sb76117 commented 2 years ago

Issue I'm having is: I often have to reset my router and I've noticed that when I do, if the screensaver is playing, it just stays black after network is restored. If I wake up the device, the screensaver will turn on again in five minutes like normal.

Fortunately, if the screen is just black, technically my screen is still saved so no big deal.

theothernt commented 2 years ago

That is an issue I'm aware of, plus I was working on backend of the app (loca + network video sources etc) for v1.0 - Once that's out you should see more of a focus on UI features and fixes.

Off hand, I'm not sure why the video doesn't auto-retry or auto-resume once the connection re-appears, but I'm sure there's some way to fix it as Android devices (phones, etc) all have ways to detect network status changes.

theothernt commented 2 years ago

Just a small bit of info. I happened to update my router while the screensaver was running. The video paused like expected. But when the router came back up, nothing happened until the current video was supposed to end, then it faded out and the new video faded in and started playing. Not perfect, but good to know it recovers a little bit and won't leave you with a black screen for more than 5 or 6 mins at most.

sb76117 commented 2 years ago

00:34 CST: Rebooted router and now I'm staring at a still image of jellyfish... Waiting... Router is back up fully...

00:40 CST: Faded out and new video faded in.

theothernt commented 2 years ago

Glad to hear it's doing the same for you. I will improve the reconnection experience in future!