diff --git a/.changes/player-stream-info-popover.md b/.changes/player-stream-info-popover.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c1ed8b46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/player-stream-info-popover.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+type: feature
+area: playback
+highlight: See what a stream really is while it plays
+---
+
+The player overlay now shows stream information: resolution, playback and source
+frame rates, stream and codec bitrates, audio details, buffer and dropped frames.
+Available in built-in web players and experimental frame-copy Embedded MPV.
+Unknown or unavailable values stay hidden; measured frame rates reflect dropped frames and
+stalls.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yaml
index 426b3933e..b2f4e2582 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yaml
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ jobs:
     electron-e2e-tests:
         name: Electron E2E on ${{ matrix.os }}
         runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-        timeout-minutes: 45
+        # macOS's sequential Electron suite exceeded 45m while still passing
+        # tests; retain the full suite with room for setup and retries.
+        timeout-minutes: ${{ matrix.os == 'macos-latest' && 60 || 45 }}
         env:
             IPTVNATOR_ALLOW_PRIVATE_NETWORK_URLS: '1'
             NX_SKIP_NX_CACHE: true
diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index f77d9febe..98999d336 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -383,6 +383,22 @@ Key files:
 
 ## Shared Player Controls
 
+- Stream info popover: an `info` button in the top-right corner of the shared
+  controls overlay shows live stream data — resolution + aspect ratio, measured
+  frame rate, video/audio codec and bitrate, audio channels and sample rate,
+  container, buffer, and dropped frames. Rendered only when the engine reports
+  something (`capabilities.streamStats`), sampled once a second and only while
+  the popover is open. Web engines read the `<video>` element plus the active
+  HLS/Shaka/VHS rendition; embedded MPV gets the numbers from observed mpv
+  properties on the session snapshot (frame-copy engine only — the native-view
+  dock does not mount the shared controls). See
+  `docs/architecture/player-controls-contract.md` ("Stream info popover") and
+  `docs/architecture/embedded-mpv-native.md` ("Stream Stats Properties").
+  Web FPS excludes dropped frames and uses a fresh measurement window on open;
+  nominal FPS and aggregate rendition bitrate have separate rows. Unknown
+  video bitrate is never filled with aggregate bandwidth. MPV clears dimensions
+  on a new file and clears individual diagnostics on unavailable-property events.
+
 - The Embedded MPV native-view dock follows app theme tokens as a solid app
   surface, including Material icon-button disabled states. Over-video loading,
   stalled and feedback overlays keep a paired light-on-dark palette. Video
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 1b94ae4d2..96ca8c52f 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -1090,6 +1090,21 @@ app as a real argument, so it is not an option.
   external fallback only for clear transferable DASH; PWA capability and
   KODIPROP DRM still suppress it. Details in
   `docs/architecture/m3u-playlist-module.md` ("DASH + ClearKey Playback").
+- Stream info popover: an `info` button in the top-right corner of the shared
+  controls overlay shows live stream data — resolution + aspect ratio, measured
+  frame rate, video/audio codec and bitrate, audio channels and sample rate,
+  container, buffer, and dropped frames. Rendered only when the engine reports
+  something (`capabilities.streamStats`), sampled once a second and only while
+  the popover is open. Web engines read the `<video>` element plus the active
+  HLS/Shaka/VHS rendition; embedded MPV gets the numbers from observed mpv
+  properties on the session snapshot (frame-copy engine only — the native-view
+  dock does not mount the shared controls). See
+  `docs/architecture/player-controls-contract.md` ("Stream info popover") and
+  `docs/architecture/embedded-mpv-native.md` ("Stream Stats Properties").
+  Web FPS excludes dropped frames and uses a fresh measurement window on open;
+  nominal FPS and aggregate rendition bitrate have separate rows. Unknown
+  video bitrate is never filled with aggregate bandwidth. MPV clears dimensions
+  on a new file and clears individual diagnostics on unavailable-property events.
 - External players: MPV, VLC (via IPC to Electron backend)
 - Display sleep during playback: `PlaybackKeepAwakeService`
   (`apps/web/src/app/services/playback-keep-awake.service.ts`) watches every
diff --git a/apps/electron-backend-e2e/src/embedded-mpv-frame-copy-packaged-fixtures.spec.ts b/apps/electron-backend-e2e/src/embedded-mpv-frame-copy-packaged-fixtures.spec.ts
index 7e9130f5e..9dc9c7f5f 100644
--- a/apps/electron-backend-e2e/src/embedded-mpv-frame-copy-packaged-fixtures.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/electron-backend-e2e/src/embedded-mpv-frame-copy-packaged-fixtures.spec.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ import assert = require('node:assert/strict');
 import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { join, resolve } from 'node:path';
 import { describe, it } from 'node:test';
-import { isMeaningfulNativePlaybackSnapshot } from './embedded-mpv-frame-copy-packaged-fixtures';
+import {
+    createWavFixture,
+    isMeaningfulNativePlaybackSnapshot,
+} from './embedded-mpv-frame-copy-packaged-fixtures';
 import './embedded-mpv-frame-copy-packaged-filesystem.tests';
 import { resolvePackagedElectronLaunchArgs } from './electron-test-fixtures';
 import packagedPlaywrightConfig from '../playwright.packaged.config';
@@ -25,6 +28,20 @@ describe('packaged Electron launch arguments', () => {
     });
 });
 
+describe('audio-only MPV fixture', () => {
+    it('declares the full mono PCM body and sample rate', () => {
+        const wav = createWavFixture();
+        assert.equal(wav.toString('ascii', 0, 4), 'RIFF');
+        assert.equal(wav.toString('ascii', 8, 16), 'WAVEfmt ');
+        assert.equal(wav.readUInt32LE(4), wav.length - 8);
+        assert.equal(wav.readUInt16LE(20), 1);
+        assert.equal(wav.readUInt16LE(22), 1);
+        assert.equal(wav.readUInt32LE(24), 8000);
+        assert.equal(wav.readUInt32LE(40), wav.length - 44);
+        assert.equal(wav.length - 44, 8000 * 2 * 30);
+    });
+});
+
 describe('native-view playback proof', () => {
     it('requires the loaded URL, a playing or paused state, and positive duration', () => {
         const expectedUrl = 'http://127.0.0.1:3210/fixture.y4m';
diff --git a/apps/electron-backend-e2e/src/embedded-mpv-frame-copy-packaged-fixtures.ts b/apps/electron-backend-e2e/src/embedded-mpv-frame-copy-packaged-fixtures.ts
index f83f55d37..bc5da8ce9 100644
--- a/apps/electron-backend-e2e/src/embedded-mpv-frame-copy-packaged-fixtures.ts
+++ b/apps/electron-backend-e2e/src/embedded-mpv-frame-copy-packaged-fixtures.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,26 @@ function createY4mFixture(): Buffer {
     return Buffer.concat(chunks);
 }
 
+/** Silent mono PCM lets the real MPV smoke revoke audio observations. */
+export function createWavFixture(): Buffer {
+    const sampleRate = 8000;
+    const dataBytes = sampleRate * 2 * 30;
+    const body = Buffer.alloc(44 + dataBytes);
+    body.write('RIFF', 0);
+    body.writeUInt32LE(36 + dataBytes, 4);
+    body.write('WAVEfmt ', 8);
+    body.writeUInt32LE(16, 16);
+    body.writeUInt16LE(1, 20); // PCM
+    body.writeUInt16LE(1, 22); // mono
+    body.writeUInt32LE(sampleRate, 24);
+    body.writeUInt32LE(sampleRate * 2, 28);
+    body.writeUInt16LE(2, 32);
+    body.writeUInt16LE(16, 34);
+    body.write('data', 36);
+    body.writeUInt32LE(dataBytes, 40);
+    return body;
+}
+
 async function listen(server: Server): Promise<void> {
     await new Promise<void>((resolvePromise, rejectPromise) => {
         const onError = (error: Error) => {
@@ -91,9 +111,15 @@ async function closeServer(server: Server): Promise<void> {
     });
 }
 
-export async function createLocalMediaServer(): Promise<LocalMediaServer> {
-    const body = createY4mFixture();
-    const resourcePath = '/embedded-mpv-frame-copy-smoke.y4m';
+export async function createLocalMediaServer(options?: {
+    body: Buffer;
+    resourcePath: string;
+    contentType: string;
+}): Promise<LocalMediaServer> {
+    const body = options?.body ?? createY4mFixture();
+    const resourcePath =
+        options?.resourcePath ?? '/embedded-mpv-frame-copy-smoke.y4m';
+    const contentType = options?.contentType ?? 'video/x-yuv4mpeg';
     const server = createServer((request, response) => {
         const pathname = (request.url ?? '').split('?')[0];
         if (pathname !== resourcePath) {
@@ -106,7 +132,7 @@ export async function createLocalMediaServer(): Promise<LocalMediaServer> {
             response.writeHead(200, {
                 'Accept-Ranges': 'bytes',
                 'Content-Length': body.length,
-                'Content-Type': 'video/x-yuv4mpeg',
+                'Content-Type': contentType,
             });
             response.end(request.method === 'HEAD' ? undefined : body);
             return;
@@ -133,7 +159,7 @@ export async function createLocalMediaServer(): Promise<LocalMediaServer> {
             'Accept-Ranges': 'bytes',
             'Content-Length': end - start + 1,
             'Content-Range': `bytes ${start}-${end}/${body.length}`,
-            'Content-Type': 'video/x-yuv4mpeg',
+            'Content-Type': contentType,
         });
         response.end(
             request.method === 'HEAD'
diff --git a/apps/electron-backend-e2e/src/embedded-mpv-frame-copy-packaged.e2e.ts b/apps/electron-backend-e2e/src/embedded-mpv-frame-copy-packaged.e2e.ts
index 67cbabc95..c9ba81236 100644
--- a/apps/electron-backend-e2e/src/embedded-mpv-frame-copy-packaged.e2e.ts
+++ b/apps/electron-backend-e2e/src/embedded-mpv-frame-copy-packaged.e2e.ts
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@ import {
     test,
     type LaunchedElectronApp,
 } from './electron-test-fixtures';
-import { writeFileSync } from 'fs';
+import { readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs';
 import { join } from 'path';
 import {
     assertNativeFallbackPrerequisites,
     cleanupPackagedFrameCopySmoke,
     closeAndWaitForExit,
     createLocalMediaServer,
+    createWavFixture,
     getEmbeddedMpvSupport,
     getLatestSession,
     installEmbeddedMpvSessionCapture,
@@ -121,6 +122,10 @@ test.describe('Packaged Linux embedded MPV frame-copy runtime', () => {
             await installFrameCanvasAndSessionCapture(launchedFrameCopyApp);
             const created = await launchedFrameCopyApp.mainWindow.evaluate(
                 async () => {
+                    // Decode audio without requiring a sound device on CI.
+                    await window.electron.updateSettings({
+                        embeddedMpvExtraOptions: 'ao=null',
+                    });
                     return window.electron.createEmbeddedMpvSession(
                         { x: 0, y: 0, width: 320, height: 180 },
                         'Packaged frame-copy smoke',
@@ -320,6 +325,142 @@ test.describe('Packaged Linux embedded MPV frame-copy runtime', () => {
                     { timeout: 10000 }
                 )
                 .toBe('paused');
+            // These values must originate in real libmpv property observations,
+            // survive helper JSON/preload mapping, and change with the source.
+            await expect
+                .poll(
+                    async () =>
+                        (
+                            await getLatestSession(
+                                launchedFrameCopyApp,
+                                created.id
+                            )
+                        )?.stats
+                )
+                .toMatchObject({
+                    videoCodec: expect.any(String),
+                    container: expect.any(String),
+                    droppedFrames: expect.any(Number),
+                });
+            const originalStats = (await getLatestSession(
+                launchedFrameCopyApp,
+                created.id
+            ))!.stats!;
+            const alternateMedia = await createLocalMediaServer({
+                body: readFileSync(
+                    join(
+                        __dirname,
+                        '../../web-e2e/src/fixtures/playback/episode.webm'
+                    )
+                ),
+                resourcePath: '/stream-stats-switch.webm',
+                contentType: 'video/webm',
+            });
+            media = {
+                url: mediaServer.url,
+                close: async () => {
+                    await Promise.all([
+                        mediaServer.close(),
+                        alternateMedia.close(),
+                    ]);
+                },
+            };
+            const audioMedia = await createLocalMediaServer({
+                body: createWavFixture(),
+                resourcePath: '/stream-stats-audio.wav',
+                contentType: 'audio/wav',
+            });
+            const videoMedia = media;
+            media = {
+                url: videoMedia.url,
+                close: async () => {
+                    await Promise.all([videoMedia.close(), audioMedia.close()]);
+                },
+            };
+            // mpv uses its built-in demuxer name "mkv" for WebM.
+            for (const [streamUrl, videoCodec, container] of [
+                [alternateMedia.url, 'vp8', 'mkv'],
+                [
+                    mediaServer.url,
+                    originalStats.videoCodec,
+                    originalStats.container,
+                ],
+            ] as const) {
+                await launchedFrameCopyApp.mainWindow.evaluate(
+                    async ({ sessionId, streamUrl }) => {
+                        await window.electron.loadEmbeddedMpvPlayback(
+                            sessionId,
+                            {
+                                streamUrl,
+                                title: 'Stream stats source switch',
+                                isLive: false,
+                            }
+                        );
+                    },
+                    { sessionId: created.id, streamUrl }
+                );
+                await expect
+                    .poll(
+                        () =>
+                            getLatestSession(launchedFrameCopyApp, created.id),
+                        { timeout: 15000 }
+                    )
+                    .toMatchObject({
+                        streamUrl,
+                        stats: { videoCodec, container },
+                    });
+            }
+
+            // Audio-only replacements must not retain the previous video size.
+            await launchedFrameCopyApp.mainWindow.evaluate(
+                async ({ sessionId, streamUrl }) => {
+                    await window.electron.loadEmbeddedMpvPlayback(sessionId, {
+                        streamUrl,
+                        title: 'Audio-only statistics',
+                        isLive: false,
+                    });
+                },
+                { sessionId: created.id, streamUrl: audioMedia.url }
+            );
+            await expect
+                .poll(
+                    () => getLatestSession(launchedFrameCopyApp, created.id),
+                    { timeout: 15000 }
+                )
+                .toMatchObject({
+                    streamUrl: audioMedia.url,
+                    videoWidth: 0,
+                    videoHeight: 0,
+                    stats: {
+                        audioCodec: 'pcm_s16le',
+                        audioChannels: expect.any(String),
+                        audioSampleRateHz: 8000,
+                    },
+                });
+            // Revoking the only audio track emits MPV_FORMAT_NONE without a
+            // START_FILE reset. Previously these values stayed cached forever.
+            await launchedFrameCopyApp.mainWindow.evaluate(
+                async (sessionId) => {
+                    await window.electron.setEmbeddedMpvAudioTrack(
+                        sessionId,
+                        -1
+                    );
+                },
+                created.id
+            );
+            await expect
+                .poll(async () => {
+                    const stats = (
+                        await getLatestSession(launchedFrameCopyApp, created.id)
+                    )?.stats;
+                    return {
+                        codec: stats?.audioCodec ?? null,
+                        channels: stats?.audioChannels ?? null,
+                        sampleRate: stats?.audioSampleRateHz ?? null,
+                    };
+                })
+                .toEqual({ codec: null, channels: null, sampleRate: null });
+
             await launchedFrameCopyApp.mainWindow.evaluate(
                 async (sessionId) => {
                     window.electron.detachEmbeddedMpvFrameView?.();
diff --git a/apps/electron-backend-e2e/src/stream-info.e2e.ts b/apps/electron-backend-e2e/src/stream-info.e2e.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eac450cbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/electron-backend-e2e/src/stream-info.e2e.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+import { readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
+import {
+    channelItemByTitle,
+    closeElectronApp,
+    expect,
+    goToDashboard,
+    importM3uPlaylistFromNativeDialog,
+    launchElectronApp,
+    test,
+} from './electron-test-fixtures';
+import { expectOverlayContrastOnWhite } from './theme-contrast';
+
+const streamHost = 'https://stream-info-fixture.test';
+const media = readFileSync(
+    join(__dirname, '../../web-e2e/src/fixtures/playback/episode.webm')
+);
+const playlist = [
+    '#EXTM3U',
+    '#EXTINF:-1 tvg-id="info-one" group-title="News",Positive News TV',
+    `${streamHost}/one.webm`,
+].join('\n');
+
+/**
+ * The popover's numbers come from the live `<video>` element, so this is the
+ * one check that cannot be made in a unit test: a real playing stream must
+ * produce real rows.
+ */
+test('@playback @electron stream info popover reports the playing stream', async ({
+    dataDir,
+}) => {
+    // A fresh profile already defaults to Video.js with shared controls on.
+    const app = await launchElectronApp(dataDir);
+    const page = app.mainWindow;
+    try {
+        const playlistPath = join(dataDir, 'stream-info.m3u');
+        writeFileSync(playlistPath, playlist);
+        await page.route(`${streamHost}/**`, (route) =>
+            route.fulfill({
+                status: 200,
+                contentType: 'video/webm',
+                body: media,
+            })
+        );
+        await goToDashboard(page);
+        await importM3uPlaylistFromNativeDialog(app, playlistPath);
+        await page.waitForURL(/\/workspace\/playlists\/.+/);
+        await channelItemByTitle(page, 'Positive News TV').first().click();
+
+        const video = page.locator('app-web-player-view video');
+        await expect(video).toHaveCount(1);
+        await expect
+            .poll(() =>
+                video.evaluate(
+                    (element: HTMLVideoElement) =>
+                        element.readyState >= HTMLMediaElement.HAVE_CURRENT_DATA
+                )
+            )
+            .toBe(true);
+
+        const controls = page.locator('app-player-controls');
+        const infoButton = controls.getByTestId(
+            'player-controls-stream-info-button'
+        );
+        await expect(infoButton).toBeVisible();
+
+        // The icon sits over live video, so it is only readable because of the
+        // top scrim. Assert that against a white backing — the worst case the
+        // scrim exists for, and something no unit test can see (the SCSS is
+        // not loaded there).
+        const scrim = controls.getByTestId('player-controls-top-scrim');
+        await expect(scrim).toHaveCount(1);
+        expect(
+            await scrim.evaluate(
+                (element) => getComputedStyle(element).backgroundImage
+            )
+        ).toContain('gradient');
+        await infoButton.hover();
+        await expectOverlayContrastOnWhite(controls, infoButton);
+
+        await infoButton.click();
+        const panel = controls.getByTestId('player-controls-stream-info-panel');
+        await expect(panel).toBeVisible();
+
+        // The element knows its own size as soon as it has data, so the
+        // resolution row is the one that must always be there.
+        const rows = panel.locator('.player-controls__stats-row');
+        await expect.poll(() => rows.first().innerText()).toMatch(/\d+ × \d+/);
+
+        // Closing must dismiss the panel (and with it the sampling loop).
+        await infoButton.click();
+        await expect(panel).toHaveCount(0);
+    } finally {
+        await closeElectronApp(app);
+    }
+});
diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/native/helper/mpv_frame_helper.cpp b/apps/electron-backend/native/helper/mpv_frame_helper.cpp
index 2eebca748..e7fab3032 100644
--- a/apps/electron-backend/native/helper/mpv_frame_helper.cpp
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/native/helper/mpv_frame_helper.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,57 @@ struct SnapshotState {
     double volume = 1;           /* 0..1 */
     int64_t videoWidth = 0;      /* mpv dwidth/dheight; 0 = unknown */
     int64_t videoHeight = 0;
+    /* Stream diagnostics for the player's info popover. Sentinels mean
+     * "mpv has not answered yet" so a row is omitted rather than shown as 0. */
+    double fps = 0;                 /* estimated-vf-fps; <=0 = unknown */
+    double videoBitrate = 0;        /* bits/s; <=0 = unknown */
+    double audioBitrate = 0;
+    std::string videoCodec;         /* video-format, e.g. "h264" */
+    std::string audioCodec;         /* audio-codec-name, e.g. "aac" */
+    std::string audioChannels;      /* audio-params/channels, e.g. "5.1" */
+    int64_t audioSampleRate = 0;    /* audio-params/samplerate; 0 unknown */
+    std::string container;          /* file-format, e.g. "mpegts" */
+    double cacheDuration = -1;      /* demuxer-cache-duration; <0 = unknown */
+    int64_t droppedFrames = -1;     /* frame-drop-count; <0 = unknown */
+    int64_t decoderDroppedFrames = -1;
+
+    // MPV_FORMAT_NONE revokes just this observation, not unrelated values.
+    bool clearUnavailableStreamProperty(const std::string& name) {
+        if (name == "estimated-vf-fps") { fps = 0; }
+        else if (name == "video-bitrate") { videoBitrate = 0; }
+        else if (name == "audio-bitrate") { audioBitrate = 0; }
+        else if (name == "video-format") { videoCodec.clear(); }
+        else if (name == "audio-codec-name") { audioCodec.clear(); }
+        else if (name == "audio-params/channels") { audioChannels.clear(); }
+        else if (name == "audio-params/samplerate") { audioSampleRate = 0; }
+        else if (name == "file-format") { container.clear(); }
+        else if (name == "demuxer-cache-duration") { cacheDuration = -1; }
+        else if (name == "frame-drop-count") { droppedFrames = -1; }
+        else if (name == "decoder-frame-drop-count") { decoderDroppedFrames = -1; }
+        else if (name == "dwidth") { videoWidth = 0; }
+        else if (name == "dheight") { videoHeight = 0; }
+        else { return false; }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /* Every new file starts from "nothing reported yet": the popover must
+     * never show the previous stream's codec or bitrate. Kept next to the
+     * fields so adding one cannot forget the reset. */
+    void clearStreamStats() {
+        videoWidth = 0;
+        videoHeight = 0;
+        fps = 0;
+        videoBitrate = 0;
+        audioBitrate = 0;
+        videoCodec.clear();
+        audioCodec.clear();
+        audioChannels.clear();
+        audioSampleRate = 0;
+        container.clear();
+        cacheDuration = -1;
+        droppedFrames = -1;
+        decoderDroppedFrames = -1;
+    }
     std::string streamUrl;
     std::vector<TrackInfo> audioTracks;
     int64_t selectedAudioTrackId = -1;
@@ -135,6 +186,50 @@ std::string tracksJson(const std::vector<TrackInfo>& tracks,
     return out;
 }
 
