feat: add now playing header indicator and enable background playback for watchpage

public/js/app.js

@@ -113,6 +113,15 @@ class App {
             });
         });
 
+        // Now Playing indicator
+        const nowPlayingBtn = document.getElementById('now-playing-indicator');
+        if (nowPlayingBtn) {
+            nowPlayingBtn.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
+                e.preventDefault();
+                this.navigateTo('watch');
+            });
+        }
+
         // Toggle groups button
         document.getElementById('toggle-groups').addEventListener('click', () => {
             this.channelList.toggleAllGroups();

public/js/pages/WatchPage.js

@@ -219,6 +219,9 @@ class WatchPage {
         // Load video
         await this.loadVideo(streamUrl);
 
+        // Show Now Playing indicator in navbar
+        this.showNowPlaying(content.title);
+
         // Populate details section
         this.renderDetails();
 
@@ -239,6 +242,28 @@ class WatchPage {
         this.showOverlay();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Show Now Playing indicator in navbar
+     */
+    showNowPlaying(title) {
+        const indicator = document.getElementById('now-playing-indicator');
+        const textEl = document.getElementById('now-playing-text');
+        if (indicator && textEl) {
+            textEl.textContent = title || 'Now Playing';
+            indicator.classList.remove('hidden');
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Hide Now Playing indicator in navbar
+     */
+    hideNowPlaying() {
+        const indicator = document.getElementById('now-playing-indicator');
+        if (indicator) {
+            indicator.classList.add('hidden');
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Start a HLS transcode session
      */
@@ -497,6 +522,8 @@ class WatchPage {
             this.video.src = '';
             this.video.load();
         }
+
+        this.hideNowPlaying();
     }
 
     // === Playback Controls ===
@@ -1161,7 +1188,7 @@ class WatchPage {
 
     hide() {
         // Called when page becomes hidden
-        this.stop();
+        // Don't stop playback here - allow background playback
         this.cancelNextEpisode();
     }
 }