Recently the movie detail screen has been jumping the focus back to the top while using the page. For example. If you are scrolling through ‘related movies’ the page just refreshes, staying on the same movie but focus ends up on play or resume. You need to navigate back down to the related movies li…

I am seeing this with music as well. Very discombobulating. Generally, I have assumed it was happening because the server was scanning the libary and finding things to do. (It was almost certainly at the time.) But my assumption may be incorrect.

Does the same thing when scrolling through the row of cast members. Very annoying. Happens on both of my Android clients (Fire Stick and Nvidia Shield).

To be sure, it has nothing to do with the remote battery. The same problem occurs if I’m using the Shield or Fire Stick remote app on the phone.

I can’t recall where I read this from but someone discovered that this bug happens for profiles with a Plex Pass. I am experiencing the same thing on my a Android devices and confirmed when navigating on a different profile (non-Plex Pass), the bug was gone.

If you get the following screen pictured… your in for a workout.. [plex firestick message] Only way I found to fix this is to… reboot the firestick, remove plex app and clear the data. power cycle the firestick, reinstall the app, link the app to the correct user (this is a real pain, I have 5 …

Movie detail screen jumps back to top while browsing

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JacquelineHyde January 28, 2023, 6:05pm 4

@ChuckPa this is the same issue I reported here

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Movie detail screen jumps back to top while browsing

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