+/* Compose the `stats` object of the snapshot event. Always emitted, even when
+ * empty: the adapter merges snapshot events field by field, so an omitted key
+ * would leave the previous stream's numbers in place across a channel switch.
+ * Caller holds g_state.mutex. */
+std::string composeStatsJsonLocked() {
+    const SnapshotState& s = g_state.snapshot;
+    JsonWriter stats;
+    if (s.fps > 0) {
+        stats.num("fps", s.fps);
+    }
+    if (s.videoBitrate > 0) {
+        stats.num("videoBitrateBps", s.videoBitrate);
+    }
+    if (s.audioBitrate > 0) {
+        stats.num("audioBitrateBps", s.audioBitrate);
+    }
+    if (!s.videoCodec.empty()) {
+        stats.str("videoCodec", s.videoCodec);
+    }
+    if (!s.audioCodec.empty()) {
+        stats.str("audioCodec", s.audioCodec);
+    }
+    if (!s.audioChannels.empty()) {
+        stats.str("audioChannels", s.audioChannels);
+    }
+    if (s.audioSampleRate > 0) {
+        stats.num("audioSampleRateHz", (double)s.audioSampleRate);
+    }
+    if (!s.container.empty()) {
+        stats.str("container", s.container);
+    }
+    if (s.cacheDuration >= 0) {
+        stats.num("bufferedAheadSeconds", s.cacheDuration);
+    }
+    if (s.droppedFrames >= 0 || s.decoderDroppedFrames >= 0) {
+        /* mpv counts render-time and decoder drops separately; the popover
+         * shows the one number a viewer cares about. */
+        const int64_t dropped = std::max<int64_t>(0, s.droppedFrames) +
+                                std::max<int64_t>(0, s.decoderDroppedFrames);
+        stats.num("droppedFrames", (double)dropped);
+    }
+    return stats.finish();
+}
+
 /* Compose the snapshot event. Caller holds g_state.mutex. */
 std::string composeSnapshotLocked() {
     const SnapshotState& s = g_state.snapshot;
@@ -142,10 +237,9 @@ std::string composeSnapshotLocked() {
     writer.str("event", "snapshot");
     writer.str("status", s.status);
     writer.num("positionSeconds", std::max(0.0, s.positionSeconds));
-    if (s.videoWidth > 0 && s.videoHeight > 0) {
-        writer.num("videoWidth", (double)s.videoWidth);
-        writer.num("videoHeight", (double)s.videoHeight);
-    }
+    // Snapshots merge in main; publish zero so an old size cannot survive.
+    writer.num("videoWidth", (double)s.videoWidth);
+    writer.num("videoHeight", (double)s.videoHeight);
     if (s.durationSeconds >= 0) {
         writer.num("durationSeconds", s.durationSeconds);
     } else {
@@ -169,6 +263,7 @@ std::string composeSnapshotLocked() {
     }
     writer.num("playbackSpeed", s.playbackSpeed);
     writer.str("aspectOverride", s.aspectOverride);
+    writer.raw("stats", composeStatsJsonLocked());
     JsonWriter recording;
     recording.boolean("active", s.recordingActive);
     if (!s.recordingTargetPath.empty())
@@ -302,6 +397,16 @@ void handlePropertyChange(const mpv_event_property& property) {
     const std::string name = property.name ? property.name : "";
     SnapshotState& s = g_state.snapshot;
 
+    if (property.format == MPV_FORMAT_NONE) {
+        if (s.clearUnavailableStreamProperty(name)) {
+            if (name == "dwidth" || name == "dheight") {
+                applyRenderSizeLocked();
+            }
+            markDirtyLocked();
+        }
+        return;
+    }
+
     if (name == "time-pos" && property.format == MPV_FORMAT_DOUBLE &&
         property.data) {
         s.positionSeconds = *static_cast<double*>(property.data);
@@ -360,6 +465,41 @@ void handlePropertyChange(const mpv_event_property& property) {
             s.videoHeight = value;
         }
         applyRenderSizeLocked();
+    } else if (name == "estimated-vf-fps" &&
+               property.format == MPV_FORMAT_DOUBLE && property.data) {
+        s.fps = *static_cast<double*>(property.data);
+    } else if (name == "video-bitrate" &&
+               property.format == MPV_FORMAT_DOUBLE && property.data) {
+        s.videoBitrate = *static_cast<double*>(property.data);
+    } else if (name == "audio-bitrate" &&
+               property.format == MPV_FORMAT_DOUBLE && property.data) {
+        s.audioBitrate = *static_cast<double*>(property.data);
+    } else if (name == "demuxer-cache-duration" &&
+               property.format == MPV_FORMAT_DOUBLE && property.data) {
+        s.cacheDuration = *static_cast<double*>(property.data);
+    } else if (name == "audio-params/samplerate" &&
+               property.format == MPV_FORMAT_INT64 && property.data) {
+        s.audioSampleRate = *static_cast<int64_t*>(property.data);
+    } else if (name == "frame-drop-count" &&
+               property.format == MPV_FORMAT_INT64 && property.data) {
+        s.droppedFrames = *static_cast<int64_t*>(property.data);
+    } else if (name == "decoder-frame-drop-count" &&
+               property.format == MPV_FORMAT_INT64 && property.data) {
+        s.decoderDroppedFrames = *static_cast<int64_t*>(property.data);
+    } else if ((name == "video-format" || name == "audio-codec-name" ||
+                name == "audio-params/channels" || name == "file-format") &&
+               property.format == MPV_FORMAT_STRING && property.data) {
+        const char* value = *static_cast<char**>(property.data);
+        const std::string text = value ? value : "";
+        if (name == "video-format") {
+            s.videoCodec = text;
+        } else if (name == "audio-codec-name") {
+            s.audioCodec = text;
+        } else if (name == "audio-params/channels") {
+            s.audioChannels = text;
+        } else if (name == "file-format") {
+            s.container = text;
+        }
     } else if (name == "video-aspect-override" &&
                property.format == MPV_FORMAT_STRING && property.data) {
         const char* value = *static_cast<char**>(property.data);
@@ -390,6 +530,7 @@ void runMpvEventLoop() {
                     s.status = "loading";
                     s.error.clear();
                     s.engineError = false;
+                    s.clearStreamStats();
                     s.audioTracks.clear();
                     s.selectedAudioTrackId = -1;
                     s.subtitleTracks.clear();
@@ -921,6 +1062,26 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     mpv_observe_property(g_state.mpv, 11, "eof-reached", MPV_FORMAT_FLAG);
     mpv_observe_property(g_state.mpv, 12, "dwidth", MPV_FORMAT_INT64);
     mpv_observe_property(g_state.mpv, 13, "dheight", MPV_FORMAT_INT64);
+    /* Stream diagnostics behind the player's info popover. They change often,
+     * but the snapshot emit stays throttled, so this adds no event traffic. */
+    mpv_observe_property(g_state.mpv, 14, "estimated-vf-fps",
+                         MPV_FORMAT_DOUBLE);
+    mpv_observe_property(g_state.mpv, 15, "video-bitrate", MPV_FORMAT_DOUBLE);
+    mpv_observe_property(g_state.mpv, 16, "audio-bitrate", MPV_FORMAT_DOUBLE);
+    mpv_observe_property(g_state.mpv, 17, "video-format", MPV_FORMAT_STRING);
+    mpv_observe_property(g_state.mpv, 18, "audio-codec-name",
+                         MPV_FORMAT_STRING);
+    mpv_observe_property(g_state.mpv, 19, "file-format", MPV_FORMAT_STRING);
+    mpv_observe_property(g_state.mpv, 20, "demuxer-cache-duration",
+                         MPV_FORMAT_DOUBLE);
+    mpv_observe_property(g_state.mpv, 21, "frame-drop-count",
+                         MPV_FORMAT_INT64);
+    mpv_observe_property(g_state.mpv, 22, "decoder-frame-drop-count",
+                         MPV_FORMAT_INT64);
+    mpv_observe_property(g_state.mpv, 23, "audio-params/channels",
+                         MPV_FORMAT_STRING);
+    mpv_observe_property(g_state.mpv, 24, "audio-params/samplerate",
+                         MPV_FORMAT_INT64);
 
     g_state.pipeline.onGenerationChanged = [](const std::string& name,
                                               int width, int height,
diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/native/src/embedded_mpv.mm b/apps/electron-backend/native/src/embedded_mpv.mm
index c5b6f0aab..b0d3ee4de 100644
--- a/apps/electron-backend/native/src/embedded_mpv.mm
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/native/src/embedded_mpv.mm
@@ -110,6 +110,55 @@ struct SessionSnapshot {
     int64_t selectedSubtitleTrackId = -1;
     double playbackSpeed = 1.0;
     std::string aspectOverride = "no";
+    // Stream diagnostics for the player's info popover. Sentinels mean "mpv
+    // has not answered yet", so an unknown value omits its row instead of
+    // reporting a zero.
+    double fps = 0.0;                  // estimated-vf-fps; <=0 = unknown
+    double videoBitrate = 0.0;         // bits/s; <=0 = unknown
+    double audioBitrate = 0.0;
+    std::string videoCodec;            // video-format, e.g. "h264"
+    std::string audioCodec;            // audio-codec-name, e.g. "aac"
+    std::string audioChannels;         // audio-params/channels, e.g. "5.1"
+    int64_t audioSampleRate = 0;       // audio-params/samplerate; 0 unknown
+    std::string container;             // file-format, e.g. "mpegts"
+    double cacheDuration = -1.0;       // demuxer-cache-duration; <0 = unknown
+    int64_t droppedFrames = -1;        // frame-drop-count; <0 = unknown
+    int64_t decoderDroppedFrames = -1;
+
+    // MPV_FORMAT_NONE revokes just this observation, not unrelated values.
+    bool clearUnavailableStreamProperty(const std::string& name) {
+        if (name == "estimated-vf-fps") { fps = 0; }
+        else if (name == "video-bitrate") { videoBitrate = 0; }
+        else if (name == "audio-bitrate") { audioBitrate = 0; }
+        else if (name == "video-format") { videoCodec.clear(); }
+        else if (name == "audio-codec-name") { audioCodec.clear(); }
+        else if (name == "audio-params/channels") { audioChannels.clear(); }
+        else if (name == "audio-params/samplerate") { audioSampleRate = 0; }
+        else if (name == "file-format") { container.clear(); }
+        else if (name == "demuxer-cache-duration") { cacheDuration = -1; }
+        else if (name == "frame-drop-count") { droppedFrames = -1; }
+        else if (name == "decoder-frame-drop-count") { decoderDroppedFrames = -1; }
+        else { return false; }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    // Every new file starts from "nothing reported yet": the popover must
+    // never show the previous stream's codec or bitrate. Kept next to the
+    // fields so adding one cannot forget the reset.
+    void clearStreamStats()
+    {
+        fps = 0.0;
+        videoBitrate = 0.0;
+        audioBitrate = 0.0;
+        videoCodec.clear();
+        audioCodec.clear();
+        audioChannels.clear();
+        audioSampleRate = 0;
+        container.clear();
+        cacheDuration = -1.0;
+        droppedFrames = -1;
+        decoderDroppedFrames = -1;
+    }
     bool recordingActive = false;
     std::string recordingTargetPath;
     std::string recordingStartedAt;
@@ -1174,6 +1223,7 @@ void runEventLoop(const std::shared_ptr<Session>& session)
                 session->snapshot.status = SessionStatus::Loading;
                 session->snapshot.error.clear();
                 session->snapshot.engineError = false;
+                session->snapshot.clearStreamStats();
                 session->snapshot.audioTracks.clear();
                 session->snapshot.selectedAudioTrackId = -1;
                 session->snapshot.subtitleTracks.clear();
@@ -1222,6 +1272,11 @@ void runEventLoop(const std::shared_ptr<Session>& session)
 
                 const std::string propertyName = property->name;
 
+                if (property->format == MPV_FORMAT_NONE) {
+                    session->snapshot.clearUnavailableStreamProperty(propertyName);
+                    break;
+                }
+
                 if (propertyName == "time-pos" &&
                     property->format == MPV_FORMAT_DOUBLE &&
                     property->data) {
@@ -1347,6 +1402,67 @@ void runEventLoop(const std::shared_ptr<Session>& session)
                     break;
                 }
 
+                if (property->format == MPV_FORMAT_DOUBLE && property->data) {
+                    const double value = *static_cast<double*>(property->data);
+                    if (propertyName == "estimated-vf-fps") {
+                        session->snapshot.fps = value;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    if (propertyName == "video-bitrate") {
+                        session->snapshot.videoBitrate = value;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    if (propertyName == "audio-bitrate") {
+                        session->snapshot.audioBitrate = value;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    if (propertyName == "demuxer-cache-duration") {
+                        session->snapshot.cacheDuration = value;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (property->format == MPV_FORMAT_INT64 && property->data) {
+                    const int64_t value =
+                        *static_cast<int64_t*>(property->data);
+                    if (propertyName == "frame-drop-count") {
+                        session->snapshot.droppedFrames = value;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    if (propertyName == "decoder-frame-drop-count") {
+                        session->snapshot.decoderDroppedFrames = value;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    if (propertyName == "audio-params/samplerate") {
+                        session->snapshot.audioSampleRate = value;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (property->format == MPV_FORMAT_STRING && property->data) {
+                    // MPV_FORMAT_STRING hands over a char**.
+                    const char* const* textValue =
+                        static_cast<char**>(property->data);
+                    const std::string text =
+                        (textValue && *textValue) ? *textValue : "";
+                    if (propertyName == "video-format") {
+                        session->snapshot.videoCodec = text;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    if (propertyName == "audio-codec-name") {
+                        session->snapshot.audioCodec = text;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    if (propertyName == "audio-params/channels") {
+                        session->snapshot.audioChannels = text;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    if (propertyName == "file-format") {
+                        session->snapshot.container = text;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+
                 break;
             }
             case MPV_EVENT_LOG_MESSAGE: {
@@ -1809,6 +1925,74 @@ Napi::Value CreateSession(const Napi::CallbackInfo& info)
         MPV_FORMAT_STRING
     );
     mpv_observe_property(session->handle, 11, "eof-reached", MPV_FORMAT_FLAG);
+    // Stream diagnostics behind the player's info popover. The renderer pulls
+    // snapshots on its own cadence, so observing these adds no IPC traffic.
+    mpv_observe_property(
+        session->handle,
+        12,
+        "estimated-vf-fps",
+        MPV_FORMAT_DOUBLE
+    );
+    mpv_observe_property(
+        session->handle,
+        13,
+        "video-bitrate",
+        MPV_FORMAT_DOUBLE
+    );
+    mpv_observe_property(
+        session->handle,
+        14,
+        "audio-bitrate",
+        MPV_FORMAT_DOUBLE
+    );
+    mpv_observe_property(
+        session->handle,
+        15,
+        "video-format",
+        MPV_FORMAT_STRING
+    );
+    mpv_observe_property(
+        session->handle,
+        16,
+        "audio-codec-name",
+        MPV_FORMAT_STRING
+    );
+    mpv_observe_property(
+        session->handle,
+        17,
+        "file-format",
+        MPV_FORMAT_STRING
+    );
+    mpv_observe_property(
+        session->handle,
+        18,
+        "demuxer-cache-duration",
+        MPV_FORMAT_DOUBLE
+    );
+    mpv_observe_property(
+        session->handle,
+        19,
+        "frame-drop-count",
+        MPV_FORMAT_INT64
+    );
+    mpv_observe_property(
+        session->handle,
+        20,
+        "decoder-frame-drop-count",
+        MPV_FORMAT_INT64
+    );
+    mpv_observe_property(
+        session->handle,
+        21,
+        "audio-params/channels",
+        MPV_FORMAT_STRING
+    );
+    mpv_observe_property(
+        session->handle,
+        22,
+        "audio-params/samplerate",
+        MPV_FORMAT_INT64
+    );
 
     session->running.store(true);
     session->eventThread = std::thread(runEventLoop, session);
@@ -2453,6 +2637,86 @@ Napi::Value StopRecording(const Napi::CallbackInfo& info)
     return env.Undefined();
 }
 
+/** Serializes the optional `stats` object; omits it when nothing is known. */
+void writeStreamStats(
+    Napi::Env env,
+    Napi::Object result,
+    const SessionSnapshot& snapshot
+)
+{
+    auto stats = Napi::Object::New(env);
+    bool hasStats = false;
+    if (snapshot.fps > 0.0) {
+        stats.Set("fps", Napi::Number::New(env, snapshot.fps));
+        hasStats = true;
+    }
+    if (snapshot.videoBitrate > 0.0) {
+        stats.Set(
+            "videoBitrateBps",
+            Napi::Number::New(env, snapshot.videoBitrate)
+        );
+        hasStats = true;
+    }
+    if (snapshot.audioBitrate > 0.0) {
+        stats.Set(
+            "audioBitrateBps",
+            Napi::Number::New(env, snapshot.audioBitrate)
+        );
+        hasStats = true;
+    }
+    if (!snapshot.videoCodec.empty()) {
+        stats.Set("videoCodec", Napi::String::New(env, snapshot.videoCodec));
+        hasStats = true;
+    }
+    if (!snapshot.audioCodec.empty()) {
+        stats.Set("audioCodec", Napi::String::New(env, snapshot.audioCodec));
+        hasStats = true;
+    }
+    if (!snapshot.audioChannels.empty()) {
+        stats.Set(
+            "audioChannels",
+            Napi::String::New(env, snapshot.audioChannels)
+        );
+        hasStats = true;
+    }
+    if (snapshot.audioSampleRate > 0) {
+        stats.Set(
+            "audioSampleRateHz",
+            Napi::Number::New(
+                env,
+                static_cast<double>(snapshot.audioSampleRate)
+            )
+        );
+        hasStats = true;
+    }
+    if (!snapshot.container.empty()) {
+        stats.Set("container", Napi::String::New(env, snapshot.container));
+        hasStats = true;
+    }
+    if (snapshot.cacheDuration >= 0.0) {
+        stats.Set(
+            "bufferedAheadSeconds",
+            Napi::Number::New(env, snapshot.cacheDuration)
+        );
+        hasStats = true;
+    }
+    if (snapshot.droppedFrames >= 0 || snapshot.decoderDroppedFrames >= 0) {
+        // mpv counts render-time and decoder drops separately; the popover
+        // shows the one number a viewer cares about.
+        const int64_t dropped =
+            std::max<int64_t>(0, snapshot.droppedFrames) +
+            std::max<int64_t>(0, snapshot.decoderDroppedFrames);
+        stats.Set(
+            "droppedFrames",
+            Napi::Number::New(env, static_cast<double>(dropped))
+        );
+        hasStats = true;
+    }
+    if (hasStats) {
+        result.Set("stats", stats);
+    }
+}
+
 Napi::Value GetSessionSnapshot(const Napi::CallbackInfo& info)
 {
     Napi::Env env = info.Env();
@@ -2562,6 +2826,8 @@ Napi::Value GetSessionSnapshot(const Napi::CallbackInfo& info)
         "aspectOverride",
         Napi::String::New(env, snapshot.aspectOverride)
     );
+    writeStreamStats(env, result, snapshot);
+
     if (snapshot.recordingActive ||
         !snapshot.recordingTargetPath.empty() ||
         !snapshot.recordingError.empty()) {
diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/native/src/embedded_mpv_wid_common.h b/apps/electron-backend/native/src/embedded_mpv_wid_common.h
index 96461db21..c67c4393c 100644
--- a/apps/electron-backend/native/src/embedded_mpv_wid_common.h
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/native/src/embedded_mpv_wid_common.h
@@ -127,6 +127,54 @@ struct SessionSnapshot {
     int64_t selectedSubtitleTrackId = -1;
     double playbackSpeed = 1.0;
     std::string aspectOverride = "no";
+    /** Stream diagnostics for the player's info popover. Sentinels mean "not
+     *  reported yet", so an unknown value omits its row instead of showing 0. */
+    double fps = 0.0;                  /* estimated-vf-fps; <=0 = unknown */
+    double videoBitrate = 0.0;         /* bits/s; <=0 = unknown */
+    double audioBitrate = 0.0;
+    std::string videoCodec;            /* video-format, e.g. "h264" */
+    std::string audioCodec;            /* audio-codec-name, e.g. "aac" */
+    std::string audioChannels;         /* audio-params/channels, e.g. "5.1" */
+    int64_t audioSampleRate = 0;       /* audio-params/samplerate; 0 unknown */
+    std::string container;             /* file-format, e.g. "mpegts" */
+    double cacheDuration = -1.0;       /* demuxer-cache-duration; <0 unknown */
+    int64_t droppedFrames = -1;        /* frame-drop-count; <0 = unknown */
+    int64_t decoderDroppedFrames = -1;
+
+    // MPV_FORMAT_NONE revokes just this observation, not unrelated values.
+    bool clearUnavailableStreamProperty(const std::string& name) {
+        if (name == "estimated-vf-fps") { fps = 0; }
+        else if (name == "video-bitrate") { videoBitrate = 0; }
+        else if (name == "audio-bitrate") { audioBitrate = 0; }
+        else if (name == "video-format") { videoCodec.clear(); }
+        else if (name == "audio-codec-name") { audioCodec.clear(); }
+        else if (name == "audio-params/channels") { audioChannels.clear(); }
+        else if (name == "audio-params/samplerate") { audioSampleRate = 0; }
+        else if (name == "file-format") { container.clear(); }
+        else if (name == "demuxer-cache-duration") { cacheDuration = -1; }
+        else if (name == "frame-drop-count") { droppedFrames = -1; }
+        else if (name == "decoder-frame-drop-count") { decoderDroppedFrames = -1; }
+        else { return false; }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /** Every new file starts from "nothing reported yet": the popover must
+     *  never show the previous stream's codec or bitrate. Kept next to the
+     *  fields so adding one cannot forget the reset. */
+    void clearStreamStats()
+    {
+        fps = 0.0;
+        videoBitrate = 0.0;
+        audioBitrate = 0.0;
+        videoCodec.clear();
+        audioCodec.clear();
+        audioChannels.clear();
+        audioSampleRate = 0;
+        container.clear();
+        cacheDuration = -1.0;
+        droppedFrames = -1;
+        decoderDroppedFrames = -1;
+    }
     bool recordingActive = false;
     std::string recordingTargetPath;
     std::string recordingStartedAt;
@@ -1002,6 +1050,13 @@ void refreshLinuxMpvSnapshot(const std::shared_ptr<Session>& session)
         queryLinuxMpvInteger(socketPath, "track-list/count");
     const auto selectedAudioTrackId = queryLinuxMpvInteger(socketPath, "aid");
 
