From d06979fbe105b80247d84fc4dc3f787c8fe7e4e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kay Simons <kaysimons97@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2021 19:42:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat: automatically fullscreen player on televisions

---
 CONTRIBUTORS.md                       |  1 +
 src/plugins/htmlVideoPlayer/plugin.js | 17 +++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.md b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
index 229a2acbd7..ceee8b8be3 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
  - [Camc314](https://github.com/camc314)
  - [danieladov](https://github.com/danieladov)
  - [Stephane Senart](https://github.com/ssenart)
+ - [imchasingshadows](https://github.com/imchasingshadows)
 
 # Emby Contributors
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/htmlVideoPlayer/plugin.js b/src/plugins/htmlVideoPlayer/plugin.js
index 7b3afb635a..c6e9eed542 100644
--- a/src/plugins/htmlVideoPlayer/plugin.js
+++ b/src/plugins/htmlVideoPlayer/plugin.js
@@ -1369,12 +1369,17 @@ function tryRemoveElement(elem) {
                             document.body.classList.add('hide-scroll');
                         }
 
-                        // don't animate on smart tv's, too slow
-                        if (options.fullscreen && browser.supportsCssAnimation() && !browser.slow) {
-                            return zoomIn(dlg).then(function () {
-                                return videoElement;
-                            });
-                        } else {
+                        if (options.fullscreen) {
+                            if (browser.tv && Screenfull.isEnabled) {
+                                Screenfull.request();
+                            }
+                            // don't animate on smart tv's, too slow
+                            if (!browser.slow && browser.supportsCssAnimation()) {
+                                return zoomIn(dlg).then(function () {
+                                    return videoElement;
+                                });
+                            }
+
                             return videoElement;
                         }
                     });