feat: queue-ux-improvements (#419)

* feat(queue): add ETA display, equalizer indicator and collapsible now playing

* deleted endsAt and showDuration strings, changed eta update to 30s

* feat(queue): ETA tooltip, persistent Now Playing collapse, EQ bar pause, remove redundant Play icon

* feat(queue): fold ETA into existing total/remaining toggle as third mode

The standalone ETA span next to the track counter is removed; instead the
clickable duration label in the queue header now rotates through three
modes per click: total → remaining → eta → total. Counter (N/M) stays
where it was.

ETA mode keeps the live-feel treatment from the original PR (accent
colour while playing, muted at 50% opacity when paused). The other two
modes use plain accent.

i18n: queue.etaTooltip removed (no longer a separate descriptive label),
queue.showEta added as the action tooltip ('Show estimated end time')
in all 8 locales — matches the showRemaining / showTotal pattern.

* docs(changelog): add #419 queue UX improvements entry

Adds the [1.45.0] / Added entry for this PR's queue panel refinements
(position counter, tri-state duration toggle including ETA, collapsible
Now Playing section, animated EQ indicator).

---------

Co-authored-by: Psychotoxical <171614930+Psychotoxical@users.noreply.github.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -98,24 +98,17 @@ The top header behavior was reworked for narrow widths: search, Live and Orbit c
 Waveform mouse-wheel seeking now uses fixed step-based jumps with debounce smoothing for more predictable navigation and less jitter during rapid scrolling.
 
 
-### Queue — Drag Outside to Remove
+### Queue Panel — Position Counter, Tri-State Duration Toggle, Collapsible Now Playing, EQ Indicator
 
-**By [@cucadmuh](https://github.com/cucadmuh), PR [#420](https://github.com/Psychotoxical/psysonic/pull/420)**
+**By [@kveld9](https://github.com/kveld9), PR [#419](https://github.com/Psychotoxical/psysonic/pull/419)**
 
-You can remove a track from the play queue by dragging its row **outside** the queue sidebar (main window) or outside the mini player’s queue list. Drop targets still support reordering when you release inside the queue area.
+The queue panel got a sweep of UX refinements. The header now shows the current position as `(N/M)` next to the queue title for at-a-glance context.
 
-The drag ghost shows a **trash** affordance only while the cursor is outside the queue bounds; inside the queue it behaves as a normal reorder drag. The mouse-event `psy-drop` path now carries cursor coordinates so removal can be detected when the drop target is not the queue panel itself.
+The clickable duration label in the header rotates through **three** modes per click instead of two: total queue time, remaining time, and **estimated end-of-queue clock time** (e.g. `· 02:10`). ETA updates every 30 seconds, is formatted in the user's locale, and is visually highlighted with the accent colour while playing.
 
+A new chevron next to the queue title **collapses the Now Playing section and queue toolbar**, and the collapsed state is persisted across restarts, so users who treat the queue as a pure list can keep it that way.
 
-### Statistics — Shareable Top-Albums Card
+The currently playing row in the queue list is now indicated by **animated equalizer bars** to the left of the track title; the bars freeze in place when playback is paused. The previous small play icon next to the title is removed since the EQ bars carry the same signal more clearly.
-
-**By [@Psychotoxical](https://github.com/Psychotoxical), PR [#425](https://github.com/Psychotoxical/psysonic/pull/425)**
-
-Statistics page can now export your most-played albums as a shareable PNG, accessible via a share icon next to the **Most Played Albums** section header. Three aspect ratios for different platforms (Story 9:16, Square 1:1, Twitter Card 16:9), three grid sizes (3×3, 4×4, 5×5), with each cover carrying a thin info strip showing rank + play count.
-
-The card pulls the wordmark and accent color directly from the active theme, so a Catppuccin export looks Catppuccin and a Nord export looks Nord. Cover art reuses the existing IndexedDB cache, so no extra Subsonic round-trips on repeat exports. The header label is hardcoded English ("Top Albums") so a shared image stays legible to followers regardless of their language.
-
-Saving uses the native OS save dialog — no silent dump into Downloads, the user picks the path each time. Data source is local-only (Subsonic `getAlbumList(frequent)`); Last.fm is intentionally not used. There is no time-window selector because Navidrome's API exposes only cumulative play counts, not per-event play history.
 
 
 ## Fixed
@@ -124,10 +117,6 @@ Saving uses the native OS save dialog — no silent dump into Downloads, the use
 
 - **Polish** *(PR [#397](https://github.com/Psychotoxical/psysonic/pull/397), by [@cucadmuh](https://github.com/cucadmuh))*: multiple branch-local interaction fixes around sidebar drag/drop behavior, Live dropdown layering, queue-resize handle behavior during scroll/overlay-scrollbar interaction, and now-playing narrow-layout stability.
 
-- **Track preview audio in sync with progress ring; huge files no longer abort** *(Issue [#421](https://github.com/Psychotoxical/psysonic/issues/421), PR [#423](https://github.com/Psychotoxical/psysonic/pull/423), by [@Psychotoxical](https://github.com/Psychotoxical))*: Previews used to start audio about 25 % into the preview window on mid-track starts because `Sink::try_seek` ran in parallel with `sink.append` while the 30 s `take_duration` cap was already counting wall-clock from append. The seek now runs on the bare source before append, and the progress-ring animation only starts once the engine actually emits `audio:preview-start` — a small loading spinner is shown during the download/decode/seek warmup. The preview HTTP-client timeout was raised from 30 s to 5 min, so multi-hundred-megabyte Hi-Res files no longer abort the download mid-fetch.
-
-- **Windows playback stutter under GPU load** *(Issue [#334](https://github.com/Psychotoxical/psysonic/issues/334), PR [#426](https://github.com/Psychotoxical/psysonic/pull/426), by [@Psychotoxical](https://github.com/Psychotoxical))*: Audio could stutter and crackle on Windows whenever another app put GPU/CPU pressure on the system (browser, 3D apps, games). The WASAPI render thread is now promoted to MMCSS "Pro Audio" via `AvSetMmThreadCharacteristicsW`, so it survives priority contention from competing graphics work. Reproed and validated under a Half-Life parallel-load stresstest. Companion mitigations for high-GPU situations: cosmetic UI animations now pause when the window loses OS focus, and a new **Reduce animations** toggle in **Settings → Appearance** caps animated seekbar styles (pulsewave, particletrail, liquidfill, retrotape) to 30 fps for users on GPU-constrained machines (off by default).
-
 
 
 ## [1.44.0] - 2026-04-29

src-tauri/Cargo.toml

@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ windows = { version = "0.58", features = [
     "Win32_Graphics",
     "Win32_Graphics_Gdi",
     "Win32_System_Com",
-    "Win32_System_Threading",
     "Win32_UI_Controls",
     "Win32_UI_Shell",
     "Win32_UI_WindowsAndMessaging",

src/App.tsx

@@ -580,25 +580,6 @@ function AppShell() {
     return () => document.removeEventListener('visibilitychange', update);
   }, []);
 
-  // Pause cosmetic animations when the window loses OS focus but stays visible
-  // (alt-tab, click into another app). On low-VRAM laptops WebView2 keeps
-  // compositing mesh blobs / waveform / marquee at full rate even though the
-  // user isn't looking — measurable GPU drain reported in issue #334.
-  useEffect(() => {
-    const update = () => {
-      const blurred = !document.hasFocus();
-      window.__psyBlurred = blurred;
-      document.documentElement.dataset.appBlurred = blurred ? 'true' : 'false';
-    };
-    window.addEventListener('focus', update);
-    window.addEventListener('blur', update);
-    update();
-    return () => {
-      window.removeEventListener('focus', update);
-      window.removeEventListener('blur', update);
-    };
-  }, []);
-
   const isMobilePlayer = isMobile && location.pathname === '/now-playing';
 
   return (

src/components/AlbumRow.tsx

@@ -13,11 +13,9 @@ interface Props {
   moreText?: string;
   onLoadMore?: () => Promise<void>;
   showRating?: boolean;
-  /** Optional content rendered in the row header, left of the scroll-nav. */
-  headerExtra?: React.ReactNode;
 }
 
-export default function AlbumRow({ title, titleLink, albums, moreLink, moreText, onLoadMore, showRating, headerExtra }: Props) {
+export default function AlbumRow({ title, titleLink, albums, moreLink, moreText, onLoadMore, showRating }: Props) {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const scrollRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
   const navigate = useNavigate();
@@ -73,7 +71,6 @@ export default function AlbumRow({ title, titleLink, albums, moreLink, moreText,
           <h2 className="section-title" style={{ marginBottom: 0 }}>{title}</h2>
         )}
         <div className="album-row-nav">
-          {headerExtra}
           <button 
             className={`nav-btn ${!showLeft ? 'disabled' : ''}`} 
             onClick={() => scroll('left')}

src/components/AlbumTrackList.tsx

@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ const TrackRow = React.memo(function TrackRow({
   const isActive = currentTrackId === song.id;
   // Primitive selector: row only re-renders when *this song's* preview state flips.
   const isPreviewing = usePreviewStore(s => s.previewingId === song.id);
-  const isPreviewAudioStarted = usePreviewStore(s => s.previewingId === song.id && s.audioStarted);
 
   const renderCell = (colDef: ColDef) => {
     const key = colDef.key as ColKey;
@@ -157,7 +156,7 @@ const TrackRow = React.memo(function TrackRow({
             </button>
             <button
               type="button"
-              className={`playlist-suggestion-preview-btn${isPreviewing ? ' is-previewing' : ''}${isPreviewAudioStarted ? ' audio-started' : ''}`}
+              className={`playlist-suggestion-preview-btn${isPreviewing ? ' is-previewing' : ''}`}
               onClick={e => {
                 e.stopPropagation();
                 usePreviewStore.getState().startPreview({ id: song.id, title: song.title, artist: song.artist, coverArt: song.coverArt, duration: song.duration }, 'albums');

src/components/MiniPlayer.tsx

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { buildCoverArtUrl, coverArtCacheKey } from '../api/subsonic';
 import { usePlayerStore } from '../store/playerStore';
 import { useAuthStore } from '../store/authStore';
 import { useKeybindingsStore, matchInAppBinding } from '../store/keybindingsStore';
-import { useDragDrop, registerQueueDragHitTest } from '../contexts/DragDropContext';
+import { useDragDrop } from '../contexts/DragDropContext';
 import { useWindowVisibility } from '../hooks/useWindowVisibility';
 import { IS_LINUX } from '../utils/platform';
 import MiniContextMenu from './MiniContextMenu';
@@ -115,18 +115,6 @@ export default function MiniPlayer() {
   const [volumeOpen, setVolumeOpen] = useState(false);
   const ticker = useRef<number | null>(null);
   const queueScrollRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
-  const miniQueueWrapRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (!queueOpen) return;
-    const hitTest = (cx: number, cy: number) => {
-      const el = miniQueueWrapRef.current;
-      if (!el) return false;
-      const r = el.getBoundingClientRect();
-      return cx >= r.left && cx <= r.right && cy >= r.top && cy <= r.bottom;
-    };
-    return registerQueueDragHitTest(hitTest);
-  }, [queueOpen]);
   const volumeBtnRef = useRef<HTMLButtonElement>(null);
   const volumePopRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
   const [volumePopStyle, setVolumePopStyle] = useState<React.CSSProperties>({});
@@ -427,37 +415,6 @@ export default function MiniPlayer() {
     return () => el.removeEventListener('psy-drop', onPsyDrop);
   }, [queueOpen, state.queue.length]);
 