+    // No stream-stats polling here: this backend drives the out-of-process
+    // native-view engine, whose legacy dock does not mount the shared
+    // controls that own the stream-info popover, so every property would be
+    // one socket round trip on the same pass that publishes position, pause
+    // and EOF for a value nothing can render. The in-process engines get the
+    // same fields for free from `mpv_observe_property` instead.
+
     int64_t cachedTrackCount = -1;
     {
         std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(session->mutex);
@@ -1442,6 +1497,7 @@ void runEventLoop(std::shared_ptr<Session> session)
             case MPV_EVENT_START_FILE:
                 session->snapshot.status = SessionStatus::Loading;
                 session->snapshot.error.clear();
+                session->snapshot.clearStreamStats();
                 break;
             case MPV_EVENT_FILE_LOADED:
                 session->snapshot.status =
@@ -1477,10 +1533,17 @@ void runEventLoop(std::shared_ptr<Session> session)
             case MPV_EVENT_PROPERTY_CHANGE: {
                 const auto* property =
                     static_cast<mpv_event_property*>(event->data);
-                if (!property || !property->name || !property->data) {
+                if (!property || !property->name) {
                     break;
                 }
                 const std::string name(property->name);
+                if (property->format == MPV_FORMAT_NONE) {
+                    session->snapshot.clearUnavailableStreamProperty(name);
+                    break;
+                }
+                if (!property->data) {
+                    break;
+                }
                 if (name == "time-pos" && property->format == MPV_FORMAT_DOUBLE) {
                     session->snapshot.positionSeconds =
                         *static_cast<double*>(property->data);
@@ -1546,6 +1609,51 @@ void runEventLoop(std::shared_ptr<Session> session)
                         *static_cast<char**>(property->data);
                     session->snapshot.aspectOverride =
                         value && value[0] ? value : "no";
+                } else if (name == "estimated-vf-fps" &&
+                           property->format == MPV_FORMAT_DOUBLE) {
+                    session->snapshot.fps =
+                        *static_cast<double*>(property->data);
+                } else if (name == "video-bitrate" &&
+                           property->format == MPV_FORMAT_DOUBLE) {
+                    session->snapshot.videoBitrate =
+                        *static_cast<double*>(property->data);
+                } else if (name == "audio-bitrate" &&
+                           property->format == MPV_FORMAT_DOUBLE) {
+                    session->snapshot.audioBitrate =
+                        *static_cast<double*>(property->data);
+                } else if (name == "demuxer-cache-duration" &&
+                           property->format == MPV_FORMAT_DOUBLE) {
+                    session->snapshot.cacheDuration =
+                        *static_cast<double*>(property->data);
+                } else if (name == "frame-drop-count" &&
+                           property->format == MPV_FORMAT_INT64) {
+                    session->snapshot.droppedFrames =
+                        *static_cast<int64_t*>(property->data);
+                } else if (name == "decoder-frame-drop-count" &&
+                           property->format == MPV_FORMAT_INT64) {
+                    session->snapshot.decoderDroppedFrames =
+                        *static_cast<int64_t*>(property->data);
+                } else if (name == "audio-params/samplerate" &&
+                           property->format == MPV_FORMAT_INT64) {
+                    session->snapshot.audioSampleRate =
+                        *static_cast<int64_t*>(property->data);
+                } else if ((name == "video-format" ||
+                            name == "audio-codec-name" ||
+                            name == "audio-params/channels" ||
+                            name == "file-format") &&
+                           property->format == MPV_FORMAT_STRING) {
+                    const char* value =
+                        *static_cast<char**>(property->data);
+                    const std::string text = value ? value : "";
+                    if (name == "video-format") {
+                        session->snapshot.videoCodec = text;
+                    } else if (name == "audio-codec-name") {
+                        session->snapshot.audioCodec = text;
+                    } else if (name == "audio-params/channels") {
+                        session->snapshot.audioChannels = text;
+                    } else if (name == "file-format") {
+                        session->snapshot.container = text;
+                    }
                 }
                 break;
             }
@@ -1786,6 +1894,30 @@ Napi::Value CreateSession(const Napi::CallbackInfo& info)
         MPV_FORMAT_STRING
     );
     mpv_observe_property(session->handle, 11, "eof-reached", MPV_FORMAT_FLAG);
+    /* Stream diagnostics behind the player's info popover. The renderer pulls
+     * snapshots on its own cadence, so observing these adds no IPC traffic. */
+    mpv_observe_property(
+        session->handle, 12, "estimated-vf-fps", MPV_FORMAT_DOUBLE);
+    mpv_observe_property(
+        session->handle, 13, "video-bitrate", MPV_FORMAT_DOUBLE);
+    mpv_observe_property(
+        session->handle, 14, "audio-bitrate", MPV_FORMAT_DOUBLE);
+    mpv_observe_property(
+        session->handle, 15, "video-format", MPV_FORMAT_STRING);
+    mpv_observe_property(
+        session->handle, 16, "audio-codec-name", MPV_FORMAT_STRING);
+    mpv_observe_property(
+        session->handle, 17, "file-format", MPV_FORMAT_STRING);
+    mpv_observe_property(
+        session->handle, 18, "demuxer-cache-duration", MPV_FORMAT_DOUBLE);
+    mpv_observe_property(
+        session->handle, 19, "frame-drop-count", MPV_FORMAT_INT64);
+    mpv_observe_property(
+        session->handle, 20, "decoder-frame-drop-count", MPV_FORMAT_INT64);
+    mpv_observe_property(
+        session->handle, 21, "audio-params/channels", MPV_FORMAT_STRING);
+    mpv_observe_property(
+        session->handle, 22, "audio-params/samplerate", MPV_FORMAT_INT64);
 
     session->running.store(true);
     session->eventThread = std::thread(runEventLoop, session);
@@ -2375,6 +2507,77 @@ void writeTracks(
     result.Set(key, output);
 }
 
+/** Serializes the optional `stats` object; omits it when nothing is known. */
+void writeStreamStats(
+    Napi::Env env,
+    Napi::Object result,
+    const SessionSnapshot& snapshot)
+{
+    auto stats = Napi::Object::New(env);
+    bool any = false;
+    if (snapshot.fps > 0.0) {
+        stats.Set("fps", Napi::Number::New(env, snapshot.fps));
+        any = true;
+    }
+    if (snapshot.videoBitrate > 0.0) {
+        stats.Set(
+            "videoBitrateBps",
+            Napi::Number::New(env, snapshot.videoBitrate));
+        any = true;
+    }
+    if (snapshot.audioBitrate > 0.0) {
+        stats.Set(
+            "audioBitrateBps",
+            Napi::Number::New(env, snapshot.audioBitrate));
+        any = true;
+    }
+    if (!snapshot.videoCodec.empty()) {
+        stats.Set("videoCodec", Napi::String::New(env, snapshot.videoCodec));
+        any = true;
+    }
+    if (!snapshot.audioCodec.empty()) {
+        stats.Set("audioCodec", Napi::String::New(env, snapshot.audioCodec));
+        any = true;
+    }
+    if (!snapshot.audioChannels.empty()) {
+        stats.Set(
+            "audioChannels",
+            Napi::String::New(env, snapshot.audioChannels));
+        any = true;
+    }
+    if (snapshot.audioSampleRate > 0) {
+        stats.Set(
+            "audioSampleRateHz",
+            Napi::Number::New(
+                env, static_cast<double>(snapshot.audioSampleRate)));
+        any = true;
+    }
+    if (!snapshot.container.empty()) {
+        stats.Set("container", Napi::String::New(env, snapshot.container));
+        any = true;
+    }
+    if (snapshot.cacheDuration >= 0.0) {
+        stats.Set(
+            "bufferedAheadSeconds",
+            Napi::Number::New(env, snapshot.cacheDuration));
+        any = true;
+    }
+    if (snapshot.droppedFrames >= 0 || snapshot.decoderDroppedFrames >= 0) {
+        /* mpv counts render-time and decoder drops separately; the popover
+         * shows the one number a viewer cares about. */
+        const int64_t dropped =
+            std::max<int64_t>(0, snapshot.droppedFrames) +
+            std::max<int64_t>(0, snapshot.decoderDroppedFrames);
+        stats.Set(
+            "droppedFrames",
+            Napi::Number::New(env, static_cast<double>(dropped)));
+        any = true;
+    }
+    if (any) {
+        result.Set("stats", stats);
+    }
+}
+
 Napi::Value GetSessionSnapshot(const Napi::CallbackInfo& info)
 {
     Napi::Env env = info.Env();
@@ -2423,6 +2626,7 @@ Napi::Value GetSessionSnapshot(const Napi::CallbackInfo& info)
     writeTracks(env, result, "subtitleTracks", snapshot.subtitleTracks);
     result.Set("playbackSpeed", Napi::Number::New(env, snapshot.playbackSpeed));
     result.Set("aspectOverride", Napi::String::New(env, snapshot.aspectOverride));
+    writeStreamStats(env, result, snapshot);
     if (
         snapshot.recordingActive ||
         !snapshot.recordingTargetPath.empty() ||
diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/embedded-mpv-frame-copy.adapter.spec.ts b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/embedded-mpv-frame-copy.adapter.spec.ts
index 6b3d12f07..128157d3e 100644
--- a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/embedded-mpv-frame-copy.adapter.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/embedded-mpv-frame-copy.adapter.spec.ts
@@ -88,6 +88,58 @@ describe('EmbeddedMpvFrameCopyAdapter', () => {
         expect(snapshot?.streamUrl).toBe('http://stream');
     });
 
+    it('carries the helper stats object into the cached snapshot', () => {
+        const sessionId = createSession();
+        child.emitStdout({
+            event: 'snapshot',
+            status: 'playing',
+            positionSeconds: 1,
+            durationSeconds: null,
+            volume: 1,
+            streamUrl: 'http://stream',
+            stats: {
+                fps: 25,
+                videoBitrateBps: 3_500_000,
+                videoCodec: 'h264',
+                container: 'mpegts',
+                bufferedAheadSeconds: 4.5,
+                droppedFrames: 1,
+            },
+        });
+
+        expect(adapter.getSessionSnapshot(sessionId)?.stats).toEqual({
+            fps: 25,
+            videoBitrateBps: 3_500_000,
+            videoCodec: 'h264',
+            container: 'mpegts',
+            bufferedAheadSeconds: 4.5,
+            droppedFrames: 1,
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('replaces stats wholesale so a new stream drops the previous numbers', () => {
+        const sessionId = createSession();
+        child.emitStdout({
+            event: 'snapshot',
+            status: 'playing',
+            positionSeconds: 1,
+            streamUrl: 'http://stream-one',
+            stats: { videoCodec: 'h264', fps: 25 },
+        });
+        // The helper emits `stats` on every snapshot, empty included: the
+        // adapter merges field by field, so an omitted key would keep the
+        // previous channel's codec on screen after a switch.
+        child.emitStdout({
+            event: 'snapshot',
+            status: 'loading',
+            positionSeconds: 0,
+            streamUrl: 'http://stream-two',
+            stats: {},
+        });
+
+        expect(adapter.getSessionSnapshot(sessionId)?.stats).toEqual({});
+    });
+
     it('publishes shm generations through onFrameSourceChanged', () => {
         const sessionId = createSession();
         child.emitStdout({
diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/embedded-mpv-native-source.spec.ts b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/embedded-mpv-native-source.spec.ts
index cc34104c7..16cff9157 100644
--- a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/embedded-mpv-native-source.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/embedded-mpv-native-source.spec.ts
@@ -16,12 +16,8 @@ describe('Embedded MPV native source recording invariants', () => {
     const widCommonSource = readSource(
         '../../../native/src/embedded_mpv_wid_common.h'
     );
-    const win32Source = readSource(
-        '../../../native/src/embedded_mpv_win32.cc'
-    );
-    const linuxSource = readSource(
-        '../../../native/src/embedded_mpv_linux.cc'
-    );
+    const win32Source = readSource('../../../native/src/embedded_mpv_win32.cc');
+    const linuxSource = readSource('../../../native/src/embedded_mpv_linux.cc');
     const buildScriptSource = readSource('../../../build-embedded-mpv.js');
     const buildAndMakeWorkflowSource = readSource(
         '../../../../../.github/workflows/build-and-make.yaml'
@@ -184,6 +180,153 @@ describe('Embedded MPV native source recording invariants', () => {
         }
     });
 
+    it('observes the stream-stats properties on every embedded engine', () => {
+        // The info popover renders whatever the engine reports, so a backend
+        // that stops observing one of these silently loses a row. Source-text
+        // assertions are the only guard the C++ has in CI.
+        const observedProperties = [
+            'estimated-vf-fps',
+            'video-bitrate',
+            'audio-bitrate',
+            'video-format',
+            'audio-codec-name',
+            'file-format',
+            'demuxer-cache-duration',
+            'frame-drop-count',
+            'decoder-frame-drop-count',
+            'audio-params/channels',
+            'audio-params/samplerate',
+        ];
+
+        for (const property of observedProperties) {
+            expect(nativeSource).toContain(`"${property}"`);
+            expect(widCommonSource).toContain(`"${property}"`);
+            expect(frameHelperSource).toContain(`"${property}"`);
+        }
+
+        // Observing is push-based and free, which is the only reason the
+        // native-view backends carry these fields at all: their legacy dock
+        // cannot render them. The Linux backend has no observe mechanism —
+        // it would have to poll each property over the JSON IPC socket on
+        // the same pass that publishes position, pause and EOF — so it must
+        // not collect them at all.
+        for (const property of observedProperties) {
+            expect(widCommonSource).not.toContain(`socketPath, "${property}"`);
+        }
+    });
+
+    it('serializes stream stats as an optional snapshot object', () => {
+        // An absent value must omit its key: the renderer treats a missing
+        // field as "unknown" and a zero as a real measurement.
+        // Both native-view backends serialize through the same named helper
+        // so the two can be read side by side while porting.
+        for (const source of [nativeSource, widCommonSource]) {
+            expect(source).toContain('void writeStreamStats(');
+            expect(source).toContain('result.Set("stats", stats);');
+            expect(source).toContain(
+                'writeStreamStats(env, result, snapshot);'
+            );
+        }
+        expect(frameHelperSource).toContain('composeStatsJsonLocked');
+        // Unconditional on the frame-copy path: its snapshots are merged, so
+        // an omitted key would keep the previous stream's numbers.
+        expect(frameHelperSource).toContain(
+            'writer.raw("stats", composeStatsJsonLocked());'
+        );
+    });
+
+    it('clears stream stats when a new file starts so rows never go stale', () => {
+        // One reset per backend that collects stats, invoked wherever a new
+        // file begins. The wid backend has a single call site: its Linux half
+        // polls nothing, so there is nothing there to go stale.
+        for (const source of [
+            nativeSource,
+            widCommonSource,
+            frameHelperSource,
+        ]) {
+            expect(source).toContain('void clearStreamStats()');
+        }
+        expect(nativeSource).toContain('session->snapshot.clearStreamStats();');
+        expect(
+            widCommonSource.match(/snapshot\.clearStreamStats\(\);/g)
+        ).toHaveLength(1);
+        expect(frameHelperSource).toContain('s.clearStreamStats();');
+    });
+
+    it('clears frame-copy dimensions and publishes the reset through merged snapshots', () => {
+        const reset = sourceFunctionBody(
+            frameHelperSource,
+            'void clearStreamStats()',
+            'reset'
+        );
+        expect(reset).toContain('videoWidth = 0;');
+        expect(reset).toContain('videoHeight = 0;');
+        const snapshot = sourceFunctionBody(
+            frameHelperSource,
+            'std::string composeSnapshotLocked()',
+            'snapshot'
+        );
+        expect(snapshot).toContain(
+            'writer.num("videoWidth", (double)s.videoWidth);'
+        );
+        expect(snapshot).toContain(
+            'writer.num("videoHeight", (double)s.videoHeight);'
+        );
+        expect(snapshot).not.toContain('if (s.videoWidth > 0');
+    });
+
+    it('restores unknown sentinels when observed diagnostics become unavailable', () => {
+        const fields = [
+            ['estimated-vf-fps', 'fps = 0'],
+            ['video-bitrate', 'videoBitrate = 0'],
+            ['audio-bitrate', 'audioBitrate = 0'],
+            ['video-format', 'videoCodec.clear()'],
+            ['audio-codec-name', 'audioCodec.clear()'],
+            ['audio-params/channels', 'audioChannels.clear()'],
+            ['audio-params/samplerate', 'audioSampleRate = 0'],
+            ['file-format', 'container.clear()'],
+            ['demuxer-cache-duration', 'cacheDuration = -1'],
+            ['frame-drop-count', 'droppedFrames = -1'],
+            ['decoder-frame-drop-count', 'decoderDroppedFrames = -1'],
+        ];
+        for (const source of [
+            nativeSource,
+            widCommonSource,
+            frameHelperSource,
+        ]) {
+            const reset = sourceFunctionBody(
+                source,
+                'bool clearUnavailableStreamProperty(',
+                'unavailable property'
+            );
+            for (const [property, assignment] of fields) {
+                expect(reset).toContain(
+                    `name == "${property}") { ${assignment}; }`
+                );
+            }
+            const event = source.indexOf('MPV_EVENT_PROPERTY_CHANGE');
+            const handler =
+                source === frameHelperSource
+                    ? sourceFunctionBody(
+                          source,
+                          'void handlePropertyChange(',
+                          'property handler'
+                      )
+                    : source.slice(
+                          event,
+                          source.indexOf('case MPV_EVENT_', event + 5)
+                      );
+            expect(handler).toContain('MPV_FORMAT_NONE');
+            expect(handler).toContain('clearUnavailableStreamProperty(');
+            const dataGuard = handler.indexOf('!property->data');
+            if (dataGuard >= 0) {
+                expect(handler.indexOf('MPV_FORMAT_NONE')).toBeLessThan(
+                    dataGuard
+                );
+            }
+        }
+    });
+
     it('maps keep-open eof-reached property changes to an ended session status', () => {
         expect(nativeSource).toContain(
             'mpv_observe_property(session->handle, 11, "eof-reached", MPV_FORMAT_FLAG);'
diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/embedded-mpv-native.service.spec.ts b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/embedded-mpv-native.service.spec.ts
index 386246dbd..c4b43007d 100644
--- a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/embedded-mpv-native.service.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/embedded-mpv-native.service.spec.ts
@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ interface MockSnapshot {
     streamUrl: string;
     audioTracks?: never[];
     selectedAudioTrackId?: number | null;
+    stats?: {
+        fps?: number;
+        videoBitrateBps?: number;
+        videoCodec?: string;
+        droppedFrames?: number;
+    };
     recording?: {
         active: boolean;
         targetPath?: string;
@@ -553,6 +559,38 @@ describe('EmbeddedMpvNativeService power blocker', () => {
         });
     });
 
