Option to place timeline_cache on the controls bar

[Solarunit]

I wish there was an option to put timeline_cache to the controls bar.
IIRC it's the default position in stock UI.

[christoph-heinrich]

Can you draw a rough mock up or something of what you're imagining? I have a hard time picturing what that would be like.

[Solarunit]

Sure

[Solarunit]

Something similar to stock UI:

it could be with Cache: text or without it.

[christoph-heinrich]

Oh that's what you mean.

IDK about showing it in the controls bar, it's not a great fit there with all the configurable buttons and such, but let's see what others have to say about that.

[tomasklaen]

If my suggestion in #886 ever lands, you should be able to just disable timeline cache in timeline, and put something like demuxer-cache-time in the mentioned meta element's template.

Other than that, I don't see a reason for different cache position. I'm fine with current one, and can't imagine a good alternative. Above controls bar is not an option, and content of controls bar is completely in hands of users, so it can't be affected by timeline options.

[Solarunit]

I think the current implementation is not bad and i kinda like that it moves along with the progress bar, this is cool.

But I see some cons:

1. It's not static, so you can't detect it immediately like static one in stock UI.
2. It interferes a bit with start and end timers.

[tomasklaen]

I'll close this in favor of #886.