-  // Drop outside the mini queue strip → remove (same UX as main QueuePanel).
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (!queueOpen) return;
-    const onDocPsyDrop = (e: Event) => {
-      const d = (e as CustomEvent<{ data?: string; clientX?: number; clientY?: number }>).detail;
-      if (!d?.data) return;
-      const cx = d.clientX;
-      const cy = d.clientY;
-      if (typeof cx !== 'number' || typeof cy !== 'number') return;
-      let parsed: { type?: string; index?: number } | null = null;
-      try {
-        parsed = JSON.parse(d.data);
-      } catch {
-        return;
-      }
-      if (parsed?.type !== 'queue_reorder' || typeof parsed.index !== 'number') return;
-      const wrap = miniQueueWrapRef.current;
-      if (!wrap) return;
-      const r = wrap.getBoundingClientRect();
-      const inside =
-        cx >= r.left && cx <= r.right && cy >= r.top && cy <= r.bottom;
-      if (inside) return;
-      psyDragFromIdxRef.current = null;
-      dropTargetRef.current = null;
-      setDropTarget(null);
-      emit('mini:remove', { index: parsed.index }).catch(() => {});
-    };
-    document.addEventListener('psy-drop', onDocPsyDrop);
-    return () => document.removeEventListener('psy-drop', onDocPsyDrop);
-  }, [queueOpen]);
-
   // Auto-scroll the current track into view when the queue expands.
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!queueOpen) return;
@@ -676,7 +633,6 @@ export default function MiniPlayer() {
 
         {queueOpen && (
         <OverlayScrollArea
-          wrapRef={miniQueueWrapRef}
           viewportRef={queueScrollRef}
           className="mini-queue-wrap"
           viewportClassName="mini-queue"

src/components/OverlayScrollArea.tsx

@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ export type OverlayScrollAreaProps = {
   viewportScrollBehaviorAuto?: boolean;
   /** Ref to the scrollable element (querySelector, scrollIntoView, etc.). */
   viewportRef?: React.Ref<HTMLDivElement>;
-  /** Ref to the outer wrapper (incl. overlay scrollbar rail). */
-  wrapRef?: React.Ref<HTMLDivElement>;
   /** Optional id on the viewport (e.g. main app scroll for route pages). */
   viewportId?: string;
   /** Optional wheel handler on the scrollable viewport. */
@@ -51,7 +49,6 @@ export default function OverlayScrollArea({
   railInset = 'none',
   viewportScrollBehaviorAuto = false,
   viewportRef: viewportRefProp,
-  wrapRef: wrapRefProp,
   viewportId,
   viewportOnWheel,
   viewportOnTouchMove,
@@ -112,11 +109,6 @@ export default function OverlayScrollArea({
     assignRef(viewportRefProp, el);
   };
 
-  const setWrapNode = (el: HTMLDivElement | null) => {
-    wrapRef.current = el;
-    assignRef(wrapRefProp, el);
-  };
-
   const rootClass = [
     'overlay-scroll',
     RAIL_INSET_CLASS[railInset],
@@ -129,7 +121,7 @@ export default function OverlayScrollArea({
   const viewportClass = ['overlay-scroll__viewport', viewportClassName].filter(Boolean).join(' ');
 
   return (
-    <div ref={setWrapNode} className={rootClass} onMouseMove={onMouseMove}>
+    <div ref={wrapRef} className={rootClass} onMouseMove={onMouseMove}>
       <div
         id={viewportId}
         ref={setViewportNode}

src/components/PlayerBar.tsx

@@ -237,7 +237,6 @@ export default function PlayerBar() {
   const playSlotRef = useRef<HTMLSpanElement>(null);
   const scheduleRemaining = usePlaybackScheduleRemaining();
   const isPreviewing = usePreviewStore(s => s.previewingId !== null);
-  const previewAudioStarted = usePreviewStore(s => s.audioStarted);
   const previewingTrack = usePreviewStore(s => s.previewingTrack);
 
   const isRadio = !!currentRadio;
@@ -313,7 +312,7 @@ export default function PlayerBar() {
     <>
     <footer
       ref={playerBarRef}
-      className={`player-bar ${floatingPlayerBar ? 'floating' : ''}${showPreviewMeta ? ' is-previewing' : ''}${showPreviewMeta && previewAudioStarted ? ' audio-started' : ''}`}
+      className={`player-bar ${floatingPlayerBar ? 'floating' : ''}${showPreviewMeta ? ' is-previewing' : ''}`}
       style={floatingPlayerBar ? floatingStyle : undefined}
       role="region"
       aria-label={t('player.regionLabel')}

src/components/QueuePanel.tsx

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { copyTextToClipboard } from '../utils/serverMagicString';
 import { showToast } from '../utils/toast';
 import { useThemeStore } from '../store/themeStore';
 import { useLyricsStore } from '../store/lyricsStore';
-import { useDragDrop, registerQueueDragHitTest } from '../contexts/DragDropContext';
+import { useDragDrop } from '../contexts/DragDropContext';
 import LyricsPane from './LyricsPane';
 import NowPlayingInfo from './NowPlayingInfo';
 import { TFunction } from 'i18next';
@@ -189,20 +189,32 @@ function LoadPlaylistModal({ onClose, onLoad }: { onClose: () => void, onLoad: (
   );
 }
 
+type DurationMode = 'total' | 'remaining' | 'eta';
+
 interface QueueHeaderProps {
   queue: Track[];
   queueIndex: number;
-  showRemainingTime: boolean;
-  setShowRemainingTime: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<boolean>>;
   activePlaylist: { id: string; name: string } | null;
+  isNowPlayingCollapsed: boolean;
+  setIsNowPlayingCollapsed: (v: boolean) => void;
+  durationMode: DurationMode;
+  setDurationMode: (m: DurationMode) => void;
   t: TFunction;
 }
-function QueueHeader({ queue, queueIndex, showRemainingTime, setShowRemainingTime, activePlaylist, t }: QueueHeaderProps) {
+function QueueHeader({ queue, queueIndex, activePlaylist, isNowPlayingCollapsed, setIsNowPlayingCollapsed, durationMode, setDurationMode, t }: QueueHeaderProps) {
-  const currentTime = usePlayerStore((s) => s.currentTime);
+  const currentTime = usePlayerStore((s) => Math.floor(s.currentTime / 30) * 30);
+  const isPlaying = usePlayerStore((s) => s.isPlaying);
 
-  if (queue.length === 0) return null;
+  const totalSecs = useMemo(() =>
-  const totalSecs = queue.reduce((acc: number, t: any) => acc + (t.duration || 0), 0);
+    queue.reduce((acc: number, track: Track) => acc + (track.duration || 0), 0),
-  const remainingSecs = Math.max(0, (queue[queueIndex]?.duration ?? 0) - currentTime + queue.slice(queueIndex + 1).reduce((acc: number, t: any) => acc + (t.duration || 0), 0));
+    [queue]
+  );
+  const futureTracksDuration = useMemo(() =>
+    queue.slice(queueIndex + 1).reduce((acc: number, track: Track) => acc + (track.duration || 0), 0),
+    [queue, queueIndex]
+  );
+
+  const remainingSecs = Math.max(0, (queue[queueIndex]?.duration ?? 0) - currentTime + futureTracksDuration);
 
   const fmt = (secs: number) => {
     const h = Math.floor(secs / 3600);
@@ -210,27 +222,53 @@ function QueueHeader({ queue, queueIndex, showRemainingTime, setShowRemainingTim
     const s = secs % 60;
     return h > 0 ? `${h}:${m.toString().padStart(2, "0")}:${s.toString().padStart(2, "0")}` : `${m}:${s.toString().padStart(2, "0")}`;
   };
+  const fmtEta = (secs: number) => {
+    const finishTime = new Date(Date.now() + secs * 1000);
+    return new Intl.DateTimeFormat(undefined, { hour: '2-digit', minute: '2-digit' }).format(finishTime);
+  };
 
