VLC backend as an additional optional Playback backend - #424

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Commits on Aug 7, 2026

Basic VLC backend to chose
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Play/Pause and Stop buttons
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A sandwich menu to be able to change video/audio/subtitle streams
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Extract the VLC gui logic into vlcgui.py not to clutter hypnotix.py
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Choice of backends for video playback
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Don't list in the chose Vlc backend if its dependencies are not satisfied
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Remove some duplications and cut rought edges of the vlc gui
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Toggle the pause_button's icon in playback_bar according to the state
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Reuse the pause button icon toggling
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Add the tooltips and make our vlcgui.py localisable
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Commits on Aug 9, 2026

Restore the vlc gui when back from full screen mode
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Determine vlc backend availability only once
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Fix backend initialization logic and volume control
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Make the vlc ui float over the video show/hide it in full-screen too
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Don't draw vlc interface if mpv backed is used
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A trace if no channel is currently selected
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Fix the switch button for yt-dlp
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Initial implementation of OSD for vlc backend
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Commits on Aug 10, 2026

Get the OSD text size according to the stream size
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Fix race condition
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Fix the Add to/Remove from favourites icon
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Commits on Aug 26, 2026

Clear the play page when channel is stopped
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Try to match the OSD sizes between mpv and vlc
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Fix UI playback state when stopping a paused stream in MPV
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prevent infinite hang during MPV initialization
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Implement hardware polling for reliable fullscreen cursor auto-hide
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Make mpv backend optional too
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Use dynamic resource paths relative to the script location
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hypnotix.py: cleanup of unused attributes and variables
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Support yt-dlp resolution in VLC backend and allow local M3U favorites
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Time out instead of hanging when page cannot be realized or yt-dlp is stuck
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Respect the yt-dlp settings
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Allow video to be stopped even if we did not get back to landing page
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