# Custom background / folder slideshow

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-background-folder-slideshow/27746>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [January 23, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-background-folder-slideshow/27746 "2013-01-23T19:23:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![khonsu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/khonsu/32/5233_2.png) [@khonsu](https://forums.plex.tv/u/khonsu)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-background-folder-slideshow/27746/1 "2013-01-23T19:23:11Z")

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I would like to have possibility of defining custom backgrounds in PMS / Web.  
  
  
  
Automatic slideshow which is currently used is not suitable for every situation:

1. Fanart quality is below average if you don’t invest time in manual checking and downloading for every movie  
2. Younger kids do not find they way around easily as they can’t read and thus rely on icons or backgrounds  
  
  
  
Choosing custom icons and backgrounds are available only in cocoa manager, while I wasn’t able to find how to define folder with custom set of images (much like for OS X wallpaper slideshows).  
  
  
  
Tnx.

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**Author:** ![dersimn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dersimn/32/4488_2.png) [@dersimn](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dersimn)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 2:46pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-background-folder-slideshow/27746/2 "2013-11-24T14:46:00Z")

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For everybody who doesn't remember, here are some screenshots

[https://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/87270-custom-section-backgrounds/?p=505739](https://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/87270-custom-section-backgrounds/?p=505739)

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**Author:** ![tootsmcgee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tootsmcgee/32/4433_2.png) [@tootsmcgee](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tootsmcgee)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-background-folder-slideshow/27746/3 "2014-01-05T03:40:49Z")

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Even an option to disable background rotation and just use a single image everywhere (some space or even just a solid color bg) would be nice.

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**Author:** ![Bastoid](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bastoid/32/6100_2.png) [@Bastoid](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Bastoid)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 4:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-background-folder-slideshow/27746/4 "2014-08-10T16:26:33Z")

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I'll piggyback my own feature request on this topic, as they are quite similar.  
  
I also want control over background art.

I'd settle for actually being able to select which sections are allowed to show background art, but wouldn't mind even more control.  
  
  
In my case I would only like to show background art from movies and series, not pictures or mobile uploads. As I dump \_all\_ pictures in my library, it also includes work related pictures. Picture after picture of racks and network equipment gets pretty dull really fast.

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2021, 5:17pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-background-folder-slideshow/27746/5 "2021-07-11T17:17:57Z")

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2021 clean-up: duplicate

> [@Ability to change background art for plex media sections](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ability-to-change-background-art-for-plex-media-sections/29346):
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> I know this feature used to be present in the cocoa manager but is absent from plex web client.