further to check : showing of the meniu on player ui and player ui to run in fullscreen

tkinter_app/src/main.py

@@ -11,25 +11,43 @@ sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 
 
 from logging_config import Logger
-from player_app import SimpleMediaPlayerApp
+from player_ui import PlayerUI
+from media_playback_controller import MediaPlaybackController
 from splash_screen import SplashScreen
 from playlist_manager import PlaylistManager
+from threading import Thread
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     import tkinter as tk
     root = tk.Tk()
-    # Play splash screen first, then start player
     playlist_manager = PlaylistManager()
     playlist_manager.fetch_playlist()  # Start fetching playlist in parallel with splash
     intro_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)), 'resources', 'intro1.mp4')
+    preload_result = {}
+    def preload_first_media(playlist):
+        if playlist and len(playlist) > 0:
+            first_item = playlist[0]
+            file_path = first_item.get('url', '')
+            if file_path and os.path.exists(file_path):
+                try:
+                    from PIL import Image
+                    if file_path.lower().endswith(('.jpg', '.jpeg', '.png', '.bmp', '.gif')):
+                        img = Image.open(file_path)
+                        img.load()  # Force decode
+                        preload_result['image'] = img
+                except Exception as e:
+                    Logger.warning(f"[MAIN] Preload failed: {e}")
     Logger.info(f"[MAIN] About to show splash screen: {intro_path}")
     def start_player():
         Logger.info("[MAIN] Splash finished, waiting for playlist...")
         playlist = playlist_manager.wait_for_playlist()
         Logger.info(f"[MAIN] Playlist loaded: {playlist}")
-        player = SimpleMediaPlayerApp(root)
-        player.playlist = playlist or []
-        player.run()
+        Thread(target=preload_first_media, args=(playlist,), daemon=True).start()
+        ui = PlayerUI(root)
+        playback = MediaPlaybackController(app=None, ui=ui)
+        playback.set_playlist(playlist or [])
+        playback.play_current_media()
+        Logger.info("[MAIN] Player UI and playback started.")
     splash = SplashScreen(root, intro_path, duration=10)
     splash.show(on_finish=start_player)
     Logger.info("[MAIN] splash.show() called, entering mainloop...")

tkinter_app/src/player_app.py

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ class SimpleMediaPlayerApp:
         self.playlist = []
         self.current_index = 0
         self.scaling_mode = 'fit'
+        self.auto_advance_timer = None
         self.hide_controls_timer = None
         self.settings_window = None
         # UI extraction
@@ -173,6 +174,12 @@ class SimpleMediaPlayerApp:
     def cancel_timers(self):
         self.playback.cancel_timers()
 
+    def show_no_content_message(self):
+        self.playback.show_no_content_message()
+
+    def log_event(self, file_name, event):
+        self.playback.log_event(file_name, event)
+
     def show_controls(self):
         if self.ui.control_frame:
             self.ui.control_frame.place(relx=0.98, rely=0.98, anchor='se')