-  const dur = showRemainingTime ? `-${fmt(Math.floor(remainingSecs))}` : fmt(Math.floor(totalSecs));
+  let dur: string | null = null;
+  if (queue.length > 0) {
+    if (durationMode === 'total') dur = fmt(Math.floor(totalSecs));
+    else if (durationMode === 'remaining') dur = `-${fmt(Math.floor(remainingSecs))}`;
+    else dur = fmtEta(remainingSecs);
+  }
+
+  const nextMode: DurationMode =
+    durationMode === 'total' ? 'remaining' :
+    durationMode === 'remaining' ? 'eta' : 'total';
+  const nextTooltipKey =
+    nextMode === 'total' ? 'queue.showTotal' :
+    nextMode === 'remaining' ? 'queue.showRemaining' : 'queue.showEta';
+
+  const isEta = durationMode === 'eta';
 
   return (
     <div className="queue-header">
       <div style={{ display: "flex", flexDirection: "column", minWidth: 0, flex: 1 }}>
         <div style={{ display: "flex", alignItems: "baseline", gap: "8px", minWidth: 0 }}>
           <h2 style={{ fontSize: "16px", fontWeight: 700, margin: 0, flexShrink: 0 }}>{t("queue.title")}</h2>
-          <span
+          {queue.length > 0 && (
-            onClick={() => setShowRemainingTime((v: boolean) => !v)}
+            <span style={{ fontSize: "13px", color: "var(--text-muted)", whiteSpace: "nowrap", userSelect: "none" }}>
-            data-tooltip={showRemainingTime ? t("queue.showTotal") : t("queue.showRemaining")}
+              ({queueIndex + 1}/{queue.length})
-            style={{
+            </span>
-              fontSize: "13px",
+          )}
-              color: "var(--accent)",
+          {dur !== null && (
-              whiteSpace: "nowrap",
+            <span
-              cursor: "pointer",
+              onClick={() => setDurationMode(nextMode)}
-              userSelect: "none",
+              data-tooltip={t(nextTooltipKey)}
-            }}
+              style={{
-          >
+                fontSize: "13px",
-            {queue.length} {queue.length === 1 ? t("queue.trackSingular") : t("queue.trackPlural")} · {dur}
+                color: isEta ? (isPlaying ? "var(--accent)" : "var(--text-muted)") : "var(--accent)",
-          </span>
+                opacity: isEta && !isPlaying ? 0.5 : 1,
+                whiteSpace: "nowrap",
+                cursor: "pointer",
+                userSelect: "none",
+              }}
+            >
+              · {dur}
+            </span>
+          )}
         </div>
         {activePlaylist && (
           <div className="truncate" style={{ fontSize: "11px", color: "var(--text-muted)", marginTop: "2px", display: "flex", alignItems: "center", gap: "4px" }}>
@@ -239,6 +277,17 @@ function QueueHeader({ queue, queueIndex, showRemainingTime, setShowRemainingTim
           </div>
         )}
       </div>
+      <button
+        className="queue-action-btn"
+        onClick={() => queue.length > 0 && setIsNowPlayingCollapsed(!isNowPlayingCollapsed)}
+        disabled={queue.length === 0}
+        data-tooltip={queue.length === 0 ? t('queue.emptyQueue') : (isNowPlayingCollapsed ? t('queue.showNowPlaying') : t('queue.hideNowPlaying'))}
+        aria-label={queue.length === 0 ? t('queue.emptyQueue') : (isNowPlayingCollapsed ? t('queue.showNowPlaying') : t('queue.hideNowPlaying'))}
+        aria-expanded={!isNowPlayingCollapsed}
+        style={{ marginLeft: '8px', opacity: queue.length === 0 ? 0.3 : 1, cursor: queue.length === 0 ? 'not-allowed' : 'pointer' }}
+      >
+        <ChevronDown size={18} style={{ transform: isNowPlayingCollapsed ? 'rotate(-90deg)' : 'none', transition: 'transform 0.2s ease' }} />
+      </button>
     </div>
   );
 }
@@ -301,7 +350,6 @@ function QueuePanelHostOrSolo() {
   const clearQueue = usePlayerStore(s => s.clearQueue);
 
   const reorderQueue = usePlayerStore(s => s.reorderQueue);
-  const removeTrack = usePlayerStore(s => s.removeTrack);
   const shuffleQueue = usePlayerStore(s => s.shuffleQueue);
   const enqueue = usePlayerStore(s => s.enqueue);
   const enqueueAt = usePlayerStore(s => s.enqueueAt);
@@ -333,7 +381,9 @@ function QueuePanelHostOrSolo() {
   const setTab     = useLyricsStore(s => s.setTab);
   const luckyRolling = useLuckyMixStore(s => s.isRolling);
 
-  const [showRemainingTime, setShowRemainingTime] = useState(false);
+  const isNowPlayingCollapsed = useAuthStore(s => s.queueNowPlayingCollapsed);
+  const setIsNowPlayingCollapsed = useAuthStore(s => s.setQueueNowPlayingCollapsed);
+  const [durationMode, setDurationMode] = useState<DurationMode>('total');
   const [showCrossfadePopover, setShowCrossfadePopover] = useState(false);
   const [lufsTgtOpen, setLufsTgtOpen] = useState(false);
   const [lufsTgtPopStyle, setLufsTgtPopStyle] = useState<React.CSSProperties>({});
@@ -344,6 +394,7 @@ function QueuePanelHostOrSolo() {
   const crossfadeBtnRef = useRef<HTMLButtonElement>(null);
   const crossfadePopoverRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
   const reanalyzeLoudnessForTrack = usePlayerStore(s => s.reanalyzeLoudnessForTrack);
+  const isStorePlaying = usePlayerStore(s => s.isPlaying);
   const authLoudnessTargetLufs = useAuthStore(s => s.loudnessTargetLufs);
   const setLoudnessTargetLufs = useAuthStore(s => s.setLoudnessTargetLufs);
   const loudnessPreAnalysisAttenuationDb = useAuthStore(s => s.loudnessPreAnalysisAttenuationDb);
@@ -441,16 +492,6 @@ function QueuePanelHostOrSolo() {
 
   const asideRef = useRef<HTMLElement>(null);
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    const hitTest = (cx: number, cy: number) => {
-      const el = asideRef.current;
-      if (!el) return false;
-      const r = el.getBoundingClientRect();
-      return cx >= r.left && cx <= r.right && cy >= r.top && cy <= r.bottom;
-    };
-    return registerQueueDragHitTest(hitTest);
-  }, []);
-
   const { isDragging: isPsyDragging, startDrag, payload: psyPayload } = useDragDrop();
   /** Only these drag types may be dropped into the queue. */
   const QUEUE_DROP_TYPES = new Set(['song', 'album', 'queue_reorder']);
@@ -518,37 +559,6 @@ function QueuePanelHostOrSolo() {
     return () => aside.removeEventListener('psy-drop', onPsyDrop);
   }, [enqueueAt]);
 
-  // Drag a queue row outside the panel → remove (drop never reaches `aside`).
-  useEffect(() => {
-    const onDocPsyDrop = (e: Event) => {
-      if (!isQueueVisible) return;
-      const d = (e as CustomEvent<{ data?: string; clientX?: number; clientY?: number }>).detail;
-      if (!d?.data) return;
-      const cx = d.clientX;
-      const cy = d.clientY;
-      if (typeof cx !== 'number' || typeof cy !== 'number') return;
-      let parsed: { type?: string; index?: number } | null = null;
-      try {
-        parsed = JSON.parse(d.data);
-      } catch {
-        return;
-      }
-      if (parsed?.type !== 'queue_reorder' || typeof parsed.index !== 'number') return;
-      const aside = asideRef.current;
-      if (!aside) return;
-      const r = aside.getBoundingClientRect();
-      const inside =
-        cx >= r.left && cx <= r.right && cy >= r.top && cy <= r.bottom;
-      if (inside) return;
-      psyDragFromIdxRef.current = null;
-      externalDropTargetRef.current = null;
-      setExternalDropTarget(null);
-      removeTrack(parsed.index);
-    };
-    document.addEventListener('psy-drop', onDocPsyDrop);
-    return () => document.removeEventListener('psy-drop', onDocPsyDrop);
-  }, [isQueueVisible, removeTrack]);
-
   useEffect(function queueAutoScroll() {
     if (suppressNextAutoScrollRef.current) {
       suppressNextAutoScrollRef.current = false;
@@ -647,13 +657,15 @@ function QueuePanelHostOrSolo() {
       <QueueHeader
         queue={queue}
         queueIndex={queueIndex}
-        showRemainingTime={showRemainingTime}
-        setShowRemainingTime={setShowRemainingTime}
         activePlaylist={activePlaylist}
+        isNowPlayingCollapsed={isNowPlayingCollapsed}
+        setIsNowPlayingCollapsed={setIsNowPlayingCollapsed}
+        durationMode={durationMode}
+        setDurationMode={setDurationMode}
         t={t}
       />
 
-      {currentTrack && (
+      {currentTrack && !isNowPlayingCollapsed && (
         <div className="queue-current-track">
           {(() => {
             const baseParts = [
@@ -869,95 +881,97 @@ function QueuePanelHostOrSolo() {
       )}
 
