01-17-2024, 10:24 AM
(01-16-2024, 02:27 PM)Tim Curtis Wrote: For local display there is the "Automatic display" prefs option. This won't affect connected clients. The idea here is that you can have CoverView displayed on your TV while your client (phone, tablet, desktop) has the full WebUI for control. You can also toggle CoverView off/on on local display via the Peripheral Config screen. Again, connected clients are not affected.
I just recently bought the official 7" touchscreen and also was confused by the options at first, just like @oli5967.
My standard use case is as described by you: I typically use a connected client (phone/notebook) to contol the WebUI while the local touchscreen is running in CoverView at the same time. I especially like the large font size for track/album title & artist name in the "wide" layout setting as they are well readable from some distance. So that is already working with the current set of options ("Automatic display").
Yet I also like to use the WebUI directly on the touchscreen now and then, e.g. when the phone is not at hand. It would actually be cool if there was a timed display option which would reset (just the) local display back to CoverView after some time, without the need to always toggle it back by hand (when the music is already playing). It would also be beneficial to have a short activation time for that purpose (like for "Screen blank" where it is possible to select "10 Secs", "20 Secs" and "30 Secs", for "Timed display" the minimum currently is "1 Min").
I also see the second/different use case where e.g. the clock display is just used as "screen saver" and activates after some time when nothing is playing ("Timed display"), although I personally prefer to switch off the display ("Screen blank = 1 Min") instead. Note that also for this purpose it would be cool, if there was an option to activate the "screen saver" just for the local display.
Best regards
Jens
