Add advanced setting "Show video context menu options to force selected backend"

Model/Player/PlayerModel.swift

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ final class PlayerModel: ObservableObject {
 
     @Published var presentingPlayer = false { didSet { handlePresentationChange() } }
     @Published var activeBackend = PlayerBackendType.mpv
+    @Published var forceBackendOnPlay: PlayerBackendType?
 
     var avPlayerBackend = AVPlayerBackend()
     var mpvBackend = MPVBackend()
@@ -416,6 +417,10 @@ final class PlayerModel: ObservableObject {
             )
         }
 
+        DispatchQueue.main.async {
+            self.forceBackendOnPlay = nil
+        }
+
         if !upgrading {
             DispatchQueue.global(qos: .userInitiated).asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 0.5) {
                 self.updateCurrentArtwork()
@@ -452,7 +457,7 @@ final class PlayerModel: ObservableObject {
             return
         }
 
-        if let backend = (live && forceAVPlayerForLiveStreams) ? PlayerBackendType.appleAVPlayer : qualityProfile?.backend,
+        if let backend = forceBackendOnPlay ?? ((live && forceAVPlayerForLiveStreams) ? PlayerBackendType.appleAVPlayer : qualityProfile?.backend),
            backend != activeBackend,
            backend == .appleAVPlayer || !(avPlayerBackend.startPictureInPictureOnPlay || playingInPictureInPicture)
         {
@@ -621,6 +626,7 @@ final class PlayerModel: ObservableObject {
     func closeCurrentItem(finished: Bool = false) {
         pause()
         videoBeingOpened = nil
+        forceBackendOnPlay = nil
 
         closing = true
         controls.presentingControls = false

Shared/Defaults.swift

@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ extension Defaults.Keys {
     #endif
 
     static let showMPVPlaybackStats = Key<Bool>("showMPVPlaybackStats", default: false)
+    static let showPlayNowInBackendContextMenu = Key<Bool>("showPlayNowInBackendContextMenu", default: false)
 
     #if os(macOS)
         static let playerDetailsPageButtonLabelStyleDefault = ButtonLabelStyle.iconAndText

Shared/Settings/AdvancedSettings.swift

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ struct AdvancedSettings: View {
     @Default(.mpvEnableLogging) private var mpvEnableLogging
     @Default(.showCacheStatus) private var showCacheStatus
     @Default(.feedCacheSize) private var feedCacheSize
+    @Default(.showPlayNowInBackendContextMenu) private var showPlayNowInBackendContextMenu
 
     @State private var filesToShare = [MPVClient.logFile]
     @State private var presentingShareSheet = false
@@ -56,6 +57,10 @@ struct AdvancedSettings: View {
     }
 
     @ViewBuilder var advancedSettings: some View {
+        Section(header: SettingsHeader(text: "Advanced")) {
+            showPlayNowInBackendButtonsToggle
+        }
+
         Section(header: SettingsHeader(text: "MPV"), footer: mpvFooter) {
             showMPVPlaybackStatsToggle
             #if !os(tvOS)
@@ -115,6 +120,10 @@ struct AdvancedSettings: View {
         .foregroundColor(.secondary)
     }
 
+    var showPlayNowInBackendButtonsToggle: some View {
+        Toggle("Show video context menu options to force selected backend", isOn: $showPlayNowInBackendContextMenu)
+    }
+
     var showMPVPlaybackStatsToggle: some View {
         Toggle("Show playback statistics", isOn: $showMPVPlaybackStats)
     }

Shared/Views/VideoContextMenuView.swift

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ struct VideoContextMenuView: View {
     @FetchRequest private var watchRequest: FetchedResults<Watch>
 
     @Default(.saveHistory) private var saveHistory
+    @Default(.showPlayNowInBackendContextMenu) private var showPlayNowInBackendContextMenu
 
     private var backgroundContext = PersistenceController.shared.container.newBackgroundContext()
 
@@ -71,6 +72,14 @@ struct VideoContextMenuView: View {
                 #endif
             }
 
+            if showPlayNowInBackendContextMenu {
+                Section {
+                    ForEach(PlayerBackendType.allCases, id: \.self) { backend in
+                        playNowInBackendButton(backend)
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
             Section {
                 playNextButton
                 addToQueueButton
@@ -187,6 +196,20 @@ struct VideoContextMenuView: View {
         }
     }
 
+    private func playNowInBackendButton(_ backend: PlayerBackendType) -> some View {
+        Button {
+            if player.musicMode {
+                player.toggleMusicMode()
+            }
+
+            player.forceBackendOnPlay = backend
+
+            player.play(video)
+        } label: {
+            Label("Play Now in \(backend.label)", systemImage: "play")
+        }
+    }
+
     private var playNowInPictureInPictureButton: some View {
         Button {
             player.avPlayerBackend.startPictureInPictureOnPlay = true