YouTube PiP & Topic Playlist Player

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Hello :waving_hand:

A Discourse theme component that integrates a continuous YouTube playlist player directly into the forum header. Watch or listen to videos seamlessly while navigating and reading topics.

Features

  • Header-Docked Player: Replaces intrusive floating windows with a minimal, elegant entry point in the main Discourse header.
  • SVG Progress Ring: A circular progress bar wrapped around the post author’s avatar indicates the current playback position.
  • Collapsible Video Panel: Click the header avatar to toggle a dropdown containing the actual YouTube iframe and media controls.
  • Continuous Topic Playlist: Automatically indexes and queues all subsequent YouTube videos found within the active topic.
  • Smart Batch Fetching: Background-fetches topic chunks.
  • Contextual Shortcuts: Includes a “Jump to Post” button that instantly routes/scrolls the user back to the exact reply where the video was shared.

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This looks interesting, given the events plugin is said to support the livestream, do you think this plugin can connect to the livestream and have it playable while users browse ?