Restore the playback window as first responder after initial setup and after file/YouTube dialogs return. Keep native control focus indicators and Tab navigation unchanged.
Verified hidden native window focus, both dialog cancellations, explicit control focus, Tab navigation, P shortcut, app build, and compact-window checks.
Resolve public YouTube URLs through external yt-dlp and play selected streams in the existing native window.
Independent bounded network readers keep one authored timeline. Successful seeks clear FFmpeg's sticky aborted-read AVIO error; manifest seekability uses native format flags rather than a top-level I/O handle.
Verified real YouTube playback, seeking, frame stepping, compact mode, cancellation, and the complete native regression checks.
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