       {activeTab === 'queue' ? (<>
-        <div className="queue-toolbar">
+        {!isNowPlayingCollapsed && (
-        <button className="queue-round-btn" onClick={() => shuffleQueue()} disabled={queue.length < 2} data-tooltip={t('queue.shuffle')} aria-label={t('queue.shuffle')}>
+          <div className="queue-toolbar">
-          <Shuffle size={13} />
+            <button className="queue-round-btn" onClick={() => shuffleQueue()} disabled={queue.length < 2} data-tooltip={t('queue.shuffle')} aria-label={t('queue.shuffle')}>
-        </button>
+              <Shuffle size={13} />
-        <button
+            </button>
-          className={`queue-round-btn${saveState === 'saved' ? ' active' : ''}`}
+            <button
-          onClick={handleSave}
+              className={`queue-round-btn${saveState === 'saved' ? ' active' : ''}`}
-          disabled={saveState === 'saving'}
+              onClick={handleSave}
-          data-tooltip={activePlaylist ? `${t('queue.updatePlaylist')}: ${activePlaylist.name}` : t('queue.savePlaylist')}
+              disabled={saveState === 'saving'}
-          aria-label={t('queue.savePlaylist')}
+              data-tooltip={activePlaylist ? `${t('queue.updatePlaylist')}: ${activePlaylist.name}` : t('queue.savePlaylist')}
-        >
+              aria-label={t('queue.savePlaylist')}
-          {saveState === 'saved' ? <Check size={13} /> : <Save size={13} />}
+            >
-        </button>
+              {saveState === 'saved' ? <Check size={13} /> : <Save size={13} />}
-        <button className="queue-round-btn" onClick={handleLoad} data-tooltip={t('queue.loadPlaylist')} aria-label={t('queue.loadPlaylist')}>
+            </button>
-          <FolderOpen size={13} />
+            <button className="queue-round-btn" onClick={handleLoad} data-tooltip={t('queue.loadPlaylist')} aria-label={t('queue.loadPlaylist')}>
-        </button>
+              <FolderOpen size={13} />
-        <button
+            </button>
-          className="queue-round-btn"
+            <button
-          onClick={() => void handleCopyQueueShare()}
+              className="queue-round-btn"
-          data-tooltip={t('queue.shareQueue')}
+              onClick={() => void handleCopyQueueShare()}
-          aria-label={t('queue.shareQueue')}
+              data-tooltip={t('queue.shareQueue')}
-        >
+              aria-label={t('queue.shareQueue')}
-          <Share2 size={13} />
+            >
-        </button>
+              <Share2 size={13} />
-        <button className="queue-round-btn" onClick={handleClear} data-tooltip={t('queue.clear')} aria-label={t('queue.clear')}>
+            </button>
-          <Trash2 size={13} />
+            <button className="queue-round-btn" onClick={handleClear} data-tooltip={t('queue.clear')} aria-label={t('queue.clear')}>
-        </button>
+              <Trash2 size={13} />
-        <div className="queue-toolbar-sep" />
+            </button>
-        <button
+            <div className="queue-toolbar-sep" />
-          className={`queue-round-btn${gaplessEnabled ? ' active' : ''}`}
+            <button
-          onClick={() => { setCrossfadeEnabled(false); setShowCrossfadePopover(false); setGaplessEnabled(!gaplessEnabled); }}
+              className={`queue-round-btn${gaplessEnabled ? ' active' : ''}`}
-          data-tooltip={t('queue.gapless')}
+              onClick={() => { setCrossfadeEnabled(false); setShowCrossfadePopover(false); setGaplessEnabled(!gaplessEnabled); }}
-          aria-label={t('queue.gapless')}
+              data-tooltip={t('queue.gapless')}
-        >
+              aria-label={t('queue.gapless')}
-          <MoveRight size={13} />
+            >
-        </button>
+              <MoveRight size={13} />
-        <div style={{ position: 'relative' }}>
+            </button>
-          <button
+            <div style={{ position: 'relative' }}>
-            ref={crossfadeBtnRef}
+              <button
-            className={`queue-round-btn${crossfadeEnabled || showCrossfadePopover ? ' active' : ''}`}
+                ref={crossfadeBtnRef}
-            onClick={() => {
+                className={`queue-round-btn${crossfadeEnabled || showCrossfadePopover ? ' active' : ''}`}
-              if (crossfadeEnabled) {
+                onClick={() => {
-                setCrossfadeEnabled(false);
+                  if (crossfadeEnabled) {
-                setShowCrossfadePopover(false);
+                    setCrossfadeEnabled(false);
-              } else {
+                    setShowCrossfadePopover(false);
-                setGaplessEnabled(false);
+                  } else {
-                setCrossfadeEnabled(true);
+                    setGaplessEnabled(false);
-                setShowCrossfadePopover(true);
+                    setCrossfadeEnabled(true);
-              }
+                    setShowCrossfadePopover(true);
-            }}
+                  }
-            data-tooltip={showCrossfadePopover ? undefined : t('queue.crossfade')}
-            aria-label={t('queue.crossfade')}
-          >
-            <Waves size={13} />
-          </button>
-          {showCrossfadePopover && (
-            <div className="crossfade-popover" ref={crossfadePopoverRef}>
-              <div className="crossfade-popover-label">
-                <Waves size={11} />
-                {t('queue.crossfade')}
-                <span className="crossfade-popover-value">{crossfadeSecs.toFixed(1)} s</span>
-              </div>
-              <input
-                type="range"
-                min={0.1}
-                max={10}
-                step={0.1}
-                value={crossfadeSecs}
-                onChange={e => {
-                  setCrossfadeSecs(parseFloat(e.target.value));
-                  setCrossfadeEnabled(true);
                 }}
-                className="crossfade-popover-slider"
+                data-tooltip={showCrossfadePopover ? undefined : t('queue.crossfade')}
-              />
+                aria-label={t('queue.crossfade')}
-              <div className="crossfade-popover-range">
+              >
-                <span>0.1s</span><span>10s</span>
+                <Waves size={13} />
-              </div>
+              </button>
+              {showCrossfadePopover && (
+                <div className="crossfade-popover" ref={crossfadePopoverRef}>
+                  <div className="crossfade-popover-label">
+                    <Waves size={11} />
+                    {t('queue.crossfade')}
+                    <span className="crossfade-popover-value">{crossfadeSecs.toFixed(1)} s</span>
+                  </div>
+                  <input
+                    type="range"
+                    min={0.1}
+                    max={10}
+                    step={0.1}
+                    value={crossfadeSecs}
+                    onChange={e => {
+                      setCrossfadeSecs(parseFloat(e.target.value));
+                      setCrossfadeEnabled(true);
+                    }}
+                    className="crossfade-popover-slider"
+                  />
+                  <div className="crossfade-popover-range">
+                    <span>0.1s</span><span>10s</span>
+                  </div>
+                </div>
+              )}
             </div>
-          )}
+            <button
-        </div>
+              className={`queue-round-btn${infiniteQueueEnabled ? ' active' : ''}`}
-        <button
+              onClick={() => setInfiniteQueueEnabled(!infiniteQueueEnabled)}
-          className={`queue-round-btn${infiniteQueueEnabled ? ' active' : ''}`}
+              data-tooltip={t('queue.infiniteQueue')}
-          onClick={() => setInfiniteQueueEnabled(!infiniteQueueEnabled)}
+              aria-label={t('queue.infiniteQueue')}
-          data-tooltip={t('queue.infiniteQueue')}
+            >
-          aria-label={t('queue.infiniteQueue')}
+              <Infinity size={13} />
-        >
+            </button>
-          <Infinity size={13} />
+          </div>
-        </button>
+        )}
-      </div>
 
       {currentTrack && queue.length > 0 && <div className="queue-divider"><span style={{ fontSize: '12px', fontWeight: 600, color: 'var(--text-muted)' }}>{t('queue.nextTracks')}</span></div>}
 
@@ -1036,9 +1050,15 @@ function QueuePanelHostOrSolo() {
                 }}
                 style={dragStyle}
               >
+                {isPlaying && (
+                  <div className={`eq-bars${isStorePlaying ? '' : ' paused'}`} style={{ marginRight: '8px', flexShrink: 0 }}>
+                    <div className="eq-bar" />
+                    <div className="eq-bar" />
+                    <div className="eq-bar" />
+                  </div>
+                )}
                 <div className="queue-item-info">
                   <div className="queue-item-title truncate" style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: '6px' }}>
-                    {isPlaying && <Play size={10} fill="currentColor" style={{ flexShrink: 0 }} />}
                     <span className="truncate">{track.title}</span>
                   </div>
                   <div className="queue-item-artist truncate">{track.artist}</div>

src/components/WaveformSeek.tsx

@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ export function SeekbarPreview({
       }
     };
     const tick = () => {
-      if (document.hidden || window.__psyHidden || window.__psyBlurred) {
+      if (document.hidden || window.__psyHidden) {
         pollId = window.setTimeout(() => {
           pollId = null;
           tick();
@@ -912,14 +912,11 @@ export default function WaveformSeek({ trackId }: Props) {
   const waveformBins = usePlayerStore(s => s.waveformBins);
   const duration     = usePlayerStore(s => s.currentTrack?.duration ?? 0);
   const seekbarStyle = useAuthStore(s => s.seekbarStyle);
-  const reducedAnimations = useAuthStore(s => s.reducedAnimations);
 
   // Ref so the subscription callback (closed over at mount) can read the
   // current style without stale-closure issues.
   const styleRef = useRef(seekbarStyle);
   styleRef.current = seekbarStyle;
-  const reducedRef = useRef(reducedAnimations);
-  reducedRef.current = reducedAnimations;
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!trackId) {
@@ -1054,7 +1051,6 @@ export default function WaveformSeek({ trackId }: Props) {
     animStateRef.current = makeAnimState();
     let rafId: number | null = null;
     let pollId: number | null = null;
-    let skip = false;
     const stop = () => {
       if (rafId !== null) {
         cancelAnimationFrame(rafId);
@@ -1066,22 +1062,14 @@ export default function WaveformSeek({ trackId }: Props) {
       }
     };
     const tick = () => {
-      if (document.hidden || window.__psyHidden || window.__psyBlurred) {
+      if (document.hidden || window.__psyHidden) {
         pollId = window.setTimeout(() => {
           pollId = null;
           tick();
         }, 400);
         return;
       }
-      // 30 fps cap when reducedAnimations is on: skip every other rAF, advance
+      animStateRef.current.time += 0.016;
-      // animation time by a doubled delta so wave speed stays the same.
-      if (reducedRef.current && skip) {
-        skip = false;
-        rafId = requestAnimationFrame(tick);
-        return;
-      }
-      skip = reducedRef.current;
-      animStateRef.current.time += reducedRef.current ? 0.032 : 0.016;
       drawSeekbar(canvas, seekbarStyle, heightsRef.current, progressRef.current, bufferedRef.current, animStateRef.current);
       rafId = requestAnimationFrame(tick);
     };

src/contexts/DragDropContext.tsx

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import React, {
   useState,
 } from 'react';
 import { createPortal } from 'react-dom';
-import { Trash2 } from 'lucide-react';
 
 // ── Types ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 export interface DragPayload {
@@ -34,8 +33,6 @@ export interface DragPayload {
 interface DragState {
   payload: DragPayload | null;
   position: { x: number; y: number };
-  /** `queue_reorder` only: true when cursor is outside every registered queue rect */
-  queueReorderOutside?: boolean;
 }
 
 interface DragDropContextValue {
@@ -55,41 +52,10 @@ const Ctx = createContext<DragDropContextValue>({
 
 export const useDragDrop = () => useContext(Ctx);
 
