How to dismiss/minimize media overlay?

[deergitseason]

This may be a dumb question, but how do I dismiss the media player overlay while a song is playing? Like if I want to go back to the browser to control HA in the meantime?

[knoop7]

Long press to hide the overlay, or I can change it to a more obvious button next time.
:)

[deergitseason]

Good to know! I'd love a way to be able to hide/return it at will. (Maybe another small button on the bottom right like the settings button?)

[deergitseason]

Playing around with it some more, I think hold to dismiss is problematic because I can't seek with the seek bar on the full now-playing overlay.

I think a dedicated back button like with the Clock scene is ideal and consistent.

It might also be good to expose a switch for the media overlay in HA, so I can return back to the media overlay afterwards.

[knoop7]

@deergitseason

hi

You're right, it's still under development and adjustments. Fast forward and rewind functions are difficult to implement. In other words, without the MA protocol and only a simple streaming protocol, the matching function cannot be implemented. We've encountered several major problems. This streaming protocol isn't perfect, which is troubling me. I'm still researching it. The final result will be great, but some functions are still not implemented.