Persistent per-platform mode that plays only the audio track to save
bandwidth and speed up loads. When enabled, stream selection picks the
best audio-only stream (preferred language, codec, bitrate) and never
fetches the video URL; toggling mid-video reloads at the current
position using the quality-switch path (live vid=no toggling is avoided
due to A/V desync).
- Toggle row in the player quality/settings sheet on iOS, macOS and
tvOS, next to lock controls
- New audioMode control button type (red when active) for player
controls and mini player layouts
- Picking a video quality explicitly turns the mode off; audio track
picks keep it on and now work while audio-only is playing
- Stream URL refresh preserves audio-only playback instead of
resurrecting video
- Queue preloads and history entries resolved before a toggle are
discarded so selection re-runs with the current mode
- tvOS player shows the video thumbnail instead of a black screen
during audio-only playback
- PiP button hidden for audio-only streams
Sheet dismiss buttons rendered as an iOS-style circular glass "X" on
macOS 26, which looks foreign on the desktop. Add a shared
sheetCloseToolbarItem helper that renders a native text "Close" button
on macOS while keeping the compact icon-only xmark on iOS/tvOS, and
replace the ~14 duplicated inline close buttons across sheets with it.
The Settings (quality/audio/subtitles) and Queue panels now slide in
from the right and occupy the right half of the screen, matching the
info/comments details panel introduced in 92cc8b79f. Video stays
visible on the left so the user retains visual context while browsing.
Both panels supply their own ultraThinMaterial backdrop and use a
custom title bar (replacing NavigationStack's auto-title on tvOS) so
the title styling and symmetric padding match across panels and
across pushed destination screens. The Menu button now pops the
quality panel's pushed Video/Audio/Subtitles detail screens before
dismissing the panel itself.
Removes the background Button from the focus tree while either panel
is open so D-pad left/right inside a row no longer escapes focus
into the player and triggers a seek. Initial focus is steered into
the first row programmatically since tvOS doesn't auto-focus inline
overlays the way it does for fullScreenCover.
Doubles the queue thumbnail size on tvOS (160x90) for readability at
the half-screen panel width.
Drop comments restating what the code shows; hoist allowSoftwareDecodedFormats
out of the recommendedVideoStreams filter closure so the bridge property is
read once per render instead of once per stream.
Lets the auto stream selector pick formats whose codec isn't hardware
decoded on the current device. Defaults off; when on, 4K VP9/AV1 can be
auto-selected on Apple TV models without those decoders. Software-decoded
streams also move into the Recommended section so the selection stays
visible without enabling advanced stream details.
Match the info/comments and queue panels by replacing the black dim and
inner rounded card with a full-screen ultraThinMaterial backdrop and a
transparent list background on tvOS.
Replace the tvOS bottom action bar with Settings / Info / Comments /
Next / Close. Settings reuses QualitySelectorView (video, audio,
subtitles, speed); Comments opens TVDetailsPanel directly on the
comments tab; Close stops playback and dismisses.
Debug button is hidden by default and can be re-enabled via a new
tvOS-only Advanced Settings > Developer toggle.
Present the settings sheet as a fullScreenCover with a centered
material card, fix the "Normal" hyphenation, and restyle row selection
throughout the quality selector on tvOS: per-row rounded backgrounds
with focus tint + stroke, vertical spacing instead of dividers, and a
focusable speed-rate menu.
