# No background on smart collections

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/no-background-on-smart-collections/798253>\
**Category:** Plex Players\
**Tags:** apple-tv\
**Created:** [June 23, 2022, 9:59pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/no-background-on-smart-collections/798253 "2022-06-23T21:59:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Fluamsler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/fluamsler/32/163641_2.png) [@Fluamsler](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Fluamsler)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2022, 9:59pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/no-background-on-smart-collections/798253/1 "2022-06-23T21:59:06Z")

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I’ve created a smart collection (rules are "Title Contains “John Doe”) and manually added the poster and background.  
Now if I open the collection on my Apple TV it does not show the background. I’ve removed collections and re-added them but no luck.

Poster and background are working fine on Plex Web and the latest Plex for Mac.

After trying to grab the logs via `http;//IP-of-Apple-TV:32500/`, I receive the following error message.

```auto
HTTP Error 504: Error accessing Plex Media Server

[NSURLErrorDomain] Verbindung zum Server konnte nicht hergestellt werden. (-1004)

```

Server Version#: 1.27.1.5916  
Player Version#: 8.4 (2828)

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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:** [June 23, 2022, 10:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/no-background-on-smart-collections/798253/2 "2022-06-23T22:31:15Z")

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I can see that too – though to be fair, the tvOS version isn’t showing any collection backgrounds from smart or regular collections. That’s in line with the behavior of the iOS version.

Not saying I wouldn’t appreciate those backgrounds or some kind of integration into the modern layout…

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As for your issue accessing the client logs…  
Link should be `http://IP-of-Apple-TV:32500/logging` → _`:` instead of `;`; + `logging` path_

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**Author:** ![Fluamsler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/fluamsler/32/163641_2.png) [@Fluamsler](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Fluamsler)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/no-background-on-smart-collections/798253/3 "2022-06-23T23:38:26Z")

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Sorry, it was a typo. I’ve tried again with now works (I was using a expired internal IP). My bad!  
I’m not sure if they were background icons on iOS but I’m 99% sure that they’ve existed on tvOS. So there’s the old tech question: is it a bug or a feature? 😉  
I’ve added the logs, maybe this helps. Thank you!

[logging.zip](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/4sAFaDJvTOjv8idXzFkLXD4Xdmb.zip) (1.1 MB)

Beste Grüsse aus der Schweiz

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/no-background-on-smart-collections/798253/4 "2022-09-21T23:38:49Z")

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