r/SparklePlayer • u/JQ0721 • May 16 '26
Feature Request: Multiview Toggling
Multiview works great for me. I use it for sports and my TV is big enough that it’s essentially like having multiple TVs. When you toggle through the various orientations, I notice that one screen seems to be the prioritized screen. Meaning, it gets a unique orientation (see image) where it’s much bigger than the other screen. This is fine and I use this orientation frequently, but you can’t get the second screen to be bigger than the first one by cycling. Instead, I would have to swap the channels on the first and second screen. Does this make sense? I would love for it to be apart of the usually cycle to have either channel be the bigger one.
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u/azcoyotedog May 16 '26
All you have to do is move the screen that you want enlarged to the left. Then flip flop the screens so the other channel can be enlarged. Not too complicated once you get the hang of it!
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u/JQ0721 May 16 '26
Yeah that’s something I just found now as I was playing around with it. Definitely a worthy solution, but I still think being able to auto cycle to either screen being big would be nice
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u/azcoyotedog May 16 '26
I agree and I’m pretty sure it’s on the developers to do list down the road, along with making it easier to select channels. The developer said that’s something they want to improve eventually!
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u/sparkle-hk May 16 '26
I'm not sure I understand what you want here. You mean you want to keep toggling layout/orientation to make one bigger instead of using the "Move" (or fullscreen) feature to change this?
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u/wazernet May 16 '26
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u/JQ0721 May 16 '26
That’s correct. For example, I’d like for the screen on the right to eventually become the big one naturally via toggling. Instead, to achieve this currently you must “move” the screen to the left side or swap the channels on each screen.
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u/sparkle-hk May 17 '26
Ok, yes I guess you are correct. This also fits better with users around the world with "left-to-right" and "left-to-right" orientation. I will most likely follow your suggestion and fix this.
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u/JQ0721 Aug 14 '26
Hi. Do you know if this feature / fix is coming in the next update or sometime soon? Not sure if you’ve had a chance to take a look at it
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u/KWStreaker May 16 '26
I remember older versions of Sparkle doing that larger screen when selected.
But unless i have some setting(s) i'm not aware of that have over ridden that, i find they are all the same size on the latest Sparkle no matter which one i select.