# \#screening-room

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## [RV - How to customize the UI on Startup](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/rv-how-to-customize-the-ui-on-startup/20338)

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**Author:** [@patrickwolf](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/patrickwolf)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/rv-how-to-customize-the-ui-on-startup/20338 "2025-10-01T23:14:30Z")

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We would like these UI settings to set like this by default when RV opens: Screening Room Browser - On Screening Room Details Pane - Off Color - No Conversion Session Manager - On Session Manager - Folders…

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## [RV - Screening Room - Shortcut - Frame Ranges](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/rv-screening-room-shortcut-frame-ranges/20321)

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**Author:** [@patrickwolf](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/patrickwolf)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 3:51am UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/rv-screening-room-shortcut-frame-ranges/20321 "2025-09-10T03:51:09Z")

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Has anybody found out how to set shortcut keys for those frame range menu items? Would be efficient to switch back and forth between FullLength and Cut Length with the press of a button. And I get it can be done via cus…

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## [Support/help: rv 2024.2 screening room won't keep valid login credentials](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/support-help-rv-2024-2-screening-room-wont-keep-valid-login-credentials/19693)

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**Author:** [@asfs](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/asfs)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/support-help-rv-2024-2-screening-room-wont-keep-valid-login-credentials/19693 "2025-01-13T21:02:10Z")

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Hi, We are looking to upgrade our rv 2021.0.1 to rv 2024.2.0. We are running into issues though with screening room not keeping valid credentials. This message comes up all the time: Oops… Looks like you might be …

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## [Playing and reviewing in context of the Cut with Screening Room](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/playing-and-reviewing-in-context-of-the-cut-with-screening-room/19312)

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**Author:** [@patrickwolf](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/patrickwolf)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2024, 7:19am UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/playing-and-reviewing-in-context-of-the-cut-with-screening-room/19312 "2024-10-17T07:19:00Z")

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In an older post it was mentioned that the Playing and reviewing in context of the Cut workflow was supported in Screening Room. But in the current version of screening room I can’t get the cut view icon on the left…

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## [Can't play other versions through screening room](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/cant-play-other-versions-through-screening-room/19095)

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**Author:** [@carlos](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/carlos)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/cant-play-other-versions-through-screening-room/19095 "2024-08-06T18:54:11Z")

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Ive been asked about how to fix this but I’m not really familiar with screening room. Apparently they used to (last friday) be able to play versions by clicking on them in that bottom red box on my screenshot. I can’t s…

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## [Reload Screening Room Detail Pane from Python](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/reload-screening-room-detail-pane-from-python/17663)

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**Author:** [@Nico](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/Nico)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 18, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/reload-screening-room-detail-pane-from-python/17663 "2024-07-18T17:49:46Z")

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Hi, we’re using some code to update the Task and Version status using hotkeys to speed up reviews.This works fine. But is there a way to trigger a reload/refresh of the details pane to show the new status? The reload f…

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## [Session frame range fall back to full frame range if cut in/out fields are blank](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/session-frame-range-fall-back-to-full-frame-range-if-cut-in-out-fields-are-blank/17704)

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**Author:** [@jing.liu](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/jing.liu)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2023, 1:40am UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/session-frame-range-fall-back-to-full-frame-range-if-cut-in-out-fields-are-blank/17704 "2023-08-01T01:40:45Z")

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If session frame range selects cut length and cut in/out fields are blank, RV need to be restart to be used. Here is the way to hack shotgrid\_review\_app.mu to force RV fall back to full frame range. Note: The code wil…

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## [Add new menu under Frame Range in ShotGrid Review App](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/add-new-menu-under-frame-range-in-shotgrid-review-app/17589)

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**Author:** [@jing.liu](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/jing.liu)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2023, 9:37am UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/add-new-menu-under-frame-range-in-shotgrid-review-app/17589 "2023-07-11T09:37:58Z")

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There is a way to customize Menu under RV ShotGrid Menu. Example: The menu we want to add is Head Tail Length under Playbacks \> Frame Range and Session Prefs \> Frame Range. The fields are sg\_head\_in and s…

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## [Using Screening Room for dailies](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/using-screening-room-for-dailies/7480)

