Appreciate the current playback UI’s alignment with the overall tvOS experience.
However, I suggest streamlining it by reducing control redundancies. Inspired by the Apple TV app - we could keep informational elements and controls at the bottom of the screen to avoid duplication and access subtitles or tracks by pressing ‘up’ and the info panel with a ‘down’ press, without showing playback controls unless ‘right’, ‘left’, or ‘pause’ is pressed I guess.
The info panel will have the info and video tabs, similar to the Apple TV UI, but it will exclude the subtitle and audio options.