+    it('passes engine stream stats through to the renderer session', () => {
+        startSession('s1', snapshot('playing'));
+        addon.getSessionSnapshot.mockReturnValue(
+            snapshot('playing', {
+                stats: {
+                    fps: 50,
+                    videoBitrateBps: 6_000_000,
+                    videoCodec: 'h264',
+                    droppedFrames: 0,
+                },
+            })
+        );
+
+        expect(service.setVolume('s1', 1)?.stats).toEqual({
+            fps: 50,
+            videoBitrateBps: 6_000_000,
+            videoCodec: 'h264',
+            droppedFrames: 0,
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('omits the stats key entirely when the engine reports none', () => {
+        // An empty object would make the renderer render an empty popover
+        // instead of hiding the info button.
+        startSession('s1', snapshot('playing'));
+        addon.getSessionSnapshot.mockReturnValue(
+            snapshot('playing', { stats: {} })
+        );
+
+        expect(service.setVolume('s1', 1)).not.toHaveProperty('stats');
+    });
+
     it('seekBy forwards the delta to the addon as a relative seek and refreshes the snapshot', () => {
         startSession('s1', snapshot('playing', { positionSeconds: 10 }));
         addon.getSessionSnapshot.mockReturnValue(
diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/embedded-mpv-native.service.ts b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/embedded-mpv-native.service.ts
index 4f39ba1a2..b53e3be7d 100644
--- a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/embedded-mpv-native.service.ts
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/embedded-mpv-native.service.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
     EmbeddedMpvRecordingState,
     EmbeddedMpvSession,
     EmbeddedMpvSessionStatus,
+    EmbeddedMpvStreamStats,
     EmbeddedMpvSubtitleStyle,
     EmbeddedMpvSubtitleTrack,
     EmbeddedMpvEngine,
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ export interface NativeEmbeddedMpvSessionSnapshot {
     aspectOverride?: string;
     videoWidth?: number;
     videoHeight?: number;
+    stats?: EmbeddedMpvStreamStats;
     recording?: EmbeddedMpvRecordingState;
     error?: string;
     /**
@@ -1250,6 +1252,9 @@ export class EmbeddedMpvNativeService {
                       videoHeight: snapshot.videoHeight,
                   }
                 : {}),
+            ...(snapshot.stats && Object.keys(snapshot.stats).length > 0
+                ? { stats: snapshot.stats }
+                : {}),
             recording: snapshot.recording ?? { active: false },
             startedAt: session.startedAt,
             updatedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
diff --git a/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/ar.json b/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/ar.json
index 9c1f7d943..ffbbdef41 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/ar.json
+++ b/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/ar.json
@@ -595,7 +595,20 @@
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_DEFAULT": "افتراضي",
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_WHITE": "أبيض",
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_YELLOW": "أصفر",
-            "SUBTITLE_COLOR_CYAN": "سماوي"
+            "SUBTITLE_COLOR_CYAN": "سماوي",
+            "STREAM_INFO": "معلومات البث",
+            "STATS_RESOLUTION": "الدقة",
+            "STATS_FRAME_RATE": "معدل الإطارات",
+            "STATS_NOMINAL_FRAME_RATE": "معدل إطارات المصدر",
+            "STATS_STREAM_BITRATE": "معدل بت البث",
+            "STATS_VIDEO": "الفيديو",
+            "STATS_AUDIO": "الصوت",
+            "STATS_AUDIO_CHANNELS": "القنوات",
+            "STATS_SAMPLE_RATE": "معدل العينات",
+            "STATS_CONTAINER": "الحاوية",
+            "STATS_BUFFER": "التخزين المؤقت",
+            "STATS_DROPPED_FRAMES": "الإطارات المفقودة",
+            "STATS_UNAVAILABLE": "لا توجد بيانات بث بعد"
         }
     },
     "PLAYBACK_DIAGNOSTICS": {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/ary.json b/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/ary.json
index 5b12fb44f..f5b0830d2 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/ary.json
+++ b/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/ary.json
@@ -595,7 +595,20 @@
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_DEFAULT": "افتراضي",
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_WHITE": "أبيض",
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_YELLOW": "أصفر",
-            "SUBTITLE_COLOR_CYAN": "سماوي"
+            "SUBTITLE_COLOR_CYAN": "سماوي",
+            "STREAM_INFO": "معلومات ديال البث",
+            "STATS_RESOLUTION": "الدقة",
+            "STATS_FRAME_RATE": "معدل الإطارات",
+            "STATS_NOMINAL_FRAME_RATE": "معدل إطارات المصدر",
+            "STATS_STREAM_BITRATE": "معدل بت البث",
+            "STATS_VIDEO": "الفيديو",
+            "STATS_AUDIO": "الصوت",
+            "STATS_AUDIO_CHANNELS": "القنوات",
+            "STATS_SAMPLE_RATE": "معدل العينات",
+            "STATS_CONTAINER": "الحاوية",
+            "STATS_BUFFER": "التخزين المؤقت",
+            "STATS_DROPPED_FRAMES": "الإطارات اللي تضاعو",
+            "STATS_UNAVAILABLE": "مازال ماكاينش داتا ديال البث"
         }
     },
     "PLAYBACK_DIAGNOSTICS": {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/by.json b/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/by.json
index 88e61699c..2d51641ee 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/by.json
+++ b/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/by.json
@@ -595,7 +595,20 @@
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_DEFAULT": "Па змаўчанні",
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_WHITE": "Белы",
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_YELLOW": "Жоўты",
-            "SUBTITLE_COLOR_CYAN": "Блакітны"
+            "SUBTITLE_COLOR_CYAN": "Блакітны",
+            "STREAM_INFO": "Звесткі пра струмень",
+            "STATS_RESOLUTION": "Раздзяляльнасць",
+            "STATS_FRAME_RATE": "Частата кадраў",
+            "STATS_NOMINAL_FRAME_RATE": "Заяўленая частата",
+            "STATS_STREAM_BITRATE": "Агульны бітрэйт",
+            "STATS_VIDEO": "Відэа",
+            "STATS_AUDIO": "Аўдыё",
+            "STATS_AUDIO_CHANNELS": "Каналы",
+            "STATS_SAMPLE_RATE": "Частата дыскрэтызацыі",
+            "STATS_CONTAINER": "Кантэйнер",
+            "STATS_BUFFER": "Буфер",
+            "STATS_DROPPED_FRAMES": "Страчаныя кадры",
+            "STATS_UNAVAILABLE": "Дадзеных пра струмень пакуль няма"
         }
     },
     "PLAYBACK_DIAGNOSTICS": {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/de.json b/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/de.json
index 972239b6e..2e89b8d03 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/de.json
+++ b/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/de.json
@@ -595,7 +595,20 @@
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_DEFAULT": "Standard",
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_WHITE": "Weiß",
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_YELLOW": "Gelb",
-            "SUBTITLE_COLOR_CYAN": "Cyan"
+            "SUBTITLE_COLOR_CYAN": "Cyan",
+            "STREAM_INFO": "Stream-Info",
+            "STATS_RESOLUTION": "Auflösung",
+            "STATS_FRAME_RATE": "Bildrate",
+            "STATS_NOMINAL_FRAME_RATE": "Quellbildrate",
+            "STATS_STREAM_BITRATE": "Stream-Bitrate",
+            "STATS_VIDEO": "Video",
+            "STATS_AUDIO": "Audio",
+            "STATS_AUDIO_CHANNELS": "Kanäle",
+            "STATS_SAMPLE_RATE": "Abtastrate",
+            "STATS_CONTAINER": "Container",
+            "STATS_BUFFER": "Puffer",
+            "STATS_DROPPED_FRAMES": "Verworfene Bilder",
+            "STATS_UNAVAILABLE": "Noch keine Stream-Daten"
         }
     },
     "PLAYBACK_DIAGNOSTICS": {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/el.json b/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/el.json
index f48801593..441e5c9d3 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/el.json
+++ b/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/el.json
@@ -595,7 +595,20 @@
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_DEFAULT": "Προεπιλογή",
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_WHITE": "Λευκό",
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_YELLOW": "Κίτρινο",
-            "SUBTITLE_COLOR_CYAN": "Κυανό"
+            "SUBTITLE_COLOR_CYAN": "Κυανό",
+            "STREAM_INFO": "Πληροφορίες ροής",
+            "STATS_RESOLUTION": "Ανάλυση",
+            "STATS_FRAME_RATE": "Ρυθμός καρέ",
+            "STATS_NOMINAL_FRAME_RATE": "Ρυθμός καρέ πηγής",
+            "STATS_STREAM_BITRATE": "Ρυθμός bit ροής",
+            "STATS_VIDEO": "Βίντεο",
+            "STATS_AUDIO": "Ήχος",
+            "STATS_AUDIO_CHANNELS": "Κανάλια",
+            "STATS_SAMPLE_RATE": "Ρυθμός δειγματοληψίας",
+            "STATS_CONTAINER": "Κοντέινερ",
+            "STATS_BUFFER": "Ενδιάμεση μνήμη",
+            "STATS_DROPPED_FRAMES": "Απορριφθέντα καρέ",
+            "STATS_UNAVAILABLE": "Δεν υπάρχουν ακόμη δεδομένα ροής"
         }
     },
     "PLAYBACK_DIAGNOSTICS": {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/en.json b/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/en.json
index 4ee904f5e..c3e50f215 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/en.json
+++ b/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/en.json
@@ -595,7 +595,20 @@
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_DEFAULT": "Default",
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_WHITE": "White",
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_YELLOW": "Yellow",
-            "SUBTITLE_COLOR_CYAN": "Cyan"
+            "SUBTITLE_COLOR_CYAN": "Cyan",
+            "STREAM_INFO": "Stream info",
+            "STATS_RESOLUTION": "Resolution",
+            "STATS_FRAME_RATE": "Frame rate",
+            "STATS_NOMINAL_FRAME_RATE": "Source frame rate",
+            "STATS_STREAM_BITRATE": "Stream bitrate",
+            "STATS_VIDEO": "Video",
+            "STATS_AUDIO": "Audio",
+            "STATS_AUDIO_CHANNELS": "Channels",
+            "STATS_SAMPLE_RATE": "Sample rate",
+            "STATS_CONTAINER": "Container",
+            "STATS_BUFFER": "Buffer",
+            "STATS_DROPPED_FRAMES": "Dropped frames",
+            "STATS_UNAVAILABLE": "No stream data yet"
         }
     },
     "PLAYBACK_DIAGNOSTICS": {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/es.json b/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/es.json
index 205f4f8e3..a732875c4 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/es.json
+++ b/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/es.json
@@ -595,7 +595,20 @@
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_DEFAULT": "Predeterminado",
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_WHITE": "Blanco",
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_YELLOW": "Amarillo",
-            "SUBTITLE_COLOR_CYAN": "Cian"
+            "SUBTITLE_COLOR_CYAN": "Cian",
+            "STREAM_INFO": "Información del stream",
+            "STATS_RESOLUTION": "Resolución",
+            "STATS_FRAME_RATE": "Velocidad de fotogramas",
+            "STATS_NOMINAL_FRAME_RATE": "Fotogramas de origen",
+            "STATS_STREAM_BITRATE": "Tasa de bits del flujo",
+            "STATS_VIDEO": "Vídeo",
+            "STATS_AUDIO": "Audio",
+            "STATS_AUDIO_CHANNELS": "Canales",
+            "STATS_SAMPLE_RATE": "Frecuencia de muestreo",
+            "STATS_CONTAINER": "Contenedor",
+            "STATS_BUFFER": "Búfer",
+            "STATS_DROPPED_FRAMES": "Fotogramas descartados",
+            "STATS_UNAVAILABLE": "Aún no hay datos del stream"
         }
     },
     "PLAYBACK_DIAGNOSTICS": {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/fr.json b/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/fr.json
index 224870b84..67df11c6f 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/fr.json
+++ b/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/fr.json
@@ -595,7 +595,20 @@
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_DEFAULT": "Par défaut",
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_WHITE": "Blanc",
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_YELLOW": "Jaune",
-            "SUBTITLE_COLOR_CYAN": "Cyan"
+            "SUBTITLE_COLOR_CYAN": "Cyan",
+            "STREAM_INFO": "Infos du flux",
+            "STATS_RESOLUTION": "Résolution",
+            "STATS_FRAME_RATE": "Fréquence d'images",
+            "STATS_NOMINAL_FRAME_RATE": "Cadence de la source",
+            "STATS_STREAM_BITRATE": "Débit du flux",
+            "STATS_VIDEO": "Vidéo",
+            "STATS_AUDIO": "Audio",
+            "STATS_AUDIO_CHANNELS": "Canaux",
+            "STATS_SAMPLE_RATE": "Fréquence d'échantillonnage",
+            "STATS_CONTAINER": "Conteneur",
+            "STATS_BUFFER": "Tampon",
+            "STATS_DROPPED_FRAMES": "Images perdues",
+            "STATS_UNAVAILABLE": "Pas encore de données du flux"
         }
     },
     "PLAYBACK_DIAGNOSTICS": {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/hu.json b/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/hu.json
index 96641ae8c..c8f854ced 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/hu.json
+++ b/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/hu.json
@@ -595,7 +595,20 @@
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_DEFAULT": "Alapértelmezett",
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_WHITE": "Fehér",
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_YELLOW": "Sárga",
-            "SUBTITLE_COLOR_CYAN": "Cián"
+            "SUBTITLE_COLOR_CYAN": "Cián",
+            "STREAM_INFO": "Adatfolyam-infó",
+            "STATS_RESOLUTION": "Felbontás",
+            "STATS_FRAME_RATE": "Képkockasebesség",
+            "STATS_NOMINAL_FRAME_RATE": "Forrás képkockasebessége",
+            "STATS_STREAM_BITRATE": "Adatfolyam bitrátája",
+            "STATS_VIDEO": "Videó",
+            "STATS_AUDIO": "Hang",
+            "STATS_AUDIO_CHANNELS": "Csatornák",
+            "STATS_SAMPLE_RATE": "Mintavételezési frekvencia",
+            "STATS_CONTAINER": "Konténer",
+            "STATS_BUFFER": "Puffer",
+            "STATS_DROPPED_FRAMES": "Eldobott képkockák",
+            "STATS_UNAVAILABLE": "Még nincsenek adatfolyam-adatok"
         }
     },
     "PLAYBACK_DIAGNOSTICS": {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/it.json b/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/it.json
index 66df3a977..8dba87ea8 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/it.json
+++ b/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/it.json
@@ -595,7 +595,20 @@
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_DEFAULT": "Predefinito",
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_WHITE": "Bianco",
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_YELLOW": "Giallo",
-            "SUBTITLE_COLOR_CYAN": "Ciano"
+            "SUBTITLE_COLOR_CYAN": "Ciano",
+            "STREAM_INFO": "Info stream",
+            "STATS_RESOLUTION": "Risoluzione",
+            "STATS_FRAME_RATE": "Frequenza fotogrammi",
+            "STATS_NOMINAL_FRAME_RATE": "Frequenza fotogrammi sorgente",
+            "STATS_STREAM_BITRATE": "Bitrate del flusso",
+            "STATS_VIDEO": "Video",
+            "STATS_AUDIO": "Audio",
+            "STATS_AUDIO_CHANNELS": "Canali",
+            "STATS_SAMPLE_RATE": "Frequenza di campionamento",
+            "STATS_CONTAINER": "Contenitore",
+            "STATS_BUFFER": "Buffer",
+            "STATS_DROPPED_FRAMES": "Fotogrammi persi",
+            "STATS_UNAVAILABLE": "Nessun dato dello stream"
         }
     },
     "PLAYBACK_DIAGNOSTICS": {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/ja.json b/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/ja.json
index 482fedbe4..7199d027c 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/ja.json
+++ b/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/ja.json
@@ -595,7 +595,20 @@
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_DEFAULT": "デフォルト",
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_WHITE": "白",
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_YELLOW": "黄色",
-            "SUBTITLE_COLOR_CYAN": "シアン"
+            "SUBTITLE_COLOR_CYAN": "シアン",
+            "STREAM_INFO": "ストリーム情報",
+            "STATS_RESOLUTION": "解像度",
+            "STATS_FRAME_RATE": "フレームレート",
+            "STATS_NOMINAL_FRAME_RATE": "ソースのフレームレート",
+            "STATS_STREAM_BITRATE": "ストリームのビットレート",
+            "STATS_VIDEO": "ビデオ",
+            "STATS_AUDIO": "オーディオ",
+            "STATS_AUDIO_CHANNELS": "チャンネル",
+            "STATS_SAMPLE_RATE": "サンプリングレート",
+            "STATS_CONTAINER": "コンテナ",
+            "STATS_BUFFER": "バッファ",
+            "STATS_DROPPED_FRAMES": "ドロップフレーム",
+            "STATS_UNAVAILABLE": "ストリームデータはまだありません"
         }
     },
     "PLAYBACK_DIAGNOSTICS": {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/ko.json b/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/ko.json
index 7b62e1a74..0c0145bb5 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/ko.json
+++ b/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/ko.json
@@ -595,7 +595,20 @@
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_DEFAULT": "기본값",
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_WHITE": "흰색",
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_YELLOW": "노란색",
-            "SUBTITLE_COLOR_CYAN": "청록색"
+            "SUBTITLE_COLOR_CYAN": "청록색",
+            "STREAM_INFO": "스트림 정보",
+            "STATS_RESOLUTION": "해상도",
+            "STATS_FRAME_RATE": "프레임 속도",
+            "STATS_NOMINAL_FRAME_RATE": "소스 프레임 레이트",
+            "STATS_STREAM_BITRATE": "스트림 비트레이트",
+            "STATS_VIDEO": "비디오",
+            "STATS_AUDIO": "오디오",
+            "STATS_AUDIO_CHANNELS": "채널",
+            "STATS_SAMPLE_RATE": "샘플링 레이트",
+            "STATS_CONTAINER": "컨테이너",
+            "STATS_BUFFER": "버퍼",
+            "STATS_DROPPED_FRAMES": "손실된 프레임",
+            "STATS_UNAVAILABLE": "아직 스트림 데이터가 없습니다"
         }
     },
     "PLAYBACK_DIAGNOSTICS": {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/nl.json b/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/nl.json
index 04d9668f6..68096604a 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/nl.json
+++ b/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/nl.json
@@ -595,7 +595,20 @@
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_DEFAULT": "Standaard",
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_WHITE": "Wit",
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_YELLOW": "Geel",
-            "SUBTITLE_COLOR_CYAN": "Cyaan"
+            "SUBTITLE_COLOR_CYAN": "Cyaan",
+            "STREAM_INFO": "Streaminfo",
+            "STATS_RESOLUTION": "Resolutie",
+            "STATS_FRAME_RATE": "Framerate",
+            "STATS_NOMINAL_FRAME_RATE": "Bronframesnelheid",
+            "STATS_STREAM_BITRATE": "Streambitrate",
+            "STATS_VIDEO": "Video",
+            "STATS_AUDIO": "Audio",
+            "STATS_AUDIO_CHANNELS": "Kanalen",
+            "STATS_SAMPLE_RATE": "Samplefrequentie",
+            "STATS_CONTAINER": "Container",
+            "STATS_BUFFER": "Buffer",
+            "STATS_DROPPED_FRAMES": "Verloren frames",
+            "STATS_UNAVAILABLE": "Nog geen streamgegevens"
         }
     },
     "PLAYBACK_DIAGNOSTICS": {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/pl.json b/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/pl.json
index b21c56e03..2ce0f2273 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/pl.json
+++ b/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/pl.json
@@ -595,7 +595,20 @@
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_DEFAULT": "Domyślny",
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_WHITE": "Biały",
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_YELLOW": "Żółty",
-            "SUBTITLE_COLOR_CYAN": "Cyjan"
+            "SUBTITLE_COLOR_CYAN": "Cyjan",
+            "STREAM_INFO": "Informacje o strumieniu",
+            "STATS_RESOLUTION": "Rozdzielczość",
+            "STATS_FRAME_RATE": "Liczba klatek",
+            "STATS_NOMINAL_FRAME_RATE": "Klatkaż źródła",
+            "STATS_STREAM_BITRATE": "Przepływność strumienia",
+            "STATS_VIDEO": "Wideo",
+            "STATS_AUDIO": "Dźwięk",
+            "STATS_AUDIO_CHANNELS": "Kanały",
+            "STATS_SAMPLE_RATE": "Częstotliwość próbkowania",
+            "STATS_CONTAINER": "Kontener",
+            "STATS_BUFFER": "Bufor",
+            "STATS_DROPPED_FRAMES": "Utracone klatki",
+            "STATS_UNAVAILABLE": "Brak danych strumienia"
         }
     },
     "PLAYBACK_DIAGNOSTICS": {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/pt.json b/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/pt.json
index f57b11cfa..13ff72d13 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/pt.json
+++ b/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/pt.json
@@ -595,7 +595,20 @@
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_DEFAULT": "Predefinição",
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_WHITE": "Branco",
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_YELLOW": "Amarelo",
-            "SUBTITLE_COLOR_CYAN": "Ciano"
+            "SUBTITLE_COLOR_CYAN": "Ciano",
+            "STREAM_INFO": "Informações do stream",
+            "STATS_RESOLUTION": "Resolução",
+            "STATS_FRAME_RATE": "Taxa de quadros",
+            "STATS_NOMINAL_FRAME_RATE": "Taxa de quadros da origem",
+            "STATS_STREAM_BITRATE": "Taxa de bits do fluxo",
+            "STATS_VIDEO": "Vídeo",
+            "STATS_AUDIO": "Áudio",
+            "STATS_AUDIO_CHANNELS": "Canais",
+            "STATS_SAMPLE_RATE": "Taxa de amostragem",
+            "STATS_CONTAINER": "Contêiner",
+            "STATS_BUFFER": "Buffer",
+            "STATS_DROPPED_FRAMES": "Quadros perdidos",
+            "STATS_UNAVAILABLE": "Ainda sem dados do stream"
         }
     },
     "PLAYBACK_DIAGNOSTICS": {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/ru.json b/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/ru.json
index 04199fd66..1afdc1a16 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/ru.json
+++ b/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/ru.json
@@ -595,7 +595,20 @@
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_DEFAULT": "По умолчанию",
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_WHITE": "Белый",
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_YELLOW": "Жёлтый",
-            "SUBTITLE_COLOR_CYAN": "Голубой"
+            "SUBTITLE_COLOR_CYAN": "Голубой",
+            "STREAM_INFO": "Сведения о потоке",
+            "STATS_RESOLUTION": "Разрешение",
+            "STATS_FRAME_RATE": "Частота кадров",
+            "STATS_NOMINAL_FRAME_RATE": "Заявленная частота",
+            "STATS_STREAM_BITRATE": "Общий битрейт",
+            "STATS_VIDEO": "Видео",
+            "STATS_AUDIO": "Аудио",
+            "STATS_AUDIO_CHANNELS": "Каналы",
+            "STATS_SAMPLE_RATE": "Частота дискретизации",
+            "STATS_CONTAINER": "Контейнер",
+            "STATS_BUFFER": "Буфер",
+            "STATS_DROPPED_FRAMES": "Пропущенные кадры",
+            "STATS_UNAVAILABLE": "Данных о потоке пока нет"
         }
     },
     "PLAYBACK_DIAGNOSTICS": {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/tr.json b/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/tr.json
index 70aad091c..95e51f2e3 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/tr.json
+++ b/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/tr.json
@@ -595,7 +595,20 @@
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_DEFAULT": "Varsayılan",
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_WHITE": "Beyaz",
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_YELLOW": "Sarı",
-            "SUBTITLE_COLOR_CYAN": "Camgöbeği"
+            "SUBTITLE_COLOR_CYAN": "Camgöbeği",
+            "STREAM_INFO": "Yayın bilgisi",
+            "STATS_RESOLUTION": "Çözünürlük",
+            "STATS_FRAME_RATE": "Kare hızı",
+            "STATS_NOMINAL_FRAME_RATE": "Kaynak kare hızı",
+            "STATS_STREAM_BITRATE": "Akış bit hızı",
+            "STATS_VIDEO": "Video",
+            "STATS_AUDIO": "Ses",
+            "STATS_AUDIO_CHANNELS": "Kanallar",
+            "STATS_SAMPLE_RATE": "Örnekleme hızı",
+            "STATS_CONTAINER": "Kapsayıcı",
+            "STATS_BUFFER": "Arabellek",
+            "STATS_DROPPED_FRAMES": "Atlanan kareler",
+            "STATS_UNAVAILABLE": "Henüz yayın verisi yok"
         }
     },
     "PLAYBACK_DIAGNOSTICS": {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/zh.json b/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/zh.json
index 133aebd09..6137521d3 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/zh.json
+++ b/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/zh.json
@@ -595,7 +595,20 @@
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_DEFAULT": "默认",
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_WHITE": "白色",
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_YELLOW": "黄色",
-            "SUBTITLE_COLOR_CYAN": "青色"
+            "SUBTITLE_COLOR_CYAN": "青色",
+            "STREAM_INFO": "流信息",
+            "STATS_RESOLUTION": "分辨率",
+            "STATS_FRAME_RATE": "帧率",
+            "STATS_NOMINAL_FRAME_RATE": "源帧率",
+            "STATS_STREAM_BITRATE": "流总码率",
+            "STATS_VIDEO": "视频",
+            "STATS_AUDIO": "音频",
+            "STATS_AUDIO_CHANNELS": "声道",
+            "STATS_SAMPLE_RATE": "采样率",
+            "STATS_CONTAINER": "容器",
+            "STATS_BUFFER": "缓冲",
+            "STATS_DROPPED_FRAMES": "丢帧",
+            "STATS_UNAVAILABLE": "暂无流数据"
         }
     },
     "PLAYBACK_DIAGNOSTICS": {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/zhtw.json b/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/zhtw.json
index db5857c41..4bb35a938 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/zhtw.json
+++ b/apps/web/src/assets/i18n/zhtw.json
@@ -595,7 +595,20 @@
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_DEFAULT": "預設",
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_WHITE": "白色",
             "SUBTITLE_COLOR_YELLOW": "黃色",
-            "SUBTITLE_COLOR_CYAN": "青色"
+            "SUBTITLE_COLOR_CYAN": "青色",
+            "STREAM_INFO": "串流資訊",
+            "STATS_RESOLUTION": "解析度",
+            "STATS_FRAME_RATE": "影格率",
+            "STATS_NOMINAL_FRAME_RATE": "來源影格率",
+            "STATS_STREAM_BITRATE": "串流總位元率",
+            "STATS_VIDEO": "視訊",
+            "STATS_AUDIO": "音訊",
+            "STATS_AUDIO_CHANNELS": "聲道",
+            "STATS_SAMPLE_RATE": "取樣率",
+            "STATS_CONTAINER": "容器",
+            "STATS_BUFFER": "緩衝",
+            "STATS_DROPPED_FRAMES": "丟棄影格",
+            "STATS_UNAVAILABLE": "尚無串流資料"
         }
     },
     "PLAYBACK_DIAGNOSTICS": {
diff --git a/docs/architecture/embedded-mpv-native.md b/docs/architecture/embedded-mpv-native.md
index 59b1497f4..9fff4d5f0 100644
--- a/docs/architecture/embedded-mpv-native.md
+++ b/docs/architecture/embedded-mpv-native.md
@@ -486,6 +486,89 @@ The renderer learns which features the loaded addon binary supports through the
 
 Linux audio-track discovery works differently from macOS/Windows because the hand-rolled JSON IPC reply parser only understands scalar `data` values: the poll loop reads `track-list/count` every tick and walks the scalar `track-list/N/{type,id,title,lang,default,forced}` sub-properties only when the count changes. The selected track is reconciled from the scalar `aid` property on every tick (`aid` reads back non-numeric when audio is disabled, which maps to "no selection"). Track switching still goes through `set_property aid` over the same socket.
 
