Index: Control/Queries.pm
===================================================================
--- Control/Queries.pm	(revision 33861)
+++ Control/Queries.pm	(working copy)
@@ -1059,6 +1059,7 @@
 	my $subs  = $self->getParam('subscribe');
 	my $type  = $request->getParam('_type');
 	my $parts = $request->getParam('_parts');
+	my $duration = $request->getParam('_duration');
 
 	# check displaynotify type against subscription ('showbriefly', 'update', 'bits', 'all')
 	if ($subs eq $type || ($subs eq 'bits' && $type ne 'showbriefly') || $subs eq 'all') {
@@ -1074,6 +1075,7 @@
 		# store display info in subscription request so it can be accessed by displaystatusQuery
 		$pd->{'type'}  = $type;
 		$pd->{'parts'} = $parts;
+		$pd->{'duration'} = $duration;
 
 		# execute the query immediately
 		$self->__autoexecute;
@@ -1102,6 +1104,7 @@
 		my $format= $pd->{'format'};
 		my $type  = $pd->{'type'};
 		my $parts = $type eq 'showbriefly' ? $pd->{'parts'} : $client->display->renderCache;
+		my $duration = $pd->{'duration'};
 
 		$request->addResult('type', $type);
 
@@ -1143,7 +1146,13 @@
 					$request->addResult('display', $parts->{'jive'} );
 				}
 			} else {
-				$request->addResult('display', { 'text' => $screen1->{'line'} || $screen1->{'center'} });
+				my $display = { 
+					'text' => $screen1->{'line'} || $screen1->{'center'}
+				};
+				
+				$display->{duration} = $duration if $duration;
+				
+				$request->addResult('display', $display);
 			}
 		}
 
Index: Control/Request.pm
===================================================================
--- Control/Request.pm	(revision 33861)
+++ Control/Request.pm	(working copy)
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@
 	addDispatch(['library',        'changed',        '_newvalue'],                                     [0, 0, 0, undef]);
 	addDispatch(['unknownir',      '_ircode',        '_time'],                                         [1, 0, 0, undef]);
 	addDispatch(['prefset',        '_namespace',     '_prefname',  '_newvalue'],                       [0, 0, 1, undef]);
-	addDispatch(['displaynotify',  '_type',          '_parts'],                                        [1, 0, 0, undef]);
+	addDispatch(['displaynotify',  '_type',          '_parts', '_duration'],                           [1, 0, 0, undef]);
 	addDispatch(['alarm',          'sound',          '_id'],                                           [1, 0, 0, undef]);
 	addDispatch(['alarm',          'end',            '_id'],                                           [1, 0, 0, undef]);
 	addDispatch(['alarm',          'snooze',         '_id'],                                           [1, 0, 0, undef]);
Index: Display/Display.pm
===================================================================
--- Display/Display.pm	(revision 33861)
+++ Display/Display.pm	(working copy)
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
 
 	# notify cli/jive of the show briefly message
 	if ($display->notifyLevel >= 1) {
-		$display->notify('showbriefly', $parts);
+		$display->notify('showbriefly', $parts, $duration);
 	}
 
 	if ($firstLine && ($display->linesPerScreen() == 1)) {
@@ -904,9 +904,10 @@
 	my $display = shift;
 	my $type    = shift;
 	my $info    = shift;
+	my $duration= shift;
 
 	# send a notification for this display update to 'displaystatus' queries
-	Slim::Control::Request->new($display->client->id, ['displaynotify', $type, $info])->notify('displaystatus');
+	Slim::Control::Request->new($display->client->id, ['displaynotify', $type, $info, $duration])->notify('displaystatus');
 }
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
Index: Display/NoDisplay.pm
===================================================================
--- Display/NoDisplay.pm	(revision 33861)
+++ Display/NoDisplay.pm	(working copy)
@@ -62,6 +62,16 @@
 sub maxBrightness {}
 sub symbols {return $_[1];}
 
+
+sub notify {
+	my ($display, $type, $info, $duration) = @_;
+	
+	# Squeezeplay is expecting duration in milliseconds - we're going to assume any value < 1000 to be seconds
+	$duration *= 1000 if $duration && $duration < 1000;
+
+	$display->SUPER::notify($type, $info, $duration)
+}
+
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
 L<Slim::Display::Display>