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**Author:** [@Ben\_xzj](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/Ben_xzj)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 8:35pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/using-screening-room-for-dailies/7480 "2023-06-30T20:35:06Z")

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We all know what a hassle it can be to get ready for dailies each day. You check to see which Versions are new, organize them into playlists, go to the screening room, and make sure the media is there. In this article we…

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## [RV Screening Room control in/out](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/rv-screening-room-control-in-out/17446)

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**Author:** [@jonofus](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/jonofus)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2023, 11:57am UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/rv-screening-room-control-in-out/17446 "2023-06-07T11:57:23Z")

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We’re currently trying out the most recent Screening Room in RV to work out whether it has all the features we’d need/like - plus also what configuring/customising we’ll need to do. When using the Cut Tray, is it possib…

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## [SG notes fields autofilled by the type](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/sg-notes-fields-autofilled-by-the-type/17345)

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**Author:** [@donny.c](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/donny.c)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/sg-notes-fields-autofilled-by-the-type/17345 "2023-05-17T18:51:50Z")

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is it possible to make the note fields autofilled by selecting the type in ShotGrid or ScreeningRoom for RV?

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## [Screening Room Annoying Bug](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/screening-room-annoying-bug/16341)

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**Author:** [@RomainTily](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/RomainTily)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 17, 2022, 10:55am UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/screening-room-annoying-bug/16341 "2022-11-17T10:55:49Z")

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Hi, One of our supervisor showed us a very annoying bug on the screening room. When you right-click on a selected version to display the contextual menu in the Screening Room App: If you release the right-click imme…

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## [Playback of Multi Shot Sequences pauses between shots](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/playback-of-multi-shot-sequences-pauses-between-shots/15902)

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**Author:** [@DavidA](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/DavidA)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/playback-of-multi-shot-sequences-pauses-between-shots/15902 "2022-09-09T16:01:19Z")

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When playing back multi shot video sequences or cuts in Screening Room or the Media App, users experience brief pauses in playback between every shot. Using a different browser does not appear to solve the issue. Even cu…

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## [Cache question](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/cache-question/15611)

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**Author:** [@Liam\_Hoflay](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/Liam_Hoflay)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2022, 8:42am UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/cache-question/15611 "2022-07-12T08:42:05Z")

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We’ve had someone ask if it’s possible to change the RV cache location from the /user dir to /cache for performance reasons. Is this even possible? I was under the impression that rv cached straight to ram. Anyone able t…

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## [Linking versions/videos to external embed url](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/linking-versions-videos-to-external-embed-url/15160)

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**Author:** [@pbannink](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/pbannink)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/linking-versions-videos-to-external-embed-url/15160 "2022-04-12T21:14:03Z")

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Hi, I’m exploring the integration of ShotGrid into our pipeline and ran into a question. All of our video media is uploaded to and stored on a proprietary webservice system, and I’m trying to figure out if it’s possible…

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## [Is it possible to customize field labels in Screening Room?](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/is-it-possible-to-customize-field-labels-in-screening-room/14650)

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**Author:** [@Cmq](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/Cmq)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/is-it-possible-to-customize-field-labels-in-screening-room/14650 "2022-02-02T20:57:51Z")

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I’ve got Playlist in Screening Room. The Field labels, which are fully customizable in the Playlist page, revert to more technical names in Screening Room. Is it possible to customize the labels? In the screen grab be…

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## [Path to Movie on Network Location](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/path-to-movie-on-network-location/14168)

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**Author:** [@Eddie\_Anton](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/Eddie_Anton)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/path-to-movie-on-network-location/14168 "2021-12-06T19:39:04Z")

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While “Path to Movie” works when loading a source high res version from the main OS path (Typically C:), I am having trouble with RV finding the local media when it is stored in a network location (ie my NAS external sto…

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## [How to review Versions from multiple sequences in the CutTray](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/how-to-review-versions-from-multiple-sequences-in-the-cuttray/12283)

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**Author:** [@patrickwolf](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/patrickwolf)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2021, 2:26am UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/how-to-review-versions-from-multiple-sequences-in-the-cuttray/12283 "2021-05-11T02:26:06Z")