+## Stream Stats Properties
+
+The shared controls' stream-info popover (top-right `info` button, contract in
+[player-controls-contract.md](./player-controls-contract.md#stream-info-popover))
+renders whatever the engine reports as `EmbeddedMpvSession.stats`. Every field
+is optional: an absent key means "mpv has not answered yet" and the row is
+omitted, while a zero (dropped frames, for instance) is a real measurement.
+
+**Where the popover actually appears:** `app-player-controls` mounts only under
+the frame-copy engine (`@if (isFrameCopyEngine() && isSupported())` in
+`embedded-mpv-player.component.html`); the native-view engine keeps its legacy
+controls dock, which has no info affordance. So today the popover is a
+frame-copy-only surface. The macOS and Windows native-view backends plumb the
+properties anyway — `mpv_observe_property` is push-based, so the rows appear
+for free whenever those engines adopt the shared controls — but do not describe
+the feature as available there. The Linux out-of-process backend deliberately
+does **not**, for the reason given under "Cost" below.
+
+The frame-copy helper and both in-process native-view backends observe these
+mpv properties at session init and map them into their session snapshot:
+
+| mpv property                                    | `stats` field            |
+| ----------------------------------------------- | ------------------------ |
+| `estimated-vf-fps`                              | `fps`                    |
+| `video-bitrate`                                 | `videoBitrateBps`        |
+| `audio-bitrate`                                 | `audioBitrateBps`        |
+| `video-format`                                  | `videoCodec`             |
+| `audio-codec-name`                              | `audioCodec`             |
+| `audio-params/channels`                         | `audioChannels`          |
+| `audio-params/samplerate`                       | `audioSampleRateHz`      |
+| `file-format`                                   | `container`              |
+| `demuxer-cache-duration`                        | `bufferedAheadSeconds`   |
+| `frame-drop-count` + `decoder-frame-drop-count` | `droppedFrames` (summed) |
+
+The resolution row has a different source: it comes from `dwidth`/`dheight` on
+`EmbeddedMpvSession.videoWidth`/`videoHeight`, which **only the frame-copy
+helper observes** (it needs them to size its frames anyway). The native-view
+backends report no size, so a future shared-controls dock there would show
+every row except resolution until they observe those two properties too.
+
+`video-format` and `audio-codec-name` are used rather than `video-codec` /
+`audio-codec`: the popover wants `h264` and `aac`, not
+`H.264/AVC (High Profile)`.
+
+**Cost.** Observation is free in event terms: libmpv pushes property changes,
+macOS and Windows build the snapshot lazily when the renderer pulls it, and the
+frame-copy helper already throttles snapshot emission to 250 ms, so the extra
+properties never increase IPC traffic. Linux has no such mechanism — its
+process-isolated backend would have to `get_property` each field as its own
+JSON IPC round trip inside `refreshLinuxMpvSnapshot`, the same pass that
+publishes position, pause and EOF, where a slow answer delays real playback
+state. Eleven round trips per tick for a dock that cannot render them is not a
+trade worth making, so that backend collects no stats at all and its snapshot
+leaves every field at its default. This joins the features the Linux
+out-of-process path already does not export (subtitles, speed, aspect,
+recording). A source-text invariant in `embedded-mpv-native-source.spec.ts`
+asserts the properties are never passed to the `queryLinuxMpv*` helpers, so
+re-adding the polling fails CI.
+
+Each backend that collects stats clears these fields when a new file starts
+(`MPV_EVENT_START_FILE`), so a channel switch can never leave the previous
+stream's codec or bitrate on screen. Frame-copy also clears `dwidth`/`dheight`
+and publishes both dimensions as zero until the new file reports them; omission
+would retain the previous size in the merged snapshot. Zero dimensions map to
+unknown in the controls. An observed `MPV_FORMAT_NONE` restores only that
+property's unknown sentinel, including when an audio/video track disappears
+within the same file. The frame-copy helper emits its `stats`
+object on **every** snapshot, empty object included: the adapter merges helper
+snapshots field by field, so an omitted key would survive the switch that the
+clear was meant to perform. macOS and Windows build a fresh snapshot object per
+pull and simply leave unknown keys out.
+
+`EmbeddedMpvNativeService` then omits the `stats` key entirely when the engine
+reported nothing, which is what keeps the info button hidden on an engine that
+does not report these properties at all.
+
+The packaged Linux frame-copy smoke verifies real diagnostic snapshots and
+switches Y4M → WebM → Y4M in the same session, checking the reported codec and
+container on each source. It then loads audio-only PCM to verify dimensions
+are cleared, and disables the audio track to verify unavailable observations
+remove codec/channel/sample-rate rows without a new-file reset. This complements renderer mapping/unit coverage with
+the actual libmpv → helper JSON → main/preload path.
+
 ## Session End And Series Navigation
 
 `EmbeddedMpvSessionStatus` includes `ended` for successful EOF only. The native addon maps `MPV_EVENT_END_FILE` to:
diff --git a/docs/architecture/player-controls-contract.md b/docs/architecture/player-controls-contract.md
index abc177838..badad56ab 100644
--- a/docs/architecture/player-controls-contract.md
+++ b/docs/architecture/player-controls-contract.md
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ interface PlayerController {
     readonly capabilities: Signal<PlayerControlsCapabilities>;
     readonly state: Signal<PlayerControlsState>;
     readonly commands: PlayerControlsCommands;
+    /** Optional; see "Stream info popover". */
+    readonly streamStats?: PlayerStreamStatsSource;
 }
 ```
 
@@ -183,7 +185,8 @@ interface PlayerController {
 `PlayerControlsCapabilities` contains booleans for `seek`, `volume`,
 `audioTracks`, `subtitles`, `externalSubtitles`, `subtitleDelay`,
 `subtitleStyle`, `qualityLevels`, `playbackSpeed`, `aspectRatio`,
-`recording`, `pictureInPicture`, `fullscreen`, and `seriesNavigation`.
+`recording`, `pictureInPicture`, `fullscreen`, `seriesNavigation`, and
+`streamStats`.
 
 The default is all-false. An adapter enables only features that its engine and
 current runtime support. Capability flags primarily control whether optional UI
@@ -284,6 +287,91 @@ It owns only transient presentation behavior:
 - `ControlsTimeline` — scrub state and timeline projections; and
 - `controls-view-model.ts` — derived display state.
 
+### Stream info popover
+
+An `info` button in the **top-right corner** of the overlay opens a popover with
+live technical data about the stream: resolution with its derived aspect ratio,
+measured and declared frame rates, aggregate stream bitrate, video codec/bitrate,
+audio codec/bitrate, audio channel
+layout, audio sample rate, container, buffered-ahead seconds, and dropped
+frames. Rows whose value is unknown are omitted; a popover with no rows at all
+shows a short "no data yet" line.
+
+The button renders only when `capabilities.streamStats` is true, which an
+adapter sets from what its engine can actually report — engines that report
+nothing never show the affordance.
+
+Stats are **pulled, not pushed**:
+
+```ts
+interface PlayerStreamStatsSource {
+    sample(): PlayerStreamStats | null;
+    reset?(): void; // reset rolling measurements when opening the panel
+}
+```
+
+`PlayerControlsState` deliberately does not carry them. Bitrate, buffer and
+frame counters move every second, and folding them into the state signal would
+re-run every derived control signal on every tick even while nobody is looking.
+`ControlsStreamStats` owns a 1s sampling loop that runs **only while the popover
+is open** (an effect keyed on `menus.statsOpen()`, so every close path — toggle,
+Escape, capability loss, teardown — stops it), and it drops its snapshot on
+close so a reopen never shows the previous stream's numbers. On open it also
+calls the source's optional `reset()` before sampling, so a closed interval
+(including time paused) cannot contaminate the next frame-rate measurement.
+
+Formatting lives in `stream-stats-format.utils.ts` as pure functions:
+`buildStreamStatsRows()` returns `{ labelKey, value }` pairs and the template
+only translates and prints them. Aspect ratios snap to a named ratio (16:9,
+2.35:1, …) within 1%, fall back to a greatest-common-divisor reduction while
+both terms stay small, and to a decimal ratio otherwise.
+
+Per engine:
+
+- **Web engines** (`WebVideoStreamStatsSampler`): resolution, buffered-ahead,
+  dropped/total frames and the _measured_ frame rate (presented-frame delta
+  between two samples, so it reflects what the machine actually renders) come
+  from the `<video>` element, so they work on every source kind. The engine adds
+  bitrate, codecs, channel layout, sample rate and container through the
+  optional `getEngineStats` hook — `WebVideoSourceStats` reads the active HLS
+  level plus its audio rendition or the active Shaka variant, and
+  `VjsQualityLevels.getActiveLevelStats()` reads the VHS `selectedIndex`
+  rendition. Presented frames are `totalVideoFrames - droppedVideoFrames`; the
+  untouched total remains the denominator for the drop percentage. FPS uses a
+  monotonic wall clock, reports zero on a stall, and is unknown before the
+  second sample or while paused/initially loading. Once frames have arrived,
+  readiness falling to `HAVE_METADATA` during starvation retains the measurement
+  window so the stall still reports zero. The manifest rate is a separate
+  `nominalFps` row and never fills in for measured FPS. Aggregate HLS/VHS and
+  Shaka rendition bandwidth goes into `streamBitrateBps`; video/audio rates
+  remain unknown unless separately reported. HLS fragment `realBitrate` is not
+  used because alternate audio may be absent from that measurement; Shaka's
+  playback-rate-scaled `getStats().streamBandwidth` is not a source bitrate.
+  A native `<video src>` source contributes nothing extra.
+- **Embedded MPV**: the numbers ride along on the session snapshot
+  (`EmbeddedMpvSession.stats`), so `sample()` is a pure read of the current
+  snapshot. A new file clears the old dimensions, and unavailable MPV properties
+  clear their previous values; zero dimensions are unknown. This reaches the
+  user under the **frame-copy engine only** — that
+  is the one engine that mounts `app-player-controls`; the native-view dock has
+  no info affordance, though its backends plumb the properties for parity. See
+  [embedded-mpv-native.md](./embedded-mpv-native.md#stream-stats-properties).
+
+### Top scrim
+
+`.player-controls__top-scrim` is a single pointer-transparent gradient at the
+top of the player, mirroring the bottom bar's stops so both edges read as one
+system. It renders whenever there is top chrome to back — the fullscreen media
+title or the corner buttons — and fades with the controls without sliding (a
+moving scrim edge is visible against video in a way a moving control is not).
+
+One element, not a background per consumer: the title and the corner overlap,
+and two gradients would darken the overlap twice. The title therefore carries
+no background of its own, and a windowed player with no title still gets a
+scrim for its corner buttons — which is the only reason a white-on-video icon
+is readable over bright footage. `stream-info.e2e.ts` guards that with the
+same ≥3:1 contrast-on-white assertion the theme suite uses for the bottom bar.
+
 ### Fullscreen media title
 
 The component accepts an optional `mediaTitle` input
@@ -291,7 +379,8 @@ The component accepts an optional `mediaTitle` input
 movie title, channel name, or series name, plus an optional second line such
 as the `S01E03` episode label. The overlay renders at the top of the player
 only in fullscreen while the controls are revealed, follows the same
-auto-hide transition as the bottom bar, and is pointer-transparent. Outside
+auto-hide transition as the bottom bar, and is pointer-transparent. Its
+backdrop comes from the shared top scrim above. Outside
 fullscreen the surrounding page chrome already names the content, so the
 overlay stays hidden.
 
@@ -1192,6 +1281,12 @@ libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/
 ├── controls-menu-selection.ts
 ├── controls-menu-state.ts
 ├── controls-shortcuts.ts
+├── controls-chrome-interactions.ts
+├── controls-stream-stats.ts
+├── player-stream-stats.model.ts
+├── positive-number.util.ts
+├── stream-stats-format.utils.ts
+├── web-video-stream-stats.ts
 ├── legacy-player-shortcuts.ts
 ├── controls-surface.ts
 ├── controls-view-model.ts
@@ -1230,6 +1325,7 @@ libs/ui/playback/src/lib/embedded-mpv-player/
 ├── embedded-mpv-controls.adapter.ts
 ├── embedded-mpv-controls-recording.ts
 ├── embedded-mpv-controls-recording-feedback.ts
+├── embedded-mpv-stream-stats.ts
 ├── embedded-mpv-player.component.ts
 ├── embedded-mpv-player.component.html
 └── embedded-mpv-session-controller.ts
@@ -1246,6 +1342,7 @@ libs/ui/playback/src/lib/web-video-support/
 ├── web-video-hls-controls.ts
 ├── web-video-native-text-tracks.ts
 ├── web-video-shaka-controls.ts
+├── web-video-source-stats.ts
 ├── web-video-source-tracks.ts
 └── web-video-source-controls.bridge.ts
 ```
diff --git a/libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/embedded-mpv-session.interface.ts b/libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/embedded-mpv-session.interface.ts
index 99bacb047..f452966c5 100644
--- a/libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/embedded-mpv-session.interface.ts
+++ b/libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/embedded-mpv-session.interface.ts
@@ -91,6 +91,32 @@ export interface EmbeddedMpvRecordingState {
     error?: string;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Live stream diagnostics mpv reports for the player's info popover. Every
+ * field is optional: a property mpv has not answered yet (or an engine that
+ * does not observe it) simply omits its row rather than reporting a zero.
+ */
+export interface EmbeddedMpvStreamStats {
+    /** mpv `estimated-vf-fps` — the measured, not the container, rate. */
+    fps?: number;
+    /** mpv `video-bitrate` / `audio-bitrate`, in bits per second. */
+    videoBitrateBps?: number;
+    audioBitrateBps?: number;
+    /** mpv `video-format` / `audio-codec-name`, e.g. `h264` / `aac`. */
+    videoCodec?: string;
+    audioCodec?: string;
+    /** mpv `audio-params/channels`, e.g. `stereo` or `5.1`. */
+    audioChannels?: string;
+    /** mpv `audio-params/samplerate`, in Hz. */
+    audioSampleRateHz?: number;
+    /** mpv `file-format`, e.g. `mpegts` or `hls`. */
+    container?: string;
+    /** mpv `demuxer-cache-duration`: media buffered ahead, in seconds. */
+    bufferedAheadSeconds?: number;
+    /** mpv `frame-drop-count` plus `decoder-frame-drop-count`. */
+    droppedFrames?: number;
+}
+
 export interface EmbeddedMpvRecordingStartOptions {
     directory?: string;
     title?: string;
@@ -119,6 +145,8 @@ export interface EmbeddedMpvSession {
     /** Source video size (mpv dwidth/dheight); frame-copy engine only. */
     videoWidth?: number;
     videoHeight?: number;
+    /** Live diagnostics for the info popover; absent when mpv reports none. */
+    stats?: EmbeddedMpvStreamStats;
     recording?: EmbeddedMpvRecordingState;
     startedAt: string;
     updatedAt: string;
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/embedded-mpv-player/embedded-mpv-controls.adapter.spec.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/embedded-mpv-player/embedded-mpv-controls.adapter.spec.ts
index 8908e69dd..6f1a8025a 100644
--- a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/embedded-mpv-player/embedded-mpv-controls.adapter.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/embedded-mpv-player/embedded-mpv-controls.adapter.spec.ts
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ describe('EmbeddedMpvControlsAdapter', () => {
             pictureInPicture: false,
             fullscreen: true,
             seriesNavigation: true,
+            streamStats: false,
         });
 
         controller.support.set(
@@ -239,9 +240,25 @@ describe('EmbeddedMpvControlsAdapter', () => {
             pictureInPicture: false,
             fullscreen: true,
             seriesNavigation: true,
+            streamStats: false,
         });
     });
 
+    it('advertises stream stats only once mpv reports some', () => {
+        configure();
+        expect(adapter.capabilities().streamStats).toBe(false);
+        expect(adapter.streamStats.sample()).toBeNull();
+
+        controller.session.set(
+            session({ videoWidth: 1920, videoHeight: 1080, stats: { fps: 25 } })
+        );
+
+        expect(adapter.capabilities().streamStats).toBe(true);
+        expect(adapter.streamStats.sample()).toEqual(
+            expect.objectContaining({ width: 1920, height: 1080, fps: 25 })
+        );
+    });
+
     it('uses semantic live detection and disables seek and series navigation for live playback', () => {
         configure();
         expect(adapter.state().isLive).toBe(false);
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/embedded-mpv-player/embedded-mpv-controls.adapter.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/embedded-mpv-player/embedded-mpv-controls.adapter.ts
index 5ece75c1b..2d3c2294f 100644
--- a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/embedded-mpv-player/embedded-mpv-controls.adapter.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/embedded-mpv-player/embedded-mpv-controls.adapter.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import {
     PlayerControlsState,
     PlayerStatus,
 } from '../player-controls/player-controls.model';
+import type { PlayerStreamStatsSource } from '../player-controls/player-stream-stats.model';
 import { SeriesPlaybackNavigation } from '../portal-inline-player/series-playback-navigation';
 import {
     audioTrackLabel,
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ import { resolveRecordingFeedback } from './embedded-mpv-controls-recording-feed
 import { EmbeddedMpvControlsRecording } from './embedded-mpv-controls-recording';
 import { EmbeddedMpvSessionController } from './embedded-mpv-session-controller';
 import { EmbeddedMpvSubtitleSettings } from './embedded-mpv-subtitle-settings';
+import { toPlayerStreamStats } from './embedded-mpv-stream-stats';
 
 export interface EmbeddedMpvControlsContext {
     readonly playback: Signal<ResolvedPortalPlayback>;
@@ -103,6 +105,17 @@ export class EmbeddedMpvControlsAdapter implements PlayerController {
             : JSON.stringify([playbackIdentity, sessionId]);
     });
     private readonly recordingTick = signal(Date.now());
+    /**
+     * A boolean (not the stats object) so a session update that only moves the
+     * numbers never invalidates the capability set downstream.
+     */
+    private readonly hasStreamStats = computed(
+        () => toPlayerStreamStats(this.controller.session()) !== null
+    );
+
+    readonly streamStats: PlayerStreamStatsSource = {
+        sample: () => toPlayerStreamStats(this.controller.session()),
+    };
 
     readonly capabilities = computed<PlayerControlsCapabilities>(() => {
         const context = this.configuredContext();
@@ -128,6 +141,7 @@ export class EmbeddedMpvControlsAdapter implements PlayerController {
             pictureInPicture: false,
             fullscreen: true,
             seriesNavigation: !isLive && context.seriesNavigation() !== null,
+            streamStats: this.hasStreamStats(),
         };
     });
 
