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Settings - Interface - Now playing screens


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Switch between saved and template Now Playing Styles.

Import a downloaded Now Playing Style.

Save the current Now Playing Style.

This includes settings for the compact player and both expanded-player orientations.

Browse the Symfonium Styles website to view and download shared Now Playing and Interface Styles.

The Settings group opens separate configuration pages for Compact Now Playing, Expanded Now Playing (Portrait), and Expanded Now Playing (Landscape).


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Configure the size of the compact player.


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Toggle the floating player.

Enable background protection for the floating compact player.

Show a drop shadow behind the floating compact player.

Configure the corner radius of the floating compact player.

Configure horizontal spacing around the floating compact player.

Configure the spacing below the floating compact player.


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Use an adaptive primary color for the compact player.

Move compact-player controls for left-handed use.

Enable swiping on the compact player to move between tracks.

Configure the progress bar style for the compact player.

Configure progress bar color.

Invert the configured progress colors.

Hide the buffered portion of the progress indicator.

Configure style for compact player background.

Configure background overlay for compact player background.

Configure transparency of background for compact player.


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Configure the style for the album cover thumbnail in the compact player.

Use animated artwork when the provider supplies it.

Configure corner radius (rounded corner) for the album cover thumbnail in the compact player.


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Use the cover thumbnail as a Play/Pause button.

Show a Play overlay on the cover thumbnail while playback is paused.

Choose whether and how the cover rotates during playback.

See Symfonium custom string template for the documentation about Symfonium string templates.


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Configure the two optional text areas shown in the compact player. Each can use a predefined value or a custom string template.

Configure text style / weight.

Configure text color.

Configure the number of lines of text visible.

Configure text (font) size.

String horizontal, top, and bottom margins

Section titled “String horizontal, top, and bottom margins”

Configure spacing around each text area.

Configure horizontal alignment & spacing of text.

Configure overlay of text.

Select how Symfonium displays text that does not completely fit on screen.


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Select which buttons appear for the compact player.

When the Back button is visible, choose how many seconds it rewinds.

When the Forward button is visible, choose how many seconds it skips ahead.

Configure the color of the buttons for the compact player.

See Settings - Now playing - Expanded player for options available in the Expanded players