Option to disable cover display

[ludgerbeckmann]

I think it would be nice to have the option to disable displaying the cover of the song on top of the screen when playing. Sometimes you get the answer by reading the text on the cover. There could bei situations where this behaviour is wanted. So this should be an option that could be switched on and off. Additionally it could be interesting to have the possibility to set the size of the displayed cover.

[mholzi]

Thanks for the suggestion @ludgerbeckmann — totally agree, plenty of covers basically print the year on the artwork.

Tracked as issue #850 in the v3.3.4 milestone. Will default to ON (current behavior) so it stays opt-in, and the cover will still show at REVEAL where it doesn't matter anymore. Coming soon.

[mholzi]

Shipped — handled as #850 "blur album cover during PLAYING, crisp at REVEAL" in v3.3.4.

One design call worth flagging since it landed differently from your suggestion: instead of an opt-out toggle, the cover is now blurred during PLAYING for everyone (and crisp at REVEAL where the spoiler doesn't matter). Reasoning was that the year-on-the-cover problem hits every player by default, and a default-on blur fixes it without anyone having to find a setting. The size-of-cover request didn't ship — let me know if it still matters and I'll spin it back out.

Update via HACS to v3.4.1 (current stable). Closing as resolved — thanks for the report, @ludgerbeckmann! 🎶