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/embedded-mpv-player/embedded-mpv-stream-stats.spec.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/embedded-mpv-player/embedded-mpv-stream-stats.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eec14b36b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/embedded-mpv-player/embedded-mpv-stream-stats.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+import type { EmbeddedMpvSession } from '@iptvnator/shared/interfaces';
+import { toPlayerStreamStats } from './embedded-mpv-stream-stats';
+
+function createSession(
+    overrides: Partial<EmbeddedMpvSession> = {}
+): EmbeddedMpvSession {
+    return {
+        id: 'session-1',
+        title: 'Channel',
+        streamUrl: 'http://example.test/stream.ts',
+        status: 'playing',
+        positionSeconds: 12,
+        durationSeconds: null,
+        volume: 1,
+        audioTracks: [],
+        selectedAudioTrackId: null,
+        subtitleTracks: [],
+        selectedSubtitleTrackId: null,
+        playbackSpeed: 1,
+        aspectOverride: 'no',
+        startedAt: '2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z',
+        updatedAt: '2026-01-01T00:00:10.000Z',
+        ...overrides,
+    };
+}
+
+describe('toPlayerStreamStats', () => {
+    it('maps mpv properties onto the shared stats shape', () => {
+        const stats = toPlayerStreamStats(
+            createSession({
+                videoWidth: 1920,
+                videoHeight: 1080,
+                stats: {
+                    fps: 50.04,
+                    videoBitrateBps: 6_200_000,
+                    audioBitrateBps: 192_000,
+                    videoCodec: 'h264',
+                    audioCodec: 'aac',
+                    audioChannels: '5.1',
+                    audioSampleRateHz: 48_000,
+                    container: 'mpegts',
+                    bufferedAheadSeconds: 18.5,
+                    droppedFrames: 3,
+                },
+            })
+        );
+
+        expect(stats).toEqual({
+            width: 1920,
+            height: 1080,
+            fps: 50.04,
+            nominalFps: null,
+            streamBitrateBps: null,
+            videoBitrateBps: 6_200_000,
+            audioBitrateBps: 192_000,
+            videoCodec: 'h264',
+            audioCodec: 'aac',
+            audioChannels: '5.1',
+            audioSampleRateHz: 48_000,
+            container: 'mpegts',
+            bufferedAheadSeconds: 18.5,
+            droppedFrames: 3,
+            // mpv counts drops but never presented frames.
+            totalFrames: null,
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('keeps the size rows when only dwidth/dheight are known', () => {
+        const stats = toPlayerStreamStats(
+            createSession({ videoWidth: 1280, videoHeight: 720 })
+        );
+
+        expect(stats).toEqual(
+            expect.objectContaining({
+                width: 1280,
+                height: 720,
+                fps: null,
+                videoCodec: null,
+            })
+        );
+    });
+
+    it('returns null when the engine reported nothing usable', () => {
+        expect(toPlayerStreamStats(createSession())).toBeNull();
+        expect(toPlayerStreamStats(createSession({ stats: {} }))).toBeNull();
+        expect(toPlayerStreamStats(null)).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('hides the info capability after dimensions reset to unknown', () => {
+        expect(
+            toPlayerStreamStats(
+                createSession({
+                    videoWidth: 0,
+                    videoHeight: 0,
+                    stats: {},
+                })
+            )
+        ).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('drops blank codec strings instead of rendering empty rows', () => {
+        const stats = toPlayerStreamStats(
+            createSession({
+                stats: { videoCodec: '   ', audioCodec: 'aac' },
+            })
+        );
+
+        expect(stats).toEqual(
+            expect.objectContaining({ videoCodec: null, audioCodec: 'aac' })
+        );
+    });
+
+    it('keeps a zero drop counter — it is a real measurement', () => {
+        const stats = toPlayerStreamStats(
+            createSession({ stats: { droppedFrames: 0 } })
+        );
+
+        expect(stats?.droppedFrames).toBe(0);
+    });
+});
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/embedded-mpv-player/embedded-mpv-stream-stats.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/embedded-mpv-player/embedded-mpv-stream-stats.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c590b955b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/embedded-mpv-player/embedded-mpv-stream-stats.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import type { EmbeddedMpvSession } from '@iptvnator/shared/interfaces';
+import {
+    hasStreamStatsData,
+    type PlayerStreamStats,
+} from '../player-controls/player-stream-stats.model';
+
+/**
+ * Projects an mpv session snapshot onto the shared stream-stats shape.
+ *
+ * The numbers arrive already sampled by the main process (mpv pushes observed
+ * properties), so this is a pure mapping — no polling of its own. Returns null
+ * when the engine reported nothing usable, which is what keeps the info button
+ * hidden on engines that do not observe these properties.
+ */
+export function toPlayerStreamStats(
+    session: EmbeddedMpvSession | null | undefined
+): PlayerStreamStats | null {
+    if (!session) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    const stats = session.stats;
+    // Every field is listed explicitly (no spread of a neutral default): a new
+    // stat then fails to compile here until mpv's source for it is decided,
+    // instead of silently reporting null forever.
+    const mapped: PlayerStreamStats = {
+        width: positiveOrNull(session.videoWidth),
+        height: positiveOrNull(session.videoHeight),
+        fps: finiteOrNull(stats?.fps),
+        nominalFps: null,
+        streamBitrateBps: null,
+        videoBitrateBps: finiteOrNull(stats?.videoBitrateBps),
+        audioBitrateBps: finiteOrNull(stats?.audioBitrateBps),
+        videoCodec: nonEmptyOrNull(stats?.videoCodec),
+        audioCodec: nonEmptyOrNull(stats?.audioCodec),
+        audioChannels: nonEmptyOrNull(stats?.audioChannels),
+        audioSampleRateHz: finiteOrNull(stats?.audioSampleRateHz),
+        container: nonEmptyOrNull(stats?.container),
+        bufferedAheadSeconds: finiteOrNull(stats?.bufferedAheadSeconds),
+        droppedFrames: finiteOrNull(stats?.droppedFrames),
+        // mpv counts drops, not presented frames, so a drop rate cannot be
+        // derived here the way it can from a <video> element.
+        totalFrames: null,
+    };
+
+    return hasStreamStatsData(mapped) ? mapped : null;
+}
+
+function finiteOrNull(value: number | undefined): number | null {
+    return typeof value === 'number' && Number.isFinite(value) ? value : null;
+}
+
+function nonEmptyOrNull(value: string | undefined): string | null {
+    return value?.trim() ? value.trim() : null;
+}
+
+function positiveOrNull(value: number | undefined): number | null {
+    const finite = finiteOrNull(value);
+    return finite !== null && finite > 0 ? finite : null;
+}
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/controls-chrome-interactions.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/controls-chrome-interactions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8facdce76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/controls-chrome-interactions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+import { signal } from '@angular/core';
+import type { ControlsSurface } from './controls-surface';
+import type { ControlsVisibility } from './controls-visibility';
+
+export interface ControlsChromeInteractionsConfig {
+    surface: ControlsSurface;
+    visibility: ControlsVisibility;
+    reveal: (options?: { scheduleHide?: boolean }) => void;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Pointer/focus state machine of the controls chrome.
+ *
+ * It answers one question for the auto-hide logic — "is the user currently
+ * working the controls?" — and distinguishes pointer activity (reveals, never
+ * pins) from keyboard ownership (pins them open until focus leaves).
+ *
+ * Every chrome region binds to one shared instance (the bottom bar and the
+ * top-right corner today): the pin belongs to the interaction, not to a DOM
+ * region, so moving the pointer from the corner into the bar must not let the
+ * controls hide mid-journey. {@link onFocusOut} stays per-region on purpose —
+ * its `currentTarget.contains()` check asks whether focus left *that* region,
+ * and a focus move between regions re-arms the hide timer before the arriving
+ * region pins it again.
+ */
+export class ControlsChromeInteractions {
+    readonly hovered = signal(false);
+    readonly focused = signal(false);
+
+    constructor(private readonly config: ControlsChromeInteractionsConfig) {}
+
+    /** True while the controls must stay on screen for the user's sake. */
+    get engaged(): boolean {
+        return this.hovered() || this.focused();
+    }
+
+    onPointerEnter(): void {
+        this.hovered.set(true);
+        this.config.reveal({ scheduleHide: false });
+    }
+
+    onPointerLeave(): void {
+        this.hovered.set(false);
+        this.config.visibility.scheduleHide();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * A pointer press anywhere in the chrome hands the interaction over to the
+     * pointer: a keyboard pin set by an earlier Tab is released here, because
+     * the press may not produce any focus event at all (clicking the control
+     * that is already focused) or only a focus transfer inside the bar, which
+     * {@link onFocusOut} deliberately ignores.
+     */
+    onPointerDown(): void {
+        this.focused.set(false);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * A key press that bubbles out of a control inside the chrome means the
+     * keyboard is operating that control (Space/Enter on a button, arrows on
+     * a slider): the bar is pinned exactly as if the control had been focused
+     * with Tab. A completed pointer click no longer leaves its control
+     * focused ({@link onClick}), but a press released off the control does,
+     * without a pin, and the key press then produces no new focus event, so
+     * this is the only place that hands ownership back to the keyboard.
+     */
+    onKeyDown(): void {
+        this.focused.set(true);
+        this.config.reveal({ scheduleHide: false });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * A pointer click leaves the clicked control focused ({@link onFocusIn}),
+     * and a focused control captures the keyboard: Space and Enter activate
+     * it again instead of toggling playback, and the playback shortcuts
+     * yield to any interactive element in the key's path — after a click on
+     * the fullscreen button, Space left fullscreen instead of pausing. The
+     * focus was never the keyboard's, so it is released once the click
+     * completes; keyboard activation (an empty click `pointerType`) keeps
+     * focus where Tab put it.
+     */
+    onClick(event: MouseEvent): void {
+        const bar = event.currentTarget;
+        if (
+            bar instanceof HTMLElement &&
+            this.config.surface.wasPointerClick(event)
+        ) {
+            this.config.surface.releasePointerFocus(bar);
+        }
+    }
+
+    onFocusIn(event: FocusEvent): void {
+        // Chromium moves focus to a clicked <button>. That focus is a side
+        // effect of the click, not keyboard navigation: it must reveal like
+        // any pointer activity, but never pin the bar open; `onClick` drops it
+        // again once the click completes (issue: fullscreen button left the
+        // controls on screen until a click-to-pause on the viewport).
+        if (this.config.surface.wasPointerInteraction(event)) {
+            this.focused.set(false);
+            this.config.reveal();
+            return;
+        }
+        this.focused.set(true);
+        this.config.reveal({ scheduleHide: false });
+    }
+
+    onFocusOut(event: FocusEvent): void {
+        const bar = event.currentTarget as HTMLElement | null;
+        const next = event.relatedTarget;
+        if (bar && next instanceof Node && bar.contains(next)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        this.focused.set(false);
+        this.config.visibility.scheduleHide();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/controls-format.utils.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/controls-format.utils.ts
index 14ee11dda..397611283 100644
--- a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/controls-format.utils.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/controls-format.utils.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { positiveOrNull } from './positive-number.util';
+
 export function formatTime(value: number | null | undefined): string {
     const safeValue = Math.max(0, Math.floor(value ?? 0));
     const hours = Math.floor(safeValue / 3600);
@@ -24,6 +26,30 @@ export function volumeLabel(value: number): string {
     return `Volume ${Math.round(value * 100)}%`;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Formats a bitrate as e.g. `12 Mbps` / `4.6 Mbps` / `128 kbps`.
+ *
+ * Shared by the quality-level labels and the stream-info popover on purpose:
+ * both can render the *same* rendition in the same overlay, and two spellings
+ * of one number read as two different numbers.
+ */
+export function formatBitrate(
+    bitsPerSecond: number | null | undefined
+): string | null {
+    const value = positiveOrNull(bitsPerSecond);
+    if (value === null) {
+        return null;
+    }
+    if (value >= 1_000_000) {
+        const megabits = value / 1_000_000;
+        // A decimal stops carrying information once the integer part does.
+        const rendered =
+            megabits >= 10 ? Math.round(megabits) : megabits.toFixed(1);
+        return `${rendered} Mbps`;
+    }
+    return `${Math.round(value / 1000)} kbps`;
+}
+
 /** Rounds and formats a playback rate as e.g. `1.5×` for tooltips. */
 export function speedLabel(speed: number): string {
     const value = Math.round(speed * 100) / 100;
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/controls-menu-state.spec.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/controls-menu-state.spec.ts
index 59de54bd3..630fd7f0e 100644
--- a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/controls-menu-state.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/controls-menu-state.spec.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ describe('ControlsMenuState', () => {
         'quality',
         'speed',
         'aspect',
+        'stats',
     ] as const)(
         'closes an open %s menu when it becomes unavailable',
         (menu) => {
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ describe('ControlsMenuState', () => {
                 quality: menu !== 'quality',
                 speed: menu !== 'speed',
                 aspect: menu !== 'aspect',
+                stats: menu !== 'stats',
             });
 
             expect(changed).toBe(true);
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ describe('ControlsMenuState', () => {
                 quality: true,
                 speed: true,
                 aspect: true,
+                stats: true,
             })
         ).toBe(false);
         expect(menus.speedOpen()).toBe(true);
@@ -85,6 +88,7 @@ describe('ControlsMenuState', () => {
                 quality: false,
                 speed: false,
                 aspect: false,
+                stats: false,
             })
         ).toBe(true);
         expect(menus.anyOpen()).toBe(false);
@@ -97,6 +101,7 @@ describe('ControlsMenuState', () => {
         ['quality', {}, { qualityLevels: [] }],
         ['speed', { playbackSpeed: false }, {}],
         ['aspect', { aspectRatio: false }, {}],
+        ['stats', { streamStats: false }, {}],
     ] as const)(
         'maps runtime controller state to %s menu availability',
         (menu, capabilityOverrides, stateOverrides) => {
@@ -113,6 +118,7 @@ describe('ControlsMenuState', () => {
                     qualityLevels: true,
                     playbackSpeed: true,
                     aspectRatio: true,
+                    streamStats: true,
                     ...capabilityOverrides,
                 },
                 {
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/controls-menu-state.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/controls-menu-state.ts
index f78bc6766..387d0df5c 100644
--- a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/controls-menu-state.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/controls-menu-state.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ const CONTROL_MENUS = [
     'quality',
     'speed',
     'aspect',
+    'stats',
 ] as const;
 
 export type ControlsMenu = (typeof CONTROL_MENUS)[number];
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ function getControlsMenuAvailability(
             state.qualityLevels.length > 1,
         speed: showControls && capabilities.playbackSpeed,
         aspect: showControls && capabilities.aspectRatio,
+        stats: showControls && capabilities.streamStats,
     };
 }
 
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ export class ControlsMenuState {
     readonly qualityOpen = signal(false);
     readonly speedOpen = signal(false);
     readonly aspectOpen = signal(false);
+    readonly statsOpen = signal(false);
 
     readonly anyOpen = computed(
         () =>
@@ -62,7 +65,8 @@ export class ControlsMenuState {
             this.subtitleOpen() ||
             this.qualityOpen() ||
             this.speedOpen() ||
-            this.aspectOpen()
+            this.aspectOpen() ||
+            this.statsOpen()
     );
 
     toggle(menu: ControlsMenu): void {
@@ -91,6 +95,7 @@ export class ControlsMenuState {
         this.qualityOpen.set(false);
         this.speedOpen.set(false);
         this.aspectOpen.set(false);
+        this.statsOpen.set(false);
     }
 
     reconcile(availability: ControlsMenuAvailability): boolean {
@@ -129,6 +134,8 @@ export class ControlsMenuState {
                 return this.speedOpen;
             case 'aspect':
                 return this.aspectOpen;
+            case 'stats':
+                return this.statsOpen;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/controls-stream-stats.spec.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/controls-stream-stats.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4388de618
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/controls-stream-stats.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+import {
+    ControlsStreamStats,
+    STREAM_STATS_SAMPLE_INTERVAL_MS,
+} from './controls-stream-stats';
+import { type PlayerStreamStatsSource } from './player-stream-stats.model';
+import { WebVideoStreamStatsSampler } from './web-video-stream-stats';
+import { emptyStreamStats } from './stream-stats.spec-helpers';
+
+describe('ControlsStreamStats', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        jest.useFakeTimers();
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+        jest.useRealTimers();
+    });
+
+    const createSource = (
+        sample: jest.Mock = jest.fn(() => emptyStreamStats({ fps: 25 }))
+    ): { source: PlayerStreamStatsSource; sample: jest.Mock } => ({
+        source: { sample: sample as PlayerStreamStatsSource['sample'] },
+        sample,
+    });
+
+    it('samples nothing until it is started', () => {
+        const { source, sample } = createSource();
+        const stats = new ControlsStreamStats(() => source);
+
+        jest.advanceTimersByTime(5 * STREAM_STATS_SAMPLE_INTERVAL_MS);
+
+        expect(sample).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(stats.rows()).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    it('samples immediately on start, then on the interval', () => {
+        const { source, sample } = createSource();
+        const stats = new ControlsStreamStats(() => source);
+
+        stats.start();
+        expect(sample).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(stats.hasRows()).toBe(true);
+
+        jest.advanceTimersByTime(STREAM_STATS_SAMPLE_INTERVAL_MS * 3);
+        expect(sample).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(4);
+    });
+
+    it('stops sampling and forgets the snapshot when closed', () => {
+        const { source, sample } = createSource();
+        const stats = new ControlsStreamStats(() => source);
+
+        stats.start();
+        stats.stop();
+        jest.advanceTimersByTime(STREAM_STATS_SAMPLE_INTERVAL_MS * 3);
+
+        expect(sample).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        // A reopen must show fresh numbers, never the previous stream's.
+        expect(stats.rows()).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    it('starts a fresh frame measurement when reopened after a long pause', () => {
+        const quality = { totalVideoFrames: 100, droppedVideoFrames: 0 };
+        const video = {
+            videoWidth: 640,
+            videoHeight: 360,
+            paused: false,
+            readyState: 4,
+            buffered: { length: 0 },
+            getVideoPlaybackQuality: () => quality,
+        } as unknown as HTMLVideoElement;
+        const sampler = new WebVideoStreamStatsSampler(
+            () => video,
+            () => null
+        );
+        const stats = new ControlsStreamStats(() => sampler);
+        stats.start();
+        quality.totalVideoFrames += 30;
+        jest.advanceTimersByTime(1000);
+        expect(stats.rows()).toContainEqual({
+            labelKey: 'EMBEDDED_MPV.PLAYER.STATS_FRAME_RATE',
+            value: '30 fps',
+        });
+        stats.stop();
+        jest.advanceTimersByTime(60000);
+        quality.totalVideoFrames += 30;
+        stats.start();
+        expect(
+            stats
+                .rows()
+                .some((row) => row.labelKey.endsWith('STATS_FRAME_RATE'))
+        ).toBe(false);
+        quality.totalVideoFrames += 30;
+        jest.advanceTimersByTime(1000);
+        expect(stats.rows()).toContainEqual({
+            labelKey: 'EMBEDDED_MPV.PLAYER.STATS_FRAME_RATE',
+            value: '30 fps',
+        });
+        stats.dispose();
+    });
+
+    it('restarting does not leave a second interval running', () => {
+        const { source, sample } = createSource();
+        const stats = new ControlsStreamStats(() => source);
+
+        stats.start();
+        stats.start();
+        sample.mockClear();
+
+        jest.advanceTimersByTime(STREAM_STATS_SAMPLE_INTERVAL_MS);
+        expect(sample).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    it('renders rows from the sampled snapshot', () => {
+        const { source } = createSource(
+            jest.fn(() => emptyStreamStats({ width: 1920, height: 1080 }))
+        );
+        const stats = new ControlsStreamStats(() => source);
+
+        stats.start();
+
+        expect(stats.rows()).toEqual([
+            {
+                labelKey: 'EMBEDDED_MPV.PLAYER.STATS_RESOLUTION',
+                value: '1920 × 1080 · 16:9',
+            },
+        ]);
+    });
+
+    it('survives an engine that throws while tearing down', () => {
+        const { source } = createSource(
+            jest.fn(() => {
+                throw new Error('engine gone');
+            })
+        );
+        const stats = new ControlsStreamStats(() => source);
+
+        expect(() => stats.start()).not.toThrow();
+        expect(stats.hasRows()).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('treats a controller without a stats source as empty', () => {
+        const stats = new ControlsStreamStats(() => undefined);
+
+        stats.start();
+
+        expect(stats.hasRows()).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('clears its interval on dispose', () => {
+        const { source, sample } = createSource();
+        const stats = new ControlsStreamStats(() => source);
+
+        stats.start();
+        stats.dispose();
+        jest.advanceTimersByTime(STREAM_STATS_SAMPLE_INTERVAL_MS * 2);
+
+        expect(sample).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+});
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/controls-stream-stats.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/controls-stream-stats.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..64f1bdf4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/controls-stream-stats.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import { computed, signal } from '@angular/core';
+import type {
+    PlayerStreamStats,
+    PlayerStreamStatsSource,
+} from './player-stream-stats.model';
+import { buildStreamStatsRows } from './stream-stats-format.utils';
+
+/**
+ * How often the open popover re-reads the engine. Fast enough that a bitrate
+ * or buffer change is visible while watching a row, slow enough that the
+ * numbers stay readable instead of flickering.
+ */
+export const STREAM_STATS_SAMPLE_INTERVAL_MS = 1000;
+
+/**
+ * Owns the stream-info popover's sampling loop.
+ *
+ * Sampling runs only between {@link start} and {@link stop} — i.e. only while
+ * the popover is open — so a closed panel costs nothing, and the engine's own
+ * frame-rate accounting is not driven by a UI nobody is looking at.
+ */
+export class ControlsStreamStats {
+    private readonly snapshot = signal<PlayerStreamStats | null>(null);
+    private timer: ReturnType<typeof setInterval> | null = null;
+
+    readonly rows = computed(() => buildStreamStatsRows(this.snapshot()));
+    readonly hasRows = computed(() => this.rows().length > 0);
+
+    constructor(
+        private readonly source: () =>
+            PlayerStreamStatsSource | null | undefined
+    ) {}
+
+    start(): void {
+        this.stop();
+        try {
+            this.source()?.reset?.();
+        } catch {
+            // Diagnostic sources must never break playback during teardown.
+        }
+        this.sample();
+        this.timer = setInterval(
+            () => this.sample(),
+            STREAM_STATS_SAMPLE_INTERVAL_MS
+        );
+    }
+
+    /** Idempotent; drops the snapshot so a reopen never shows stale numbers. */
+    stop(): void {
+        if (this.timer !== null) {
+            clearInterval(this.timer);
+            this.timer = null;
+        }
+        this.snapshot.set(null);
+    }
+
+    dispose(): void {
+        this.stop();
+    }
+
+    private sample(): void {
+        try {
+            this.snapshot.set(this.source()?.sample() ?? null);
+        } catch {
+            // A stats read is diagnostic only: an engine that throws mid-teardown
+            // must never take the controls down with it.
+            this.snapshot.set(null);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/index.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/index.ts
index 9d88c35f6..ee43d7b32 100644
--- a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/index.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/index.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 export * from './player-controls.model';
+export * from './player-stream-stats.model';
 export * from './player-controls-defaults';
 export * from './subtitle-style';
 export * from './player-controls.component';
 export * from './controls-menu-state';
 export * from './controls-subtitle-settings';
+export * from './controls-chrome-interactions';
 export * from './controls-feedback';
+export * from './controls-stream-stats';
 export * from './controls-fullscreen';
 export * from './controls-shortcuts';
 export * from './legacy-player-shortcuts';
@@ -17,4 +20,5 @@ export * from './controls-volume';
 export * from './controls-format.utils';
 export * from './web-player-controls.flag';
 export * from './web-video-controls.adapter';
+export * from './web-video-stream-stats';
 export * from './web-video-controls.host';
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls-defaults.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls-defaults.ts
index 12c5d3b33..fed84aa02 100644
--- a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls-defaults.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls-defaults.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_PLAYER_CAPABILITIES: PlayerControlsCapabilities = {
     pictureInPicture: false,
     fullscreen: false,
     seriesNavigation: false,
+    streamStats: false,
 };
 
 export const DEFAULT_SPEED_PRESETS: ReadonlyArray<PlayerPreset<number>> = [
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.component.html b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.component.html
index a1e08a875..2de53d6f3 100644
--- a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.component.html
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.component.html
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@
     </div>
 }
 