-function isQueueReorderDrag(data: string): boolean {
-  try {
-    return JSON.parse(data).type === 'queue_reorder';
-  } catch {
-    return false;
-  }
-}
-
-/** Hit-tests for queue UI rects (main sidebar + mini-player list). Used so the drag ghost only shows “remove” outside those bounds. */
-const queueDragHitTests: Array<(x: number, y: number) => boolean> = [];
-
-/**
- * Register a function that returns true when (clientX, clientY) lies inside
- * this window’s queue drop area. Unregister on cleanup.
- */
-export function registerQueueDragHitTest(fn: (x: number, y: number) => boolean): () => void {
-  queueDragHitTests.push(fn);
-  return () => {
-    const i = queueDragHitTests.indexOf(fn);
-    if (i >= 0) queueDragHitTests.splice(i, 1);
-  };
-}
-
-function computeQueueReorderOutside(clientX: number, clientY: number): boolean {
-  if (queueDragHitTests.length === 0) return false;
-  const inside = queueDragHitTests.some((t) => t(clientX, clientY));
-  return !inside;
-}
-
 // ── Ghost overlay ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
 function DragGhost({ state }: { state: DragState }) {
   if (!state.payload) return null;
-  const { label, coverUrl, data } = state.payload;
+  const { label, coverUrl } = state.payload;
-  const queueReorder = isQueueReorderDrag(data);
-  const showTrash = queueReorder && state.queueReorderOutside === true;
   return createPortal(
     <div
       style={{
@@ -117,14 +83,6 @@ function DragGhost({ state }: { state: DragState }) {
         userSelect: 'none',
       }}
     >
-      {showTrash && (
-        <Trash2
-          size={16}
-          strokeWidth={2.25}
-          aria-hidden
-          style={{ flexShrink: 0, color: 'var(--danger, var(--ctp-red, #f38ba8))' }}
-        />
-      )}
       {coverUrl && (
         <img
           src={coverUrl}
@@ -161,13 +119,7 @@ export function DragDropProvider({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
       // Clear any text selection the browser may have started during the
       // threshold detection phase (mousedown → mousemove before startDrag).
       window.getSelection()?.removeAllRanges();
-      setState({
+      setState({ payload, position: { x, y } });
-        payload,
-        position: { x, y },
-        ...(isQueueReorderDrag(payload.data)
-          ? { queueReorderOutside: computeQueueReorderOutside(x, y) }
-          : {}),
-      });
     },
     [],
   );
@@ -183,18 +135,7 @@ export function DragDropProvider({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
       // a text-selection drag, which causes element highlighting and
       // horizontal auto-scroll in grid containers.
       e.preventDefault();
-      setState((prev) => {
+      setState((prev) => ({ ...prev, position: { x: e.clientX, y: e.clientY } }));
-        if (!prev.payload) return prev;
-        const pos = { x: e.clientX, y: e.clientY };
-        if (!isQueueReorderDrag(prev.payload.data)) {
-          return { ...prev, position: pos };
-        }
-        return {
-          ...prev,
-          position: pos,
-          queueReorderOutside: computeQueueReorderOutside(pos.x, pos.y),
-        };
-      });
     };
 
     /** End drag; optionally fire `psy-drop` at the last known cursor position. */
@@ -205,15 +146,14 @@ export function DragDropProvider({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
       window.getSelection()?.removeAllRanges();
 
       if (dispatchDrop) {
-        const p = stateRef.current.position;
-        const pl = stateRef.current.payload;
         const evt = new CustomEvent('psy-drop', {
           bubbles: true,
-          detail: pl
+          detail: stateRef.current.payload,
-            ? { ...pl, clientX: p.x, clientY: p.y }
-            : pl,
         });
-        const el = document.elementFromPoint(p.x, p.y);
+        const el = document.elementFromPoint(
+          stateRef.current.position.x,
+          stateRef.current.position.y,
+        );
         if (el) el.dispatchEvent(evt);
       }
 

src/locales/de.ts

@@ -915,8 +915,6 @@ export const deTranslation = {
     sidebarLyricsStyleAppleDesc: 'Aktive Zeile oben mit sanfter Animation.',
     seekbarStyle: 'Seekbar-Stil',
     seekbarStyleDesc: 'Aussehen der Wiedergabe-Seekbar auswählen',
-    reducedAnimations: 'Animationen reduzieren',
-    reducedAnimationsDesc: 'Animierte Seekbar-Stile auf 30 fps drosseln, um die GPU-Last auf schwächerer Hardware zu senken. Optisch kaum wahrnehmbar.',
     seekbarTruewave: 'Echte Wellenform',
     seekbarPseudowave: 'Pseudo-Wellenform',
     seekbarLinedot: 'Linie & Punkt',
@@ -1109,6 +1107,8 @@ export const deTranslation = {
     autoAdded: '— Automatisch hinzugefügt —',
     radioAdded: '— Radio —',
     hide: 'Verbergen',
+    hideNowPlaying: 'Wiedergabeinformationen ausblenden',
+    showNowPlaying: 'Wiedergabeinformationen anzeigen',
     close: 'Schließen',
     nextTracks: 'Nächste Titel',
     shareQueue: 'Warteschlangen-Link kopieren',
@@ -1118,6 +1118,7 @@ export const deTranslation = {
     trackPlural: 'Titel',
     showRemaining: 'Restzeit anzeigen',
     showTotal: 'Gesamtzeit anzeigen',
+    showEta: 'Endzeit anzeigen',
     replayGain: 'ReplayGain',
     rgTrack: 'T {{db}} dB',
     rgAlbum: 'A {{db}} dB',
@@ -1181,24 +1182,6 @@ export const deTranslation = {
     topRatedArtists: 'Bestbewertete Künstler',
     noRatedSongs: 'Noch keine bewerteten Songs. Songs in Album- oder Playlist-Ansicht bewerten.',
     noRatedArtists: 'Noch keine bewerteten Künstler.',
-    exportShare: 'Teilen',
-    exportTitle: 'Top-Alben teilen',
-    exportSubtitle: 'Ein teilbares Bild deiner meistgespielten Alben erstellen.',
-    exportFormat: 'Format',
-    exportFormatStory: 'Story',
-    exportFormatSquare: 'Quadrat',
-    exportFormatTwitter: 'Twitter-Card',
-    exportGrid: 'Raster',
-    exportGridLabel: '{{n}}×{{n}}',
-    exportPreview: 'Vorschau',
-    exportGenerate: 'Erstellen',
-    exportSave: 'Bild speichern…',
-    exportCancel: 'Abbrechen',
-    exportFooterLabel: 'Top-Alben',
-    exportNotEnough: 'Für ein {{n}}×{{n}}-Raster braucht es mindestens {{count}} Alben in der Library.',
-    exportSaving: 'Speichere…',
-    exportSaved: 'Gespeichert.',
-    exportSaveFailed: 'Bild konnte nicht gespeichert werden.',
   },
   player: {
     regionLabel: 'Musikplayer',

src/locales/en.ts

@@ -921,8 +921,6 @@ export const enTranslation = {
     fsPortraitDim: 'Photo dimming',
     seekbarStyle: 'Seekbar Style',
     seekbarStyleDesc: 'Choose the look of the player seek bar',
-    reducedAnimations: 'Reduce animations',
-    reducedAnimationsDesc: 'Cap animated seekbar styles to 30 fps to lower GPU usage on slower hardware. Visual difference is minimal.',
     seekbarTruewave: 'Truewave',
     seekbarPseudowave: 'Pseudowave',
     seekbarLinedot: 'Line & Dot',
@@ -1115,6 +1113,8 @@ export const enTranslation = {
     autoAdded: '— Added automatically —',
     radioAdded: '— Radio —',
     hide: 'Hide',
+    hideNowPlaying: 'Hide now playing info',
+    showNowPlaying: 'Show now playing info',
     close: 'Close',
     nextTracks: 'Next Tracks',
     shareQueue: 'Copy queue share link',
@@ -1124,6 +1124,7 @@ export const enTranslation = {
     trackPlural: 'tracks',
     showRemaining: 'Show remaining time',
     showTotal: 'Show total time',
+    showEta: 'Show estimated end time',
     replayGain: 'ReplayGain',
     rgTrack: 'T {{db}} dB',
     rgAlbum: 'A {{db}} dB',
@@ -1187,24 +1188,6 @@ export const enTranslation = {
     topRatedArtists: 'Top Rated Artists',
     noRatedSongs: 'No rated songs yet. Rate songs in album or playlist view.',
     noRatedArtists: 'No rated artists yet.',
-    exportShare: 'Share',
-    exportTitle: 'Share Top Albums',
-    exportSubtitle: 'Generate a shareable image of your most-played albums.',
-    exportFormat: 'Format',
-    exportFormatStory: 'Story',
-    exportFormatSquare: 'Square',
-    exportFormatTwitter: 'Twitter Card',
-    exportGrid: 'Grid',
-    exportGridLabel: '{{n}}×{{n}}',
-    exportPreview: 'Preview',
-    exportGenerate: 'Generate',
-    exportSave: 'Save image…',
-    exportCancel: 'Cancel',
-    exportFooterLabel: 'Top Albums',
-    exportNotEnough: 'Need at least {{count}} albums in your library for a {{n}}×{{n}} grid.',
-    exportSaving: 'Saving…',
-    exportSaved: 'Saved.',
-    exportSaveFailed: 'Could not save the image.',
   },
   player: {
     regionLabel: 'Music Player',

src/locales/es.ts

@@ -908,8 +908,6 @@ export const esTranslation = {
     sidebarLyricsStyleAppleDesc: 'La línea activa se ancla arriba con animación suave.',
     seekbarStyle: 'Estilo de Barra de Progreso',
     seekbarStyleDesc: 'Elige la apariencia de la barra de progreso del reproductor',
-    reducedAnimations: 'Reducir animaciones',
-    reducedAnimationsDesc: 'Limita los estilos animados de la barra de progreso a 30 fps para reducir el uso de GPU en hardware más lento. La diferencia visual es mínima.',
     seekbarTruewave: 'Forma de Onda Real',
     seekbarPseudowave: 'Forma de Onda Pseudo',
     seekbarLinedot: 'Línea y Punto',
@@ -1102,6 +1100,8 @@ export const esTranslation = {
     autoAdded: '— Agregado automáticamente —',
     radioAdded: '— Radio —',
     hide: 'Ocultar',
+    hideNowPlaying: 'Ocultar información de reproducción',
+    showNowPlaying: 'Mostrar información de reproducción',
     close: 'Cerrar',
     nextTracks: 'Siguientes',
     shareQueue: 'Copiar enlace de la cola',
@@ -1111,6 +1111,7 @@ export const esTranslation = {
     trackPlural: 'pistas',
     showRemaining: 'Mostrar tiempo restante',
     showTotal: 'Mostrar tiempo total',
+    showEta: 'Mostrar hora estimada de fin',
     replayGain: 'ReplayGain',
     rgTrack: 'T {{db}} dB',
     rgAlbum: 'A {{db}} dB',