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When we review a playlist with versions from multiple sequences we have an issue seeing all of them in the cut. What happens is that the first version we open the CutTray with in RV will load the cuts for that sequence.…

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## [Screening Room / Next Clip Keyboard Shortcut](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/screening-room-next-clip-keyboard-shortcut/11652)

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**Author:** [@johnna](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/johnna)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/screening-room-next-clip-keyboard-shortcut/11652 "2021-02-23T18:46:04Z")

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Hello! I’m having difficulty using the keyboard shortcuts to navigate to the next/previous clip in a sequence in a Screening Room playlist. When I try to use the keyboard shortcuts Option+L arrow or Option+R arrow to s…

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## [SG screening room (web app) disable "view source file"](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/sg-screening-room-web-app-disable-view-source-file/10928)

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**Author:** [@paniti](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/paniti)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/sg-screening-room-web-app-disable-view-source-file/10928 "2020-12-04T03:01:22Z")

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Hi, Can I diable “view source file” in Screening Room setting menu in web app to prevent file download?

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## [Screening Room 2x2/Side-by-side Compare Edit](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/screening-room-2x2-side-by-side-compare-edit/10038)

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**Author:** [@PhilFranjo](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/PhilFranjo)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/screening-room-2x2-side-by-side-compare-edit/10038 "2020-09-15T15:38:39Z")

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Hello! With the remote pipeline, I’m aware the 2x2, or side-by-side comparison is possible in RV. With the remote, WFH pipeline RV utilization isn’t quite possible without reference to the source files. Downloading the …

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## [Screening Room viewing source files](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/screening-room-viewing-source-files/9725)

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**Author:** [@Rebecca\_Bowen](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/Rebecca_Bowen)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/screening-room-viewing-source-files/9725 "2020-08-19T17:51:43Z")

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Is it possible to view the uploaded file rather than the SG proxy in Screening Room if you are working remotely? I’m getting a “Version XXX has no local media” error message when I open the version in Screening Room for …

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## [Screening Room and Linked Fields](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/screening-room-and-linked-fields/9466)

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**Author:** [@pata](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/pata)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/screening-room-and-linked-fields/9466 "2020-07-24T18:31:00Z")

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Hi In Screening Room is there anyway to adjust the width of the field names? The entry field can be massive, but the field name seems to be fixed. If I link a shot field to a version, you can’t actually see the fiel…

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## [Tk-multi-screeningroom and software entities](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/tk-multi-screeningroom-and-software-entities/9204)

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**Author:** [@Nico](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/Nico)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2020, 10:05am UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/tk-multi-screeningroom-and-software-entities/9204 "2020-07-02T10:05:48Z")

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Hi, I want to get away from using software locations defined in the configs .yml files. Is there a way to make tk-multi-screeningroom work with software entities? It seems it still wants an executable path to RV in rv\_p…

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## [Shotgun + RV Users: Onward and Upward: A deprecation you should know about](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/shotgun-rv-users-onward-and-upward-a-deprecation-you-should-know-about/3414)

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**Author:** [@Kevin](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/Kevin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/shotgun-rv-users-onward-and-upward-a-deprecation-you-should-know-about/3414 "2020-04-15T20:05:25Z")

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In light of the exceptional situation around COVID-19, we have decided to postpone this deprecation to June 16th. Please reach out to us via support if you have questions! IMPORTANT NOTICE: To all RV users on versions …

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## [RV Screening Room read version data](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/rv-screening-room-read-version-data/3276)

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**Author:** [@jacobg](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/jacobg)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [December 20, 2019, 6:24am UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/rv-screening-room-read-version-data/3276 "2019-12-20T06:24:29Z")

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Hi Is there an easy way to read shotgun version data from sources loaded into a timeline in RV Screening Room? I have setup an RV package that will just add an overlay to each source played in RV when using RV Screenin…

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## [Screening Room & Overlay Player permission dependencies](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/screening-room-overlay-player-permission-dependencies/3350)

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**Author:** [@Beth](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/Beth)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2019, 11:29pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/screening-room-overlay-player-permission-dependencies/3350 "2019-10-11T23:29:05Z")

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You may notice that if you hide certain entities or fields from certain permission groups that they can no longer playback Versions in either Overlay Player or Screening Room. This is because the code under the hoo…