+@if (showTopScrim()) {
+    <div
+        class="player-controls__top-scrim"
+        [class.player-controls__top-scrim--visible]="controlsAreVisible()"
+        data-test-id="player-controls-top-scrim"
+        aria-hidden="true"
+    ></div>
+}
+
 @if (fullscreenMediaTitle(); as mediaTitle) {
     <div
         class="player-controls__title"
@@ -26,18 +35,79 @@
     </div>
 }
 
+@if (showControls() && capabilities().streamStats) {
+    <div
+        class="player-controls__corner"
+        [class.player-controls__corner--visible]="controlsAreVisible()"
+        (pointerenter)="chrome.onPointerEnter()"
+        (pointerleave)="chrome.onPointerLeave()"
+        (pointerdown)="chrome.onPointerDown()"
+        (click)="chrome.onClick($event)"
+        (keydown)="chrome.onKeyDown()"
+        (focusin)="chrome.onFocusIn($event)"
+        (focusout)="chrome.onFocusOut($event)"
+    >
+        <div class="player-controls__popover-anchor">
+            <button
+                mat-icon-button
+                type="button"
+                class="player-controls__button"
+                data-test-id="player-controls-stream-info-button"
+                (click)="toggleMenu('stats')"
+                [attr.aria-expanded]="menus.statsOpen()"
+                [attr.aria-label]="'EMBEDDED_MPV.PLAYER.STREAM_INFO' | translate"
+                [matTooltip]="'EMBEDDED_MPV.PLAYER.STREAM_INFO' | translate"
+                matTooltipPosition="below"
+            >
+                <mat-icon>info_outline</mat-icon>
+            </button>
+            @if (menus.statsOpen()) {
+                <div
+                    class="player-controls__panel player-controls__stats-popover"
+                    role="dialog"
+                    data-test-id="player-controls-stream-info-panel"
+                    [attr.aria-label]="
+                        'EMBEDDED_MPV.PLAYER.STREAM_INFO' | translate
+                    "
+                >
+                    <div class="player-controls__menu-title">
+                        {{ 'EMBEDDED_MPV.PLAYER.STREAM_INFO' | translate }}
+                    </div>
+                    @if (streamStats.hasRows()) {
+                        <dl class="player-controls__stats-list">
+                            @for (row of streamStats.rows(); track row.labelKey) {
+                                <div class="player-controls__stats-row">
+                                    <dt>{{ row.labelKey | translate }}</dt>
+                                    <dd>{{ row.value }}</dd>
+                                </div>
+                            }
+                        </dl>
+                    } @else {
+                        <div class="player-controls__stats-empty">
+                            {{
+                                'EMBEDDED_MPV.PLAYER.STATS_UNAVAILABLE'
+                                    | translate
+                            }}
+                        </div>
+                    }
+                </div>
+            }
+        </div>
+    </div>
+}
+
 @if (showControls()) {
     <div
         #controlsBar
         class="player-controls__bar"
         [class.player-controls__bar--visible]="controlsAreVisible()"
-        (pointerenter)="onBarPointerEnter()"
-        (pointerleave)="onBarPointerLeave()"
-        (pointerdown)="onBarPointerDown()"
-        (click)="onBarClick($event)"
-        (keydown)="onBarKeyDown()"
-        (focusin)="onBarFocusIn($event)"
-        (focusout)="onBarFocusOut($event)"
+        (pointerenter)="chrome.onPointerEnter()"
+        (pointerleave)="chrome.onPointerLeave()"
+        (pointerdown)="chrome.onPointerDown()"
+        (click)="chrome.onClick($event)"
+        (keydown)="chrome.onKeyDown()"
+        (focusin)="chrome.onFocusIn($event)"
+        (focusout)="chrome.onFocusOut($event)"
     >
         <div class="player-controls__transport">
             <button
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.component.media-title.spec.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.component.media-title.spec.ts
index c23dfdf40..c0f8b89c4 100644
--- a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.component.media-title.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.component.media-title.spec.ts
@@ -90,6 +90,25 @@ describe('PlayerControlsComponent fullscreen media title', () => {
         jest.useRealTimers();
     });
 
+    it('backs the fullscreen title with the shared top scrim', () => {
+        // The engine reports no stats here, so the title is the only reason
+        // for the scrim to exist — it must still get one.
+        fixture.componentRef.setInput('mediaTitle', {
+            primary: 'Breaking Code',
+            secondary: null,
+        });
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+        const scrim = () =>
+            fixture.nativeElement.querySelector(
+                '[data-test-id="player-controls-top-scrim"]'
+            );
+        expect(scrim()).toBeNull();
+
+        enterFullscreen();
+
+        expect(scrim()).not.toBeNull();
+    });
+
     it('stays hidden outside fullscreen even when a media title is set', () => {
         fixture.componentRef.setInput('mediaTitle', {
             primary: 'Some Movie',
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.component.scss b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.component.scss
index 149a4dd88..6b11fa467 100644
--- a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.component.scss
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.component.scss
@@ -72,6 +72,39 @@
     }
 }
 
+// Backdrop for every piece of top chrome — the fullscreen media title and the
+// corner buttons. Without it a white-on-video icon is invisible over bright
+// footage. Deliberately one element rather than a background per consumer: two
+// overlapping gradients would darken the overlap twice.
+//
+// The stops are the bottom bar's, mirrored, so the two edges of the player read
+// as one system.
+.player-controls__top-scrim {
+    position: absolute;
+    top: 0;
+    right: 0;
+    left: 0;
+    z-index: 1;
+    // Mirrors the bar's 48px top padding + 64px min-height.
+    height: 112px;
+    opacity: 0;
+    // Purely decorative: clicks belong to the video surface underneath.
+    pointer-events: none;
+    background: linear-gradient(
+        to bottom,
+        rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.78) 0%,
+        rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.45) 45%,
+        transparent 100%
+    );
+    // Fades with the controls, but does not slide: a moving scrim edge is
+    // visible against video in a way a moving control is not.
+    transition: opacity 180ms ease-out;
+}
+
+.player-controls__top-scrim--visible {
+    opacity: 1;
+}
+
 .player-controls__title {
     position: absolute;
     top: 0;
@@ -81,24 +114,23 @@
     display: flex;
     flex-direction: column;
     gap: 4px;
-    // Generous bottom padding lets the scrim fall below the text and fade out.
+    // Bottom padding keeps the text inside the top scrim's opaque half.
     padding: 20px 24px 40px;
     opacity: 0;
     // Purely informative: never intercept clicks meant for the video surface.
     pointer-events: none;
     transform: translateY(-8px);
-    // Mirror of the bottom bar's scrim so the title reads over bright video.
-    background: linear-gradient(
-        to bottom,
-        rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7) 0%,
-        rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.35) 55%,
-        transparent 100%
-    );
     transition:
         opacity 180ms ease-out,
         transform 200ms ease-out;
 }
 
+// Only when the corner button is actually rendered: keep the fullscreen title
+// from running underneath it (a long title ellipsizes at the full width).
+.player-controls__title:has(~ .player-controls__corner) {
+    padding-right: 64px;
+}
+
 .player-controls__title--visible {
     opacity: 1;
     transform: translateY(0);
@@ -125,6 +157,29 @@
     text-shadow: 0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
 }
 
+// Top-right corner chrome (stream-info button). It fades with the bottom bar
+// but is its own layer: the title scrim above it is click-through, so the
+// button opts back into pointer events on its own.
+.player-controls__corner {
+    position: absolute;
+    top: 8px;
+    right: 8px;
+    z-index: 3;
+    display: flex;
+    opacity: 0;
+    pointer-events: none;
+    transform: translateY(-8px);
+    transition:
+        opacity 180ms ease-out,
+        transform 200ms ease-out;
+}
+
+.player-controls__corner--visible {
+    opacity: 1;
+    pointer-events: auto;
+    transform: translateY(0);
+}
+
 .player-controls__bar {
     position: absolute;
     right: 0;
@@ -286,7 +341,9 @@
     color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.38);
 }
 
-:host .player-controls__bar :is(button[mat-icon-button]:hover) {
+:host
+    :is(.player-controls__bar, .player-controls__corner)
+    :is(button[mat-icon-button]:hover) {
     color: #ffffff;
     background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.16);
 }
@@ -454,6 +511,58 @@
     white-space: nowrap;
 }
 
+// Anchored under the corner button (the only popover that opens downward);
+// the label/value grid keeps the numbers on a common right edge.
+.player-controls__stats-popover {
+    position: absolute;
+    top: calc(100% + 6px);
+    right: 0;
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    min-width: 240px;
+    max-width: min(360px, calc(100cqw - 24px), 80vw);
+    max-height: min(calc(100cqh - 96px), 70vh);
+    padding: 10px 12px;
+    overflow-y: auto;
+    scrollbar-width: thin;
+    z-index: 3;
+}
+
+.player-controls__stats-list {
+    display: grid;
+    gap: 6px;
+    margin: 0;
+}
+
+.player-controls__stats-row {
+    display: grid;
+    grid-template-columns: auto minmax(0, 1fr);
+    gap: 16px;
+    align-items: baseline;
+}
+
+.player-controls__stats-row dt {
+    color: var(--pc-text-dim);
+    font-size: 0.74rem;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
+.player-controls__stats-row dd {
+    margin: 0;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    font-size: 0.82rem;
+    font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
+    text-align: right;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
+.player-controls__stats-empty {
+    padding: 2px;
+    color: var(--pc-text-dim);
+    font-size: 0.8rem;
+}
+
 .player-controls__track-list {
     display: flex;
     flex-direction: column;
@@ -657,6 +766,12 @@
 // button clusters. Container-based on purpose: a small inline player inside a
 // wide desktop window needs the same treatment as a phone viewport.
 @container player-controls (max-width: 640px) {
+    // Matches the bar's reduced padding below: on a small inline player two
+    // full-height scrims would tint most of the picture.
+    .player-controls__top-scrim {
+        height: 88px;
+    }
+
     .player-controls__bar {
         grid-template-columns: auto minmax(0, 1fr);
         grid-template-areas:
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.component.spec.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.component.spec.ts
index f4b0caf88..5d31d59ee 100644
--- a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.component.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.component.spec.ts
@@ -739,14 +739,14 @@ describe('PlayerControlsComponent', () => {
     describe('bar-hover state', () => {
         const bar = () => query('.player-controls__bar') as HTMLElement | null;
 
-        it('tracks barHovered on bar pointerenter / pointerleave', () => {
-            expect(fixture.componentInstance.barHovered()).toBe(false);
+        it('tracks chrome hover on bar pointerenter / pointerleave', () => {
+            expect(fixture.componentInstance.chrome.hovered()).toBe(false);
 
             bar()?.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('pointerenter'));
-            expect(fixture.componentInstance.barHovered()).toBe(true);
+            expect(fixture.componentInstance.chrome.hovered()).toBe(true);
 
             bar()?.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('pointerleave'));
-            expect(fixture.componentInstance.barHovered()).toBe(false);
+            expect(fixture.componentInstance.chrome.hovered()).toBe(false);
         });
     });
 
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.component.stream-info.spec.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.component.stream-info.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b7b8c5e73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.component.stream-info.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,222 @@
+import { WritableSignal, signal } from '@angular/core';
+import { ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import { STREAM_STATS_SAMPLE_INTERVAL_MS } from './controls-stream-stats';
+import {
+    DEFAULT_PLAYER_CAPABILITIES,
+    createEmptyControlsState,
+} from './player-controls-defaults';
+import { PlayerControlsComponent } from './player-controls.component';
+import type {
+    PlayerControlsCapabilities,
+    PlayerControlsCommands,
+    PlayerControlsState,
+    PlayerController,
+} from './player-controls.model';
+import { type PlayerStreamStats } from './player-stream-stats.model';
+import { emptyStreamStats } from './stream-stats.spec-helpers';
+
+function createFakeController(sample: jest.Mock) {
+    const capabilities: WritableSignal<PlayerControlsCapabilities> = signal({
+        ...DEFAULT_PLAYER_CAPABILITIES,
+        streamStats: true,
+    });
+    const state: WritableSignal<PlayerControlsState> = signal(
+        createEmptyControlsState()
+    );
+    const commands = {
+        togglePlay: jest.fn(),
+        seekTo: jest.fn(),
+        seekBy: jest.fn(),
+        setVolume: jest.fn(),
+        setAudioTrack: jest.fn(),
+        setSubtitleTrack: jest.fn(),
+        addExternalSubtitleFile: jest.fn(),
+        setSubtitleDelay: jest.fn(),
+        setSubtitleStyle: jest.fn(),
+        setQualityLevel: jest.fn(),
+        setPlaybackSpeed: jest.fn(),
+        setAspectRatio: jest.fn(),
+        toggleRecording: jest.fn(),
+        togglePictureInPicture: jest.fn(),
+    } as jest.Mocked<PlayerControlsCommands>;
+    const controller: PlayerController = {
+        capabilities,
+        state,
+        commands,
+        streamStats: { sample: sample as () => PlayerStreamStats | null },
+    };
+    return { controller, capabilities, state };
+}
+
+describe('PlayerControlsComponent stream info', () => {
+    let fixture: ComponentFixture<PlayerControlsComponent>;
+    let fake: ReturnType<typeof createFakeController>;
+    let sample: jest.Mock;
+    let surface: HTMLElement;
+
+    const queryButton = (): HTMLButtonElement | null =>
+        fixture.nativeElement.querySelector(
+            '[data-test-id="player-controls-stream-info-button"]'
+        );
+
+    const queryPanel = (): HTMLElement | null =>
+        fixture.nativeElement.querySelector(
+            '[data-test-id="player-controls-stream-info-panel"]'
+        );
+
+    const queryScrim = (): HTMLElement | null =>
+        fixture.nativeElement.querySelector(
+            '[data-test-id="player-controls-top-scrim"]'
+        );
+
+    const openPanel = () => {
+        queryButton()?.click();
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+    };
+
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+        jest.useFakeTimers();
+        localStorage.removeItem('volume');
+        await TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+            imports: [PlayerControlsComponent, TranslateModule.forRoot()],
+        }).compileComponents();
+
+        surface = document.createElement('div');
+        document.body.appendChild(surface);
+
+        sample = jest.fn((): PlayerStreamStats =>
+            emptyStreamStats({ width: 1920, height: 1080, fps: 50 })
+        );
+        fake = createFakeController(sample);
+        fixture = TestBed.createComponent(PlayerControlsComponent);
+        fixture.componentRef.setInput('controller', fake.controller);
+        fixture.componentRef.setInput('playerSurface', surface);
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+        fixture.destroy();
+        surface.remove();
+        jest.useRealTimers();
+    });
+
+    it('renders the corner button only when the engine reports stats', () => {
+        expect(queryButton()).not.toBeNull();
+
+        fake.capabilities.set({
+            ...DEFAULT_PLAYER_CAPABILITIES,
+            streamStats: false,
+        });
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+
+        expect(queryButton()).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('backs the corner button with a scrim, in windowed playback too', () => {
+        // Without it a white icon is invisible over bright video, and the
+        // media title's scrim only exists in fullscreen.
+        expect(queryScrim()).not.toBeNull();
+
+        fake.capabilities.set({
+            ...DEFAULT_PLAYER_CAPABILITIES,
+            streamStats: false,
+        });
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+
+        // No corner and no title left to back.
+        expect(queryScrim()).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('fades the scrim together with the controls', () => {
+        fake.state.set({
+            ...createEmptyControlsState(),
+            status: 'playing',
+        });
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+        const visibleClass = 'player-controls__top-scrim--visible';
+        expect(queryScrim()?.classList).toContain(visibleClass);
+
+        fixture.componentInstance.menus.closeAll();
+        jest.advanceTimersByTime(10_000);
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+
+        expect(fixture.componentInstance.controlsAreVisible()).toBe(false);
+        expect(queryScrim()?.classList).not.toContain(visibleClass);
+    });
+
+    it('opens the popover with a row per known value', () => {
+        expect(queryPanel()).toBeNull();
+
+        openPanel();
+
+        const rows = fixture.nativeElement.querySelectorAll(
+            '.player-controls__stats-row'
+        );
+        expect(rows).toHaveLength(2);
+        expect(rows[0].textContent).toContain('1920 × 1080 · 16:9');
+        expect(rows[1].textContent).toContain('50 fps');
+    });
+
+    it('samples only while the popover is open', () => {
+        jest.advanceTimersByTime(STREAM_STATS_SAMPLE_INTERVAL_MS * 2);
+        expect(sample).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+        openPanel();
+        expect(sample).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+        jest.advanceTimersByTime(STREAM_STATS_SAMPLE_INTERVAL_MS * 2);
+        expect(sample).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
+
+        openPanel();
+        expect(queryPanel()).toBeNull();
+
+        sample.mockClear();
+        jest.advanceTimersByTime(STREAM_STATS_SAMPLE_INTERVAL_MS * 3);
+        expect(sample).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('stops sampling when the engine loses the capability mid-playback', () => {
+        openPanel();
+        sample.mockClear();
+
+        fake.capabilities.set({
+            ...DEFAULT_PLAYER_CAPABILITIES,
+            streamStats: false,
+        });
+        fake.state.set({ ...createEmptyControlsState() });
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+
+        jest.advanceTimersByTime(STREAM_STATS_SAMPLE_INTERVAL_MS * 2);
+        expect(queryPanel()).toBeNull();
+        expect(sample).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('shows a placeholder while the engine has no numbers yet', () => {
+        sample.mockReturnValue(null);
+
+        openPanel();
+
+        expect(
+            fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('.player-controls__stats-empty')
+        ).not.toBeNull();
+        expect(
+            fixture.nativeElement.querySelectorAll(
+                '.player-controls__stats-row'
+            )
+        ).toHaveLength(0);
+    });
+
+    it('keeps the controls pinned open while the popover is up', () => {
+        fake.state.set({
+            ...createEmptyControlsState(),
+            status: 'playing',
+        });
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+
+        openPanel();
+
+        expect(fixture.componentInstance.menus.anyOpen()).toBe(true);
+        expect(fixture.componentInstance.controlsAreVisible()).toBe(true);
+    });
+});
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.component.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.component.ts
index 4a9a933ba..daea28aef 100644
--- a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.component.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.component.ts
@@ -8,18 +8,19 @@ import {
     inject,
     input,
     output,
-    signal,
     untracked,
 } from '@angular/core';
 import { MatButtonModule } from '@angular/material/button';
 import { MatIconModule } from '@angular/material/icon';
 import { MatTooltipModule } from '@angular/material/tooltip';
 import { TranslatePipe, TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import { ControlsChromeInteractions } from './controls-chrome-interactions';
 import { ControlsFeedback } from './controls-feedback';
 import { ControlsFullscreen } from './controls-fullscreen';
 import { ControlsMenuSelection } from './controls-menu-selection';
-import { ControlsMenuState } from './controls-menu-state';
+import { type ControlsMenu, ControlsMenuState } from './controls-menu-state';
 import { ControlsShortcuts } from './controls-shortcuts';
+import { ControlsStreamStats } from './controls-stream-stats';
 import { ControlsSurface } from './controls-surface';
 import { ControlsTimeline } from './controls-timeline';
 import { ControlsVisibility } from './controls-visibility';
@@ -69,8 +70,6 @@ export class PlayerControlsComponent implements OnDestroy {
     readonly mediaTitle = input<PlayerMediaTitle | null>(null);
     readonly previousEpisodeRequested = output<void>();
     readonly nextEpisodeRequested = output<void>();
-    readonly barHovered = signal(false);
-    private readonly barFocused = signal(false);
     readonly menus = new ControlsMenuState();
     readonly feedback = new ControlsFeedback();
     readonly anyMenuOpen = this.menus.anyOpen;
@@ -118,6 +117,14 @@ export class PlayerControlsComponent implements OnDestroy {
         canAdjustVolume: () => this.capabilities().volume,
         reveal: (options) => this.reveal(options),
     });
+    readonly chrome = new ControlsChromeInteractions({
+        surface: this.surface,
+        visibility: this.visibility,
+        reveal: (options) => this.reveal(options),
+    });
+    readonly streamStats = new ControlsStreamStats(
+        () => this.controller().streamStats
+    );
 
     readonly state = computed(() => this.controller().state());
     readonly capabilities = computed(() => this.controller().capabilities());
@@ -141,6 +148,18 @@ export class PlayerControlsComponent implements OnDestroy {
         return mediaTitle?.primary?.trim() ? mediaTitle : null;
     });
 
+    /**
+     * The top scrim is shared by every piece of top chrome (the fullscreen
+     * media title and the corner buttons): rendering one per consumer would
+     * stack two gradients and darken the overlap twice.
+     */
+    readonly showTopScrim = computed(
+        () =>
+            this.showControls() &&
+            (this.capabilities().streamStats ||
+                this.fullscreenMediaTitle() !== null)
+    );
+
     private readonly vm = createControlsViewModel({
         state: this.state,
         capabilities: this.capabilities,
@@ -214,6 +233,16 @@ export class PlayerControlsComponent implements OnDestroy {
                 this.volume.reconcileController(controller, volume)
             );
         });
+        effect((onCleanup) => {
+            // Every close path (toggle, Escape, capability loss, teardown)
+            // runs through the signal, so the sampler can never outlive the
+            // panel it feeds.
+            if (!this.menus.statsOpen()) {
+                return;
+            }
+            untracked(() => this.streamStats.start());
+            onCleanup(() => this.streamStats.stop());
+        });
         effect((onCleanup) => {
             const surface = this.playerSurface();
             if (!surface || !this.hideCursor()) {
@@ -259,6 +288,7 @@ export class PlayerControlsComponent implements OnDestroy {
         this.fullscreen.dispose();
         this.volume.dispose();
         this.surface.dispose();
+        this.streamStats.dispose();
     }
     formatTime = formatTime;
     speedLabel = speedLabel;
@@ -315,9 +345,7 @@ export class PlayerControlsComponent implements OnDestroy {
         }
         this.nextEpisodeRequested.emit();
     }
-    toggleMenu(
-        menu: 'audio' | 'subtitle' | 'quality' | 'speed' | 'aspect'
-    ): void {
+    toggleMenu(menu: ControlsMenu): void {
         this.menus.toggle(menu);
         this.reveal();
     }
@@ -363,88 +391,10 @@ export class PlayerControlsComponent implements OnDestroy {
         this.visibility.reveal(options);
     }
 