src/locales/fr.ts

@@ -903,8 +903,6 @@ export const frTranslation = {
     sidebarLyricsStyleAppleDesc: "La ligne active reste en haut avec une animation fluide.",
     seekbarStyle: 'Style de la barre de lecture',
     seekbarStyleDesc: 'Choisir l\'apparence de la barre de progression',
-    reducedAnimations: 'Réduire les animations',
-    reducedAnimationsDesc: 'Limiter les styles de barre de lecture animés à 30 fps pour réduire l\'utilisation du GPU sur le matériel plus lent. La différence visuelle est minime.',
     seekbarTruewave: 'Forme d\'onde réelle',
     seekbarPseudowave: 'Forme d\'onde pseudo',
     seekbarLinedot: 'Ligne & point',
@@ -1097,6 +1095,8 @@ export const frTranslation = {
     autoAdded: '— Ajouté automatiquement —',
     radioAdded: '— Radio —',
     hide: 'Masquer',
+    hideNowPlaying: 'Masquer les infos de lecture',
+    showNowPlaying: 'Afficher les infos de lecture',
     close: 'Fermer',
     nextTracks: 'Pistes suivantes',
     shareQueue: 'Copier le lien de la file d’attente',
@@ -1106,6 +1106,7 @@ export const frTranslation = {
     trackPlural: 'pistes',
     showRemaining: 'Afficher le temps restant',
     showTotal: 'Afficher la durée totale',
+    showEta: 'Afficher l\'heure de fin estimée',
     replayGain: 'ReplayGain',
     rgTrack: 'T {{db}} dB',
     rgAlbum: 'A {{db}} dB',

src/locales/nb.ts

@@ -902,8 +902,6 @@ export const nbTranslation = {
     sidebarLyricsStyleAppleDesc: 'Aktiv linje forankres øverst med jevn animasjon.',
     seekbarStyle: 'Søkefelt-stil',
     seekbarStyleDesc: 'Velg utseendet på avspillingssøkefeltet',
-    reducedAnimations: 'Reduser animasjoner',
-    reducedAnimationsDesc: 'Begrens animerte søkefelt-stiler til 30 fps for å redusere GPU-belastning på tregere maskinvare. Visuell forskjell er minimal.',
     seekbarTruewave: 'Ekte bølgeform',
     seekbarPseudowave: 'Pseudo-bølgeform',
     seekbarLinedot: 'Linje & punkt',
@@ -1096,6 +1094,8 @@ export const nbTranslation = {
     autoAdded: '- Lagt til automatisk -',
     radioAdded: '- Radio -',
     hide: 'Skjul',
+    hideNowPlaying: 'Skjul avspillingsinfo',
+    showNowPlaying: 'Vis avspillingsinfo',
     close: 'Lukk',
     nextTracks: 'Neste spor',
     shareQueue: 'Kopiér lenke til kø',
@@ -1105,6 +1105,7 @@ export const nbTranslation = {
     trackPlural: 'spor',
     showRemaining: 'Vis gjenværende tid',
     showTotal: 'Vis total tid',
+    showEta: 'Vis estimert sluttid',
     replayGain: 'ReplayGain',
     rgTrack: 'T {{db}} dB',
     rgAlbum: 'A {{db}} dB',

src/locales/nl.ts

@@ -902,8 +902,6 @@ export const nlTranslation = {
     sidebarLyricsStyleAppleDesc: 'Actieve regel verankerd bovenaan met vloeiende animatie.',
     seekbarStyle: 'Zoekbalkstijl',
     seekbarStyleDesc: 'Kies het uiterlijk van de afspeelbalk',
-    reducedAnimations: 'Animaties beperken',
-    reducedAnimationsDesc: 'Beperk geanimeerde zoekbalkstijlen tot 30 fps om GPU-gebruik op tragere hardware te verminderen. Visueel verschil is minimaal.',
     seekbarTruewave: 'Echte golfvorm',
     seekbarPseudowave: 'Pseudo-golfvorm',
     seekbarLinedot: 'Lijn & punt',
@@ -1096,6 +1094,8 @@ export const nlTranslation = {
     autoAdded: '— Automatisch toegevoegd —',
     radioAdded: '— Radio —',
     hide: 'Verbergen',
+    hideNowPlaying: 'Now playing info verbergen',
+    showNowPlaying: 'Now playing info weergeven',
     close: 'Sluiten',
     nextTracks: 'Volgende nummers',
     shareQueue: 'Wachtrij-deellink kopiëren',
@@ -1105,6 +1105,7 @@ export const nlTranslation = {
     trackPlural: 'nummers',
     showRemaining: 'Resterende tijd tonen',
     showTotal: 'Totale tijd tonen',
+    showEta: 'Geschatte eindtijd tonen',
     replayGain: 'ReplayGain',
     rgTrack: 'T {{db}} dB',
     rgAlbum: 'A {{db}} dB',

src/locales/ru.ts

@@ -954,8 +954,6 @@ export const ruTranslation = {
     sidebarLyricsStyleAppleDesc: 'Активная строка фиксируется сверху с плавной анимацией.',
     seekbarStyle: 'Стиль прогресс-бара',
     seekbarStyleDesc: 'Выбор внешнего вида полосы воспроизведения',
-    reducedAnimations: 'Снизить анимации',
-    reducedAnimationsDesc: 'Ограничить анимированные стили прогресс-бара 30 кадрами в секунду для снижения нагрузки на GPU на слабом железе. Визуальная разница минимальна.',
     seekbarTruewave: 'Реальная форма волны',
     seekbarPseudowave: 'Псевдо форма волны',
     seekbarLinedot: 'Линия и точка',
@@ -1171,6 +1169,8 @@ export const ruTranslation = {
     autoAdded: '— Добавлено автоматически —',
     radioAdded: '— Радио —',
     hide: 'Скрыть',
+    hideNowPlaying: 'Скрыть информацию о воспроизведении',
+    showNowPlaying: 'Показать информацию о воспроизведении',
     close: 'Закрыть',
     nextTracks: 'Дальше',
     shareQueue: 'Копировать ссылку на очередь',
@@ -1180,6 +1180,7 @@ export const ruTranslation = {
     trackPlural: 'треков',
     showRemaining: 'Осталось',
     showTotal: 'Всего',
+    showEta: 'Показать ориентировочное окончание',
     replayGain: 'ReplayGain',
     rgTrack: 'Т {{db}} дБ',
     rgAlbum: 'А {{db}} дБ',

src/locales/zh.ts

@@ -897,8 +897,6 @@ export const zhTranslation = {
     sidebarLyricsStyleAppleDesc: '活动行固定在顶部，带有平滑弹簧动画。',
     seekbarStyle: '进度条样式',
     seekbarStyleDesc: '选择播放进度条的外观',
-    reducedAnimations: '减少动画',
-    reducedAnimationsDesc: '将动画进度条样式限制为 30 fps，以降低较慢硬件上的 GPU 占用。视觉差异极小。',
     seekbarTruewave: '真实波形',
     seekbarPseudowave: '伪波形',
     seekbarLinedot: '线条与点',
@@ -1091,6 +1089,8 @@ export const zhTranslation = {
     autoAdded: '— 自动添加 —',
     radioAdded: '— 收音机 —',
     hide: '隐藏',
+    hideNowPlaying: '隐藏播放信息',
+    showNowPlaying: '显示播放信息',
     close: '关闭',
     nextTracks: '即将播放',
     shareQueue: '复制队列分享链接',
@@ -1100,6 +1100,7 @@ export const zhTranslation = {
     trackPlural: '首曲目',
     showRemaining: '显示剩余时间',
     showTotal: '显示总时间',
+    showEta: '显示预计结束时间',
     replayGain: 'ReplayGain',
     rgTrack: '曲目 {{db}} dB',
     rgAlbum: '专辑 {{db}} dB',

src/pages/ArtistDetail.tsx

@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ export default function ArtistDetail() {
   const currentTrack = usePlayerStore(state => state.currentTrack);
   const isPlaying = usePlayerStore(state => state.isPlaying);
   const previewingId = usePreviewStore(s => s.previewingId);
-  const previewAudioStarted = usePreviewStore(s => s.audioStarted);
   const downloadArtist = useOfflineStore(s => s.downloadArtist);
   const bulkProgress = useOfflineJobStore(s => s.bulkProgress);
   const activeServerId = useAuthStore(s => s.activeServerId) ?? '';
@@ -738,7 +737,7 @@ export default function ArtistDetail() {
                   </button>
                   <button
                     type="button"
-                    className={`playlist-suggestion-preview-btn${previewingId === song.id ? ' is-previewing' : ''}${previewingId === song.id && previewAudioStarted ? ' audio-started' : ''}`}
+                    className={`playlist-suggestion-preview-btn${previewingId === song.id ? ' is-previewing' : ''}`}
                     onClick={e => { e.stopPropagation(); usePreviewStore.getState().startPreview({ id: song.id, title: song.title, artist: song.artist, coverArt: song.coverArt, duration: song.duration }, 'artist'); }}
                     data-tooltip={previewingId === song.id ? t('playlists.previewStop') : t('playlists.preview')}
                     aria-label={previewingId === song.id ? t('playlists.previewStop') : t('playlists.preview')}

