When media player artwork unavailable - option to choose what to display

[nanduzz76]

Description

When media player artwork is unavailable—such as due to missing metadata, unsupported sources, or integration limitations—the remote does not natively provide a configurable default image option in its standard firmware or web configurator. Instead, it typically displays a blank or placeholder area in the media widget or activity screen.

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[methnen]

Just a bit of backup on this as an enhancement. The big blank spot when using a bad app like YouTube kind of sucks.

Even if it just fell back on the app icon it would be better than current.

[zehnm]

I'm not aware that the app icon is retrievable. That would likely require an external metadata service, similar as it's done in the Android TV integration which retrieves the app icon from the Google app store. I need to check if the application identification is accessible, or just the app name that is currently displayed.

[zehnm]

The application identifier is available, e.g. Fitness (com.apple.Fitness).
For Apple Bundle IDs there's a repository: https://github.com/petarov/apple-bundle-ids
Better yet, perform an iTunes web search. Example: https://github.com/petarov/appstore-web-search

• Returns easily parsable json data 👍
• Doesn't seem to include tvOS apps...

There's also the online app store for tvOS apps: https://apps.apple.com/us/tv/discover
However, the search function doesn't return json data. Parsing html responses is never a good idea.

Another open issue is how to retrieve the currently open app. It seems only be possible to get the currently playing application. I'll take another look.
If someone has more information, please share it here.