Dark layer in OSD [On Screen Display] while playing video

[laura burbaite]

- Steps to Reproduce:
1. Launch Moovida.
2. Go to ´Plugins´ -> `Library`->choose ´We Are Hunted´ -> `Use This Plugin`.
3. `Internet Media`->`Music`->´We Are Hunted´.
4. Go to ´Main´.
5. Play any Video from the list.

- Expected Result:
OSD is transparent.

- Current Result:
There is a dark layer of OSD while playing video.

See screen shot.

[laura burbaite (lburbaite)]

I have talked to David.
Apparently is designed this way. so its possible to read when the background is very light.

[Michał Sawicz (saviq)]

This is not a video, it's an audio-only file.

We Are Hunted has mixed content, most of it being audio only, some of them being proper music videos, other just videos with a CD cover or similar.

Currently in the 'Main' chart the first video is 'The Captain' by 'Biffy Clyro', it's a YouTube video with a CD Cover all the time.

You can verify that the plugin displays exactly the same as the site by pressing the play button on the song in question at http://wearehunted.com

[Michał Sawicz (saviq)]

You can distinguish videos from audio-only by several factors:

- audio files load faster
- audio files display the same image in the background and the preview in the OSD
- audio files display title, runtime and artist while videos only display title and runtime (which is a bug, but in the player, not in the plugin)

[Michał Sawicz (saviq)]

Oh I just noticed Your comment...

The difference between Video and Audio is that by default the OSD disappears in videos and stays on top for audio files.

[Olivier Tilloy (osomon)]

Some details on what the bug supposedly was (but was invalidated as a design decision after discussion with David):
whenever the OSD is visible (always for the audio player by default), the background has an opacity gradient applied so that even in the case of a very light (white) background, the text on the OSD will remain readable. This gradient makes the background image (in case of audio) look darker than it really is.