src/pages/Favorites.tsx

@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ export default function Favorites() {
   const currentRadio = usePlayerStore(s => s.currentRadio);
   const isPlaying = usePlayerStore(s => s.isPlaying);
   const previewingId = usePreviewStore(s => s.previewingId);
-  const previewAudioStarted = usePreviewStore(s => s.audioStarted);
   const starredOverrides = usePlayerStore(s => s.starredOverrides);
   const setStarredOverride = usePlayerStore(s => s.setStarredOverride);
   const userRatingOverrides = usePlayerStore(s => s.userRatingOverrides);
@@ -694,7 +693,7 @@ export default function Favorites() {
                               </button>
                               <button
                                 type="button"
-                                className={`playlist-suggestion-preview-btn${previewingId === song.id ? ' is-previewing' : ''}${previewingId === song.id && previewAudioStarted ? ' audio-started' : ''}`}
+                                className={`playlist-suggestion-preview-btn${previewingId === song.id ? ' is-previewing' : ''}`}
                                 onClick={e => { e.stopPropagation(); usePreviewStore.getState().startPreview({ id: song.id, title: song.title, artist: song.artist, coverArt: song.coverArt, duration: song.duration }, 'favorites'); }}
                                 data-tooltip={previewingId === song.id ? t('playlists.previewStop') : t('playlists.preview')}
                                 aria-label={previewingId === song.id ? t('playlists.previewStop') : t('playlists.preview')}

src/pages/PlaylistDetail.tsx

@@ -294,7 +294,6 @@ export default function PlaylistDetail() {
   const [starredSongs, setStarredSongs] = useState<Set<string>>(new Set());
   const [hoveredSuggestionId, setHoveredSuggestionId] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const previewingId = usePreviewStore(s => s.previewingId);
-  const previewAudioStarted = usePreviewStore(s => s.audioStarted);
   const [contextMenuSongId, setContextMenuSongId] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const contextMenuOpen = usePlayerStore(s => s.contextMenu.isOpen);
   const zipDownloads = useZipDownloadStore(s => s.downloads);
@@ -1710,7 +1709,7 @@ export default function PlaylistDetail() {
                       </button>
                       <button
                         type="button"
-                        className={`playlist-suggestion-preview-btn${previewingId === song.id ? ' is-previewing' : ''}${previewingId === song.id && previewAudioStarted ? ' audio-started' : ''}`}
+                        className={`playlist-suggestion-preview-btn${previewingId === song.id ? ' is-previewing' : ''}`}
                         onClick={e => {
                           e.stopPropagation();
                           usePreviewStore.getState().startPreview({ id: song.id, title: song.title, artist: song.artist, coverArt: song.coverArt, duration: song.duration }, 'playlists');
@@ -1857,7 +1856,7 @@ export default function PlaylistDetail() {
                           <Play size={10} fill="currentColor" strokeWidth={0} className="playlist-suggestion-play-icon" />
                         </button>
                         <button
-                          className={`playlist-suggestion-preview-btn${previewingId === song.id ? ' is-previewing' : ''}${previewingId === song.id && previewAudioStarted ? ' audio-started' : ''}`}
+                          className={`playlist-suggestion-preview-btn${previewingId === song.id ? ' is-previewing' : ''}`}
                           onClick={e => { e.stopPropagation(); startPreview(song); }}
                           data-tooltip={previewingId === song.id ? t('playlists.previewStop') : t('playlists.preview')}
                           aria-label={previewingId === song.id ? t('playlists.previewStop') : t('playlists.preview')}

src/pages/RandomMix.tsx

@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ export default function RandomMix() {
   const currentTrack = usePlayerStore(s => s.currentTrack);
   const isPlaying = usePlayerStore(s => s.isPlaying);
   const previewingId = usePreviewStore(s => s.previewingId);
-  const previewAudioStarted = usePreviewStore(s => s.audioStarted);
   const starredOverrides = usePlayerStore(s => s.starredOverrides);
   const setStarredOverride = usePlayerStore(s => s.setStarredOverride);
   const [contextMenuSongId, setContextMenuSongId] = useState<string | null>(null);
@@ -471,7 +470,7 @@ export default function RandomMix() {
                       </button>
                       <button
                         type="button"
-                        className={`playlist-suggestion-preview-btn${previewingId === song.id ? ' is-previewing' : ''}${previewingId === song.id && previewAudioStarted ? ' audio-started' : ''}`}
+                        className={`playlist-suggestion-preview-btn${previewingId === song.id ? ' is-previewing' : ''}`}
                         onClick={e => { e.stopPropagation(); usePreviewStore.getState().startPreview({ id: song.id, title: song.title, artist: song.artist, coverArt: song.coverArt, duration: song.duration }, 'randomMix'); }}
                         data-tooltip={previewingId === song.id ? t('playlists.previewStop') : t('playlists.preview')}
                         aria-label={previewingId === song.id ? t('playlists.previewStop') : t('playlists.preview')}
@@ -604,7 +603,7 @@ export default function RandomMix() {
                   </button>
                   <button
                     type="button"
-                    className={`playlist-suggestion-preview-btn${previewingId === song.id ? ' is-previewing' : ''}${previewingId === song.id && previewAudioStarted ? ' audio-started' : ''}`}
+                    className={`playlist-suggestion-preview-btn${previewingId === song.id ? ' is-previewing' : ''}`}
                     onClick={e => { e.stopPropagation(); usePreviewStore.getState().startPreview({ id: song.id, title: song.title, artist: song.artist, coverArt: song.coverArt, duration: song.duration }, 'randomMix'); }}
                     data-tooltip={previewingId === song.id ? t('playlists.previewStop') : t('playlists.preview')}
                     aria-label={previewingId === song.id ? t('playlists.previewStop') : t('playlists.preview')}

src/pages/Settings.tsx

@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ const SETTINGS_INDEX: SearchIndexEntry[] = [
   { tab: 'appearance',     titleKey: 'settings.uiScaleTitle',             keywords: 'ui scale zoom dpi size' },
   { tab: 'appearance',     titleKey: 'settings.font',                     keywords: 'font typography typeface' },
   { tab: 'appearance',     titleKey: 'settings.fsPlayerSection',          keywords: 'fullscreen player mesh blob' },
-  { tab: 'appearance',     titleKey: 'settings.seekbarStyle',             keywords: 'seekbar progress bar waveform reduced animations performance gpu fps low-end framerate cap' },
+  { tab: 'appearance',     titleKey: 'settings.seekbarStyle',             keywords: 'seekbar progress bar waveform' },
   { tab: 'input',          titleKey: 'settings.inputKeybindingsTitle',    keywords: 'keybindings shortcuts hotkeys keyboard' },
   { tab: 'input',          titleKey: 'settings.globalShortcutsTitle',     keywords: 'global shortcuts hotkeys system-wide media keys' },
   { tab: 'system',         titleKey: 'settings.language',                 keywords: 'language locale translation i18n' },
@@ -3844,16 +3844,6 @@ export default function Settings() {
                   />
                 ))}
               </div>
-              <div className="settings-toggle-row" style={{ marginTop: '1rem', paddingTop: '1rem', borderTop: '1px solid var(--border)' }}>
-                <div>
-                  <div style={{ fontWeight: 500 }}>{t('settings.reducedAnimations')}</div>
-                  <div style={{ fontSize: 12, color: 'var(--text-muted)' }}>{t('settings.reducedAnimationsDesc')}</div>
-                </div>
-                <label className="toggle-switch" aria-label={t('settings.reducedAnimations')}>
-                  <input type="checkbox" checked={auth.reducedAnimations} onChange={e => auth.setReducedAnimations(e.target.checked)} />
-                  <span className="toggle-track" />
-                </label>
-              </div>
             </div>
           </SettingsSubSection>
 

src/pages/Statistics.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
-import { Share2 } from 'lucide-react';
 import {
   fetchStatisticsFormatSample,
   fetchStatisticsLibraryAggregates,
@@ -10,7 +9,6 @@ import {
 } from '../api/subsonic';
 import { formatHumanHoursMinutes } from '../utils/formatHumanDuration';
 import AlbumRow from '../components/AlbumRow';
-import StatsExportModal from '../components/StatsExportModal';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import { useAuthStore } from '../store/authStore';
 import { useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom';
@@ -53,8 +51,6 @@ export default function Statistics() {
   const [formatData, setFormatData] = useState<{ format: string; count: number }[] | null>(null);
   const [formatSampleSize, setFormatSampleSize] = useState(0);
 
-  const [exportOpen, setExportOpen] = useState(false);
-
   const [lfmPeriod, setLfmPeriod] = useState<LastfmPeriod>('1month');
   const [lfmTopArtists, setLfmTopArtists] = useState<LastfmTopArtist[]>([]);
   const [lfmTopAlbums, setLfmTopAlbums] = useState<LastfmTopAlbum[]>([]);
@@ -274,17 +270,6 @@ export default function Statistics() {
             albums={frequent}
             onLoadMore={() => loadMore('frequent', frequent, setFrequent)}
             moreText={t('statistics.loadMore')}
-            headerExtra={frequent.length >= 9 ? (
-              <button
-                type="button"
-                className="nav-btn"
-                onClick={() => setExportOpen(true)}
-                data-tooltip={t('statistics.exportTitle')}
-                aria-label={t('statistics.exportTitle')}
-              >
-                <Share2 size={18} />
-              </button>
-            ) : undefined}
           />
 
           <AlbumRow
@@ -399,11 +384,6 @@ export default function Statistics() {
 
         </div>
       )}
-      <StatsExportModal
-        open={exportOpen}
-        albums={frequent}
-        onClose={() => setExportOpen(false)}
-      />
     </div>
   );
 }

src/store/authStore.ts

@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ interface AuthState {
    */
   lyricsStaticOnly: boolean;
   showFullscreenLyrics: boolean;
+  /** Persisted UI toggle: is the Now Playing section in queue panel collapsed */
+  queueNowPlayingCollapsed: boolean;
   /** 'rail' = classic 5-line sliding rail; 'apple' = full-screen scrolling list */
   fsLyricsStyle: 'rail' | 'apple';
   /** Sidebar lyrics scroll style: 'classic' = scrollIntoView center; 'apple' = scroll to 35% */
@@ -176,8 +178,6 @@ interface AuthState {
   lastSeenChangelogVersion: string;
 
   seekbarStyle: SeekbarStyle;
-  /** Cap animated seekbar styles to 30 fps (and similar GPU-friendly tweaks) for low-end hardware. */
-  reducedAnimations: boolean;
 
