Idea for Themes and Screens
Asked by galegovision on September 19, 2026 - 2 replies
First of all, the new update that can use a youtube video as a background is awesome. It opens up so many possibilities to customize things.
I was thinking that each theme should be able to change the settings of the screens. Have Screens have a global setting and each theme can choose to use that or set its own screen settings.
For example:
I have a two screen setup, with the 2nd screen showing "Now Playing".
I have a Theme setup for Christmas music. When I select that theme, it would be cool if I could change my 2nd screen to video/image (christmas style) or a youtube video (burning yule log).
When I go back to my default theme, to then sets it back to the global screen settings.
Hope that makes sense. Its just a nice thing to have. I figured since we an set the Appearance with a theme it would be cool to change the Screens settings too.
2 replies
Rick - September 23, 2026
Hi @galegovision
Thank you for the kind words about the YouTube backgrounds, and for a great suggestion!
We liked the idea so much that we have already built it, and it will be part of the next release.
Each theme gets a new Screens section, next to Appearance and Effect. For every extra screen you can either keep "Use the general setting" or choose what that screen should show while the theme is active. You can pick Now Playing, a picture or video of your own, a YouTube video (a burning yule log works nicely), the clock, and so on.
It works just as you described. When you select your Christmas theme, screen 2 switches to your Christmas video. When you go back to your default theme, the screen returns to your normal screen settings on its own, because the theme never changes your saved settings. The main screen is never affected.
One tip: the Screens section appears once you have set up at least one extra screen under Administration → Screens.
Thanks again for helping us make the product better!
galegovision - September 23, 2026
Aweome news! Thanks