Background of Main Screen
Asked by galegovision on November 4, 2026 - 1 reply
Just a request.
It would be nice to be able to change the background of the main screen. Here is my reasoning.
I've been playing with some elaborate motion backgrounds. They look great on the now 2nd & 3rd now playing screens I have. On the main screen with the tiles, it looks so busy behind the tiles. I would love the ability to change it to a different video or still if I could.
Hope that makes sense.
1 reply
Rick - November 4, 2026
Thanks for the suggestion. It makes perfect sense, and you can already do this.
The main screen uses the background of your current look. Your extra screens can each have their own background. So you can give the main screen something calmer and keep the motion video on the other two screens.
- Give the extra screens the motion video
- Open Administration and go to Screens.
- Choose one of your extra screens.
- Under "Background behind the picture", choose your motion video.
- Do the same for the other screen.
- Give the main screen a calmer background
- In Administration, go to Appearance and tap "Make your own look".
- Choose "Start from one of your looks" and pick the look you use now. The original look is not changed.
- On the Basics tab, under Background, choose a picture or a different video for "Landscape screen".
- Tap Publish. The new look is then in use on the main screen.
If you want a still picture on the main screen, choose a picture and no video. If you choose both, the video is shown while "Live backgrounds" is on.