   /** Alpha: native hi-res sample rate output (disabled = safe 44.1 kHz mode) */
   enableHiRes: boolean;
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ interface AuthState {
   setLyricsMode: (v: 'standard' | 'lyricsplus') => void;
   setLyricsStaticOnly: (v: boolean) => void;
   setShowFullscreenLyrics: (v: boolean) => void;
+  setQueueNowPlayingCollapsed: (v: boolean) => void;
   setFsLyricsStyle: (v: 'rail' | 'apple') => void;
   setSidebarLyricsStyle: (v: 'classic' | 'apple') => void;
   setShowFsArtistPortrait: (v: boolean) => void;
@@ -325,7 +326,6 @@ interface AuthState {
   setShowChangelogOnUpdate: (v: boolean) => void;
   setLastSeenChangelogVersion: (v: string) => void;
   setSeekbarStyle: (v: SeekbarStyle) => void;
-  setReducedAnimations: (v: boolean) => void;
   setEnableHiRes: (v: boolean) => void;
   setAudioOutputDevice: (v: string | null) => void;
   setHotCacheEnabled: (v: boolean) => void;
@@ -438,6 +438,7 @@ export const useAuthStore = create<AuthState>()(
       lyricsMode: 'standard',
       lyricsStaticOnly: false,
       showFullscreenLyrics: true,
+      queueNowPlayingCollapsed: false,
       fsLyricsStyle: 'rail',
       sidebarLyricsStyle: 'classic',
       showFsArtistPortrait: true,
@@ -445,7 +446,6 @@ export const useAuthStore = create<AuthState>()(
       showChangelogOnUpdate: true,
       lastSeenChangelogVersion: '',
       seekbarStyle: 'truewave',
-      reducedAnimations: false,
       enableHiRes: false,
       audioOutputDevice: null,
       hotCacheEnabled: false,
@@ -599,6 +599,7 @@ export const useAuthStore = create<AuthState>()(
       setLyricsMode: (v) => set({ lyricsMode: v }),
       setLyricsStaticOnly: (v) => set({ lyricsStaticOnly: v }),
       setShowFullscreenLyrics: (v: boolean) => set({ showFullscreenLyrics: v }),
+      setQueueNowPlayingCollapsed: (v: boolean) => set({ queueNowPlayingCollapsed: v }),
       setFsLyricsStyle: (v) => set({ fsLyricsStyle: v }),
       setSidebarLyricsStyle: (v) => set({ sidebarLyricsStyle: v }),
       setShowFsArtistPortrait: (v: boolean) => set({ showFsArtistPortrait: v }),
@@ -607,7 +608,6 @@ export const useAuthStore = create<AuthState>()(
       setLastSeenChangelogVersion: (v) => set({ lastSeenChangelogVersion: v }),
 
       setSeekbarStyle: (v) => set({ seekbarStyle: v }),
-      setReducedAnimations: (v) => set({ reducedAnimations: v }),
       setEnableHiRes: (v) => set({ enableHiRes: v }),
       setAudioOutputDevice: (v) => set({ audioOutputDevice: v }),
       setHotCacheEnabled: (v) => set({ hotCacheEnabled: v }),

src/store/previewStore.ts

@@ -21,15 +21,6 @@ interface PreviewState {
   elapsed: number;
   /** Total preview window in seconds (echoes the duration_sec arg). */
   duration: number;
-  /**
-   * True only after the engine has emitted `audio:preview-start` for the
-   * current `previewingId` — i.e. audio is actually playing. Drives the
-   * progress-ring animation so the ring doesn't run ahead of the speaker
-   * during the engine's download/decode/seek warmup. Reset to false on every
-   * `startPreview` call so a switch from track A to track B doesn't carry
-   * over A's animation state.
-   */
-  audioStarted: boolean;
 
   startPreview: (song: { id: string; title: string; artist: string; coverArt?: string; duration?: number }, location: TrackPreviewLocation) => Promise<void>;
   stopPreview: () => Promise<void>;
@@ -49,7 +40,6 @@ export const usePreviewStore = create<PreviewState>((set, get) => ({
   previewingTrack: null,
   elapsed: 0,
   duration: 30,
-  audioStarted: false,
 
   startPreview: async (song, location) => {
     const auth = useAuthStore.getState();
@@ -87,7 +77,6 @@ export const usePreviewStore = create<PreviewState>((set, get) => ({
       previewingTrack: { id: song.id, title: song.title, artist: song.artist, coverArt: song.coverArt },
       elapsed: 0,
       duration: previewDuration,
-      audioStarted: false,
     });
 
     try {
@@ -101,7 +90,7 @@ export const usePreviewStore = create<PreviewState>((set, get) => ({
     } catch (e) {
       // Roll back optimistic state on failure.
       if (get().previewingId === song.id) {
-        set({ previewingId: null, previewingTrack: null, elapsed: 0, audioStarted: false });
+        set({ previewingId: null, previewingTrack: null, elapsed: 0 });
       }
       throw e;
     }
@@ -113,19 +102,15 @@ export const usePreviewStore = create<PreviewState>((set, get) => ({
       await invoke('audio_preview_stop');
     } catch {
       /* engine will emit preview-end anyway; clear locally as fallback */
-      set({ previewingId: null, previewingTrack: null, elapsed: 0, audioStarted: false });
+      set({ previewingId: null, previewingTrack: null, elapsed: 0 });
     }
   },
 
   _onStart: (id) => {
-    const current = get().previewingId;
+    if (get().previewingId !== id) {
-    if (current !== id) {
       // Engine fired start for an id we didn't track locally — keep id but
       // leave previewingTrack as-is (the caller's startPreview() set it).
-      set({ previewingId: id, elapsed: 0, audioStarted: true });
+      set({ previewingId: id, elapsed: 0 });
-    } else {
-      // Audio is now actually playing — unblock the progress-ring animation.
-      set({ audioStarted: true });
     }
   },
 
@@ -136,6 +121,6 @@ export const usePreviewStore = create<PreviewState>((set, get) => ({
 
   _onEnd: (id) => {
     if (get().previewingId !== id) return;
-    set({ previewingId: null, previewingTrack: null, elapsed: 0, audioStarted: false });
+    set({ previewingId: null, previewingTrack: null, elapsed: 0 });
   },
 }));

src/styles/components.css

@@ -1866,27 +1866,7 @@
   transform: translateX(0.5px);
 }
 
-/* Loading state: the engine is still downloading/decoding/seeking. A short
+.playlist-suggestion-preview-btn.is-previewing .playlist-suggestion-preview-ring-progress {
-   rotating arc (~25% of the circumference) signals "pending" without
-   pretending to be progress. 150 ms delay suppresses the spinner for
-   small/cached files where audio starts almost instantly. */
-.playlist-suggestion-preview-btn.is-previewing:not(.audio-started) .playlist-suggestion-preview-ring-progress {
-  /* circumference = 2π × 10.5 ≈ 65.97 → 25% arc + 75% gap */
-  stroke-dasharray: 16.5 49.5;
-  stroke-dashoffset: 0;
-  animation: playlist-preview-loading 1.1s linear infinite;
-  animation-delay: 150ms;
-}
-
-@keyframes playlist-preview-loading {
-  from { stroke-dashoffset: 0; }
-  to   { stroke-dashoffset: -65.97; }
-}
-
-/* Animation runs only after `audio-started` is added — i.e. once the engine
-   emitted `audio:preview-start` for this track. Prevents the ring from
-   sprinting ahead of audio during the engine's download/decode/seek warmup. */
-.playlist-suggestion-preview-btn.audio-started .playlist-suggestion-preview-ring-progress {
   animation: playlist-preview-progress var(--preview-duration, 30s) linear forwards;
 }
 
@@ -2062,6 +2042,11 @@ html[data-track-previews-randommix="off"]   [data-preview-loc="randomMix"]   .pl
   animation-duration: 0.9s;
 }
 
+/* Pause EQ bars animation when playback is paused */
+.eq-bars.paused .eq-bar {
+  animation-play-state: paused;
+}
+
 @keyframes eq-bounce {
 
   0%,
@@ -2507,27 +2492,6 @@ html[data-track-previews-randommix="off"]   [data-preview-loc="randomMix"]   .pl
   stroke-linecap: round;
   stroke-dasharray: 100;
   stroke-dashoffset: 100;
-}
-
-/* Loading spinner — same logic as the tracklist ring above. The SVG uses
-   pathLength="100", so the circumference is normalised: 25 unit arc + 75
-   unit gap, with the offset rolling from 0 to -100. */
-.player-bar.is-previewing:not(.audio-started) .player-btn-preview-ring-progress {
-  stroke-dasharray: 25 75;
-  stroke-dashoffset: 0;
-  animation: player-preview-loading 1.1s linear infinite;
-  animation-delay: 150ms;
-}
-
-@keyframes player-preview-loading {
-  from { stroke-dashoffset: 0; }
-  to   { stroke-dashoffset: -100; }
-}
-
-/* Animation gated on the player-bar `audio-started` flag (set after the
-   engine emits `audio:preview-start`). Same rationale as the tracklist
-   preview ring above. */
-.player-bar.audio-started .player-btn-preview-ring-progress {
   animation: player-preview-progress var(--preview-duration, 30s) linear forwards;
 }
 
@@ -11097,10 +11061,7 @@ html[data-app-hidden="true"] *::before,
 html[data-app-hidden="true"] *::after,
 html[data-psy-native-hidden="true"] *,
 html[data-psy-native-hidden="true"] *::before,
-html[data-psy-native-hidden="true"] *::after,
+html[data-psy-native-hidden="true"] *::after {
-html[data-app-blurred="true"] *,
-html[data-app-blurred="true"] *::before,
-html[data-app-blurred="true"] *::after {
   animation-play-state: paused !important;
 }
 

src/vite-env.d.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 declare global {
   interface Window {
     __psyHidden?: boolean;
-    __psyBlurred?: boolean;
   }
 }