TeamNewPipe
Option to view info and metadata about the currently playing video
Checklist
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Feature description
Add a encircled 'i' icon to view the info of the currently playing video. Here is a suggestion of position of the icon.
Another option is to always show metadata and description about the currently playing video by default.
Why do you want this feature?
When you start playing any video/playlist in background and start to enqueue more videos sometimes you want to get more context about a video after viewing description and metadata of numerous other videos you hear something interesting and want to see the info about current playing video. So you click the bottom minimized player to view the videos currently user have to press back numerous times until it starts showing current video which is pretty annoying, frustrating and time consuming.
The following two pictures depicts what I'm talking about in this example a video beginning with gravitas is playing but upon clicking on minimized player it shows description about another previously watched video.
Additional information
Nice GUI update also improves user experience.
@Master2050 In your first screenshot, it's abnormal for that place to be grey. Thumbnail was supposed to be shown there. Are you facing https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/issues/7889?
@opusforlife2 I am pretty sure that there was an issue asking to reorder video tabs and let users choose which tab to open at first. Could you please check and confirm? In that case, alternative could be implemented and this issue could be closed.
Another option is to always show metadata and description about the currently playing video by default.
your first screenshot, it's abnormal for that place to be grey. Thumbnail was supposed to be shown there. Are you facing #7889?
Yup sometimes some thumbnail doesnt show up in feed as well as in that particular position but nonetheless it's frustrating to dig out the currently playing video sometimes I just have to create a playlist out of the currently playing queue to look up for metadata which is really time consuming. I still think it is the right place for such an option maybe reduce the size of thumbnail or just remove it as the whole pane is painted with the thumbnail anyways
One more thing i noticed is that #7889 only occurs when a channel posts multiple videos at the same time.
Another option is to make name of the video/thumbnail clickable so it shows the current playing video
Also sometimes I can't get to currently playing video even after pressing back multiple times in the video metadata/player screen the player screen just gets minimized. I will open a bug report when I figure out how to reproduce it exactly
@Master2050 Don't leave 4-5 comments at a time. It clutters up the thread. Instead, edit your comment to keep adding info to it.
Oh. That's not the issue here. What this is talking about is the fact that if you play a video in the background and then open a bunch of video pages, then you can't see the currently playing video's info without backtracking all the way to it. It doesn't have to do with the bottom tabs, but the backstack.