It has been awhile since the last Couch Tv update and I wanted to provide some updates as to what’s coming in the next update.
Color
The dark grays are gone
And are replaced with a orange and red gradient
Video screen
The video screen has been completely redesigned from this:
to this:
There are quite a few things that have changed here
- Preview button
- Play button has text only
- Centered the title
- Removed text no one looked at and moved the description to the info bar
- Moved the progress bar to underneath the title
- Removed the poster image (sort of)
- Added movie frame(s) as background images
Preview
Clicking the preview button will randomly pick out a 30 second clip from the video and play it. This feature is great if you aren’t quite sure what you are in the mood to watch and want a quick “preview"
Video description
The video description and poster has been added to the Tv info bar
Background
Before the video is loaded to pull frames, the background color is changed to a gradient to try and match the major colors of the poster image:
If you haven’t finished watching the video, the frame as the video pause point is displayed as the background causing the poster image to fade out:
One main benefit of displaying the paused frame is that the transition from the static background to the video player isn’t as jarring to the user:
For any videos that are not in the continue watch list, multiple frames from the video are downloaded and are presented as a slideshow:
This update is compatible with tvOS 9.2 and I hope to have this update out in the next few weeks
Thanks for reading
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