-    onBarPointerEnter(): void {
-        this.barHovered.set(true);
-        this.reveal({ scheduleHide: false });
-    }
-
-    onBarPointerLeave(): void {
-        this.barHovered.set(false);
-        this.visibility.scheduleHide();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * A pointer press anywhere in the bar hands the interaction over to the
-     * pointer: a keyboard pin set by an earlier Tab is released here, because
-     * the press may not produce any focus event at all (clicking the control
-     * that is already focused) or only a focus transfer inside the bar, which
-     * `onBarFocusOut` deliberately ignores.
-     */
-    onBarPointerDown(): void {
-        this.barFocused.set(false);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * A key press that bubbles out of a control inside the bar means the
-     * keyboard is operating that control (Space/Enter on a button, arrows on
-     * a slider): the bar is pinned exactly as if the control had been focused
-     * with Tab. A completed pointer click no longer leaves its control
-     * focused (`onBarClick`), but a press released off the control does,
-     * without a pin, and the key press then produces no new focus event, so
-     * this is the only place that hands ownership back to the keyboard.
-     */
-    onBarKeyDown(): void {
-        this.barFocused.set(true);
-        this.reveal({ scheduleHide: false });
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * A pointer click leaves the clicked control focused (`onBarFocusIn`),
-     * and a focused control captures the keyboard: Space and Enter activate
-     * it again instead of toggling playback, and the playback shortcuts
-     * yield to any interactive element in the key's path — after a click on
-     * the fullscreen button, Space left fullscreen instead of pausing. The
-     * focus was never the keyboard's, so it is released once the click
-     * completes; keyboard activation (an empty click `pointerType`) keeps
-     * focus where Tab put it.
-     */
-    onBarClick(event: MouseEvent): void {
-        const bar = event.currentTarget;
-        if (bar instanceof HTMLElement && this.surface.wasPointerClick(event)) {
-            this.surface.releasePointerFocus(bar);
-        }
-    }
-
-    onBarFocusIn(event: FocusEvent): void {
-        // Chromium moves focus to a clicked <button>. That focus is a side
-        // effect of the click, not keyboard navigation: it must reveal like
-        // any pointer activity, but never pin the bar open; `onBarClick`
-        // drops it again once the click completes (issue: fullscreen button
-        // left the controls on screen until a click-to-pause on the viewport).
-        if (this.surface.wasPointerInteraction(event)) {
-            this.barFocused.set(false);
-            this.reveal();
-            return;
-        }
-        this.barFocused.set(true);
-        this.reveal({ scheduleHide: false });
-    }
-
-    onBarFocusOut(event: FocusEvent): void {
-        const bar = event.currentTarget as HTMLElement | null;
-        const next = event.relatedTarget;
-        if (bar && next instanceof Node && bar.contains(next)) {
-            return;
-        }
-        this.barFocused.set(false);
-        this.visibility.scheduleHide();
-    }
-
     private canHide(): boolean {
         return (
             this.isPlaying() &&
-            !this.barHovered() &&
-            !this.barFocused() &&
+            !this.chrome.engaged &&
             !this.menus.anyOpen() &&
             !this.state().statusMessage
         );
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.model.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.model.ts
index 7690db949..218824d2f 100644
--- a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.model.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.model.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { Signal } from '@angular/core';
 import type { PlayerSubtitleStyle } from '@iptvnator/shared/interfaces';
+import type { PlayerStreamStatsSource } from './player-stream-stats.model';
 
 export type PlayerStatus =
     | 'idle'
@@ -29,6 +30,8 @@ export interface PlayerControlsCapabilities {
     pictureInPicture: boolean;
     fullscreen: boolean;
     seriesNavigation: boolean;
+    /** Engine can report live stream data (resolution, frame rate, bitrate). */
+    streamStats: boolean;
 }
 
 // Canonical shape lives in @iptvnator/shared/interfaces so the Electron main
@@ -139,4 +142,10 @@ export interface PlayerController {
     readonly capabilities: Signal<PlayerControlsCapabilities>;
     readonly state: Signal<PlayerControlsState>;
     readonly commands: PlayerControlsCommands;
+    /**
+     * Optional live stream diagnostics behind the controls' info popover.
+     * Absent (or paired with a false `streamStats` capability) means the
+     * engine reports nothing and the info button is not rendered.
+     */
+    readonly streamStats?: PlayerStreamStatsSource;
 }
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-stream-stats.model.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-stream-stats.model.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c661ef6e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-stream-stats.model.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/**
+ * Live technical data about the stream that is playing right now, shown in the
+ * controls' stream-info popover.
+ *
+ * Every field is nullable and independently optional: engines report wildly
+ * different subsets (a `<video>` element knows its frame counters but not the
+ * container, mpv knows the codec but has no notion of "total frames"), and a
+ * row is simply omitted when its value is unknown rather than rendered as a
+ * fake zero.
+ */
+export interface PlayerStreamStats {
+    /** Displayed video size in pixels (mpv `dwidth`/`dheight`). */
+    width: number | null;
+    height: number | null;
+    /** Presented-frame rate on web engines; filter-output estimate on MPV. */
+    fps: number | null;
+    /** Declared source rate; never substitutes for a measured playback stall. */
+    nominalFps: number | null;
+    /** Aggregate rendition bitrate, including audio, when declared. */
+    streamBitrateBps: number | null;
+    /** Video bitrate in bits per second. */
+    videoBitrateBps: number | null;
+    /** Audio bitrate in bits per second. */
+    audioBitrateBps: number | null;
+    /** Engine-reported codec names, e.g. `h264` / `avc1.640028`. */
+    videoCodec: string | null;
+    audioCodec: string | null;
+    /**
+     * Channel layout as the engine names it: a count (`6`) from web engines,
+     * a layout string (`5.1`, `stereo`) from mpv.
+     */
+    audioChannels: string | number | null;
+    /** Audio sampling rate in Hz. */
+    audioSampleRateHz: number | null;
+    /** Container/format name, e.g. `mpegts` or `hls`. */
+    container: string | null;
+    /** Media buffered ahead of the playhead, in seconds. */
+    bufferedAheadSeconds: number | null;
+    /** Frames dropped since playback started. */
+    droppedFrames: number | null;
+    /** Total frames (displayed plus dropped); denominator for the drop rate. */
+    totalFrames: number | null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Pull-based stats provider an engine adapter exposes on its
+ * {@link PlayerController}.
+ *
+ * Pull rather than push on purpose: the numbers move continuously (bitrate and
+ * buffer change every second), and folding them into `PlayerControlsState`
+ * would re-run every derived control signal on every tick even while nobody is
+ * looking at them. The controls sample this only while the popover is open.
+ */
+export interface PlayerStreamStatsSource {
+    /**
+     * Reads a fresh snapshot. Called on a ~1s cadence while the popover is
+     * open, so implementations must be cheap and side-effect free apart from
+     * their own sampling bookkeeping (frame-rate deltas).
+     */
+    sample(): PlayerStreamStats | null;
+    /** Start a new measurement window when the popover opens. */
+    reset?(): void;
+}
+
+/** True when at least one field carries a usable value. */
+export function hasStreamStatsData(
+    stats: PlayerStreamStats | null | undefined
+): boolean {
+    if (!stats) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return Object.values(stats).some((value) =>
+        typeof value === 'number' ? Number.isFinite(value) : Boolean(value)
+    );
+}
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/positive-number.util.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/positive-number.util.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d7ab6a05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/positive-number.util.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/**
+ * The one positive-finite guard the controls' numeric readers share.
+ *
+ * Engines report "unknown" in every dialect there is — `undefined`, `null`,
+ * `0`, `-1`, `NaN` — and every reader needs the same answer: a usable number,
+ * or null. Keeping one implementation is what stops those dialects from being
+ * re-interpreted slightly differently per engine.
+ */
+export function positiveOrNull(
+    value: number | null | undefined
+): number | null {
+    return typeof value === 'number' && Number.isFinite(value) && value > 0
+        ? value
+        : null;
+}
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/stream-stats-format.utils.spec.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/stream-stats-format.utils.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9ada6288b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/stream-stats-format.utils.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,286 @@
+import { formatBitrate } from './controls-format.utils';
+import {
+    buildStreamStatsRows,
+    formatAspectRatio,
+    formatAudioChannels,
+    formatSampleRate,
+    formatBufferedSeconds,
+    formatCodec,
+    formatDroppedFrames,
+    formatFrameRate,
+    formatResolution,
+} from './stream-stats-format.utils';
+import { emptyStreamStats } from './stream-stats.spec-helpers';
+
+describe('stream stats formatting', () => {
+    describe('formatResolution', () => {
+        it('renders both dimensions', () => {
+            expect(formatResolution(1920, 1080)).toBe('1920 × 1080');
+        });
+
+        it('returns null when a dimension is missing or zero', () => {
+            expect(formatResolution(0, 1080)).toBeNull();
+            expect(formatResolution(1920, null)).toBeNull();
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe('formatAspectRatio', () => {
+        it('names common ratios', () => {
+            expect(formatAspectRatio(1920, 1080)).toBe('16:9');
+            expect(formatAspectRatio(1024, 768)).toBe('4:3');
+            // Raw PAL pixels really are 5:4; mpv's dwidth already corrects for
+            // the display aspect, so no 4:3 special case belongs here.
+            expect(formatAspectRatio(720, 576)).toBe('5:4');
+            expect(formatAspectRatio(1080, 1920)).toBe('9:16');
+        });
+
+        it('snaps a near-miss to the closest known ratio', () => {
+            // 1920x816 is 2.3529 — cinema scope, not the exact 21:9 value.
+            expect(formatAspectRatio(1920, 816)).toBe('2.35:1');
+        });
+
+        it('reduces an unusual but small ratio exactly', () => {
+            expect(formatAspectRatio(1000, 700)).toBe('10:7');
+        });
+
+        it('falls back to a decimal ratio when the reduction is unreadable', () => {
+            expect(formatAspectRatio(1000, 437)).toBe('2.29:1');
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe('formatFrameRate', () => {
+        it('drops the decimals of a whole rate', () => {
+            expect(formatFrameRate(50)).toBe('50 fps');
+            expect(formatFrameRate(24.999)).toBe('25 fps');
+        });
+
+        it('keeps two decimals for pulled-down rates', () => {
+            expect(formatFrameRate(29.97)).toBe('29.97 fps');
+        });
+
+        it('preserves a measured zero and omits unknown or invalid rates', () => {
+            expect(formatFrameRate(null)).toBeNull();
+            expect(formatFrameRate(0)).toBe('0 fps');
+            expect(formatFrameRate(-1)).toBeNull();
+            expect(formatFrameRate(NaN)).toBeNull();
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe('formatBitrate (shared with the quality-level labels)', () => {
+        it('uses Mbps above one megabit', () => {
+            expect(formatBitrate(4_600_000)).toBe('4.6 Mbps');
+        });
+
+        it('drops the decimal once the integer part carries the value', () => {
+            expect(formatBitrate(12_000_000)).toBe('12 Mbps');
+        });
+
+        it('uses kbps below one megabit', () => {
+            expect(formatBitrate(128_000)).toBe('128 kbps');
+        });
+
+        it('returns null for unknown bitrates', () => {
+            expect(formatBitrate(null)).toBeNull();
+            expect(formatBitrate(0)).toBeNull();
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe('formatCodec', () => {
+        it('strips the profile suffix of an engine codec id', () => {
+            expect(formatCodec('avc1.640028')).toBe('avc1');
+            expect(formatCodec('mp4a.40.2')).toBe('mp4a');
+        });
+
+        it('passes a plain codec name through', () => {
+            expect(formatCodec('h264')).toBe('h264');
+        });
+
+        it('returns null for blank input', () => {
+            expect(formatCodec('   ')).toBeNull();
+            expect(formatCodec(null)).toBeNull();
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe('formatAudioChannels', () => {
+        it('names the layouts people recognise', () => {
+            expect(formatAudioChannels(2)).toBe('Stereo');
+            expect(formatAudioChannels(6)).toBe('5.1');
+            expect(formatAudioChannels(8)).toBe('7.1');
+            expect(formatAudioChannels(1)).toBe('Mono');
+        });
+
+        it('accepts a numeric string from a web manifest', () => {
+            expect(formatAudioChannels('6')).toBe('5.1');
+        });
+
+        it('normalizes an mpv layout name', () => {
+            expect(formatAudioChannels('stereo')).toBe('Stereo');
+            expect(formatAudioChannels('5.1(side)')).toBe('5.1(side)');
+        });
+
+        it('falls back to a plain count for unusual layouts', () => {
+            expect(formatAudioChannels(3)).toBe('3 ch');
+        });
+
+        it('returns null when unknown', () => {
+            expect(formatAudioChannels(null)).toBeNull();
+            expect(formatAudioChannels('  ')).toBeNull();
+            expect(formatAudioChannels(0)).toBeNull();
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe('formatSampleRate', () => {
+        it('renders kHz without trailing zeros', () => {
+            expect(formatSampleRate(48_000)).toBe('48 kHz');
+            expect(formatSampleRate(44_100)).toBe('44.1 kHz');
+            expect(formatSampleRate(22_050)).toBe('22.05 kHz');
+        });
+
+        it('returns null when unknown', () => {
+            expect(formatSampleRate(null)).toBeNull();
+            expect(formatSampleRate(0)).toBeNull();
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe('formatBufferedSeconds', () => {
+        it('renders one decimal, including zero', () => {
+            expect(formatBufferedSeconds(12.34)).toBe('12.3 s');
+            expect(formatBufferedSeconds(0)).toBe('0.0 s');
+        });
+
+        it('returns null when unknown', () => {
+            expect(formatBufferedSeconds(null)).toBeNull();
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe('formatDroppedFrames', () => {
+        it('adds the drop rate when a total is known', () => {
+            expect(formatDroppedFrames(12, 1200)).toBe('12 (1.00%)');
+        });
+
+        it('marks a vanishingly small rate rather than rounding it to zero', () => {
+            expect(formatDroppedFrames(1, 1_000_000)).toBe('1 (<0.01%)');
+        });
+
+        it('reports the bare count without a total', () => {
+            expect(formatDroppedFrames(3, null)).toBe('3');
+        });
+
+        it('returns null when the counter itself is unknown', () => {
+            expect(formatDroppedFrames(null, 1200)).toBeNull();
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe('buildStreamStatsRows', () => {
+        it('emits one row per known value, in reading order', () => {
+            const rows = buildStreamStatsRows(
+                emptyStreamStats({
+                    width: 1920,
+                    height: 1080,
+                    fps: 50,
+                    videoCodec: 'h264',
+                    videoBitrateBps: 4_600_000,
+                    audioCodec: 'aac',
+                    audioBitrateBps: 128_000,
+                    audioChannels: 6,
+                    audioSampleRateHz: 48_000,
+                    container: 'mpegts',
+                    bufferedAheadSeconds: 8.2,
+                    droppedFrames: 2,
+                    totalFrames: 4000,
+                })
+            );
+
+            expect(rows).toEqual([
+                {
+                    labelKey: 'EMBEDDED_MPV.PLAYER.STATS_RESOLUTION',
+                    value: '1920 × 1080 · 16:9',
+                },
+                {
+                    labelKey: 'EMBEDDED_MPV.PLAYER.STATS_FRAME_RATE',
+                    value: '50 fps',
+                },
+                {
+                    labelKey: 'EMBEDDED_MPV.PLAYER.STATS_VIDEO',
+                    value: 'h264 · 4.6 Mbps',
+                },
+                {
+                    labelKey: 'EMBEDDED_MPV.PLAYER.STATS_AUDIO',
+                    value: 'aac · 128 kbps',
+                },
+                {
+                    labelKey: 'EMBEDDED_MPV.PLAYER.STATS_AUDIO_CHANNELS',
+                    value: '5.1',
+                },
+                {
+                    labelKey: 'EMBEDDED_MPV.PLAYER.STATS_SAMPLE_RATE',
+                    value: '48 kHz',
+                },
+                {
+                    labelKey: 'EMBEDDED_MPV.PLAYER.STATS_CONTAINER',
+                    value: 'mpegts',
+                },
+                {
+                    labelKey: 'EMBEDDED_MPV.PLAYER.STATS_BUFFER',
+                    value: '8.2 s',
+                },
+                {
+                    labelKey: 'EMBEDDED_MPV.PLAYER.STATS_DROPPED_FRAMES',
+                    value: '2 (0.05%)',
+                },
+            ]);
+        });
+
+        it('omits the aspect suffix when only one dimension is known', () => {
+            const rows = buildStreamStatsRows(
+                emptyStreamStats({ width: 1920, height: null })
+            );
+
+            expect(rows).toEqual([]);
+        });
+
+        it('keeps a codec row without its bitrate and vice versa', () => {
+            const rows = buildStreamStatsRows(
+                emptyStreamStats({
+                    videoCodec: 'hevc',
+                    audioBitrateBps: 96_000,
+                })
+            );
+
+            expect(rows).toEqual([
+                { labelKey: 'EMBEDDED_MPV.PLAYER.STATS_VIDEO', value: 'hevc' },
+                {
+                    labelKey: 'EMBEDDED_MPV.PLAYER.STATS_AUDIO',
+                    value: '96 kbps',
+                },
+            ]);
+        });
+
+        it('labels nominal FPS and aggregate bitrate separately from measured FPS and video', () => {
+            const rows = buildStreamStatsRows({
+                ...emptyStreamStats({ fps: 0, videoCodec: 'h264' }),
+                nominalFps: 30,
+                streamBitrateBps: 3_000_000,
+            });
+            expect(rows).toEqual([
+                {
+                    labelKey: 'EMBEDDED_MPV.PLAYER.STATS_FRAME_RATE',
+                    value: '0 fps',
+                },
+                {
+                    labelKey: 'EMBEDDED_MPV.PLAYER.STATS_NOMINAL_FRAME_RATE',
+                    value: '30 fps',
+                },
+                {
+                    labelKey: 'EMBEDDED_MPV.PLAYER.STATS_STREAM_BITRATE',
+                    value: '3.0 Mbps',
+                },
+                { labelKey: 'EMBEDDED_MPV.PLAYER.STATS_VIDEO', value: 'h264' },
+            ]);
+        });
+
+        it('returns nothing for an absent snapshot', () => {
+            expect(buildStreamStatsRows(null)).toEqual([]);
+        });
+    });
+});
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/stream-stats-format.utils.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/stream-stats-format.utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..83efcfece
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/stream-stats-format.utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,273 @@
+import { formatBitrate } from './controls-format.utils';
+import type { PlayerStreamStats } from './player-stream-stats.model';
+import { positiveOrNull } from './positive-number.util';
+
+/**
+ * Turns raw {@link PlayerStreamStats} into the display rows of the stream-info
+ * popover. Pure functions only — the component just translates `labelKey` and
+ * prints `value`, so every formatting decision is unit-testable in isolation.
+ */
+
+export interface StreamStatsRow {
+    /** Translation key of the row label. */
+    labelKey: string;
+    /** Display-ready value; rows without one are never emitted. */
+    value: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Ratios worth naming. A raw greatest-common-divisor reduction is exact but
+ * unreadable for real streams (1920x816 reduces to 40:17), so a measured ratio
+ * snaps to the closest entry here when it is within {@link ASPECT_TOLERANCE}.
+ */
+const KNOWN_ASPECT_RATIOS: ReadonlyArray<{ value: number; label: string }> = [
+    { value: 1, label: '1:1' },
+    { value: 5 / 4, label: '5:4' },
+    { value: 4 / 3, label: '4:3' },
+    { value: 3 / 2, label: '3:2' },
+    { value: 16 / 10, label: '16:10' },
+    { value: 16 / 9, label: '16:9' },
+    { value: 2, label: '2:1' },
+    { value: 21 / 9, label: '21:9' },
+    { value: 2.35, label: '2.35:1' },
+    { value: 2.39, label: '2.39:1' },
+    { value: 9 / 16, label: '9:16' },
+];
+
+/** Relative distance (1%) at which a measured ratio adopts a known label. */
+const ASPECT_TOLERANCE = 0.01;
+
+/** Beyond this, a reduced ratio is less readable than a decimal one. */
+const MAX_ASPECT_TERM = 32;
+
+function greatestCommonDivisor(a: number, b: number): number {
+    let left = Math.round(a);
+    let right = Math.round(b);
+    while (right !== 0) {
+        [left, right] = [right, left % right];
+    }
+    return left || 1;
+}
+
+export function formatResolution(
+    width: number | null,
+    height: number | null
+): string | null {
+    const pixelWidth = positiveOrNull(width);
+    const pixelHeight = positiveOrNull(height);
+    if (pixelWidth === null || pixelHeight === null) {
+        return null;
+    }
+    return `${Math.round(pixelWidth)} × ${Math.round(pixelHeight)}`;
+}
+
+export function formatAspectRatio(
+    width: number | null,
+    height: number | null
+): string | null {
+    const pixelWidth = positiveOrNull(width);
+    const pixelHeight = positiveOrNull(height);
+    if (pixelWidth === null || pixelHeight === null) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    const ratio = pixelWidth / pixelHeight;
+    let closest: { label: string; distance: number } | null = null;
+    for (const known of KNOWN_ASPECT_RATIOS) {
+        const distance = Math.abs(ratio - known.value);
+        if (
+            distance <= known.value * ASPECT_TOLERANCE &&
+            (closest === null || distance < closest.distance)
+        ) {
+            closest = { label: known.label, distance };
+        }
+    }
+    if (closest) {
+        return closest.label;
+    }
+
+    const divisor = greatestCommonDivisor(pixelWidth, pixelHeight);
+    const reducedWidth = Math.round(pixelWidth) / divisor;
+    const reducedHeight = Math.round(pixelHeight) / divisor;
+    if (reducedWidth <= MAX_ASPECT_TERM && reducedHeight <= MAX_ASPECT_TERM) {
+        return `${reducedWidth}:${reducedHeight}`;
+    }
+    return `${ratio.toFixed(2)}:1`;
+}
+
+/**
+ * "50 fps" for broadcast rates, "29.97 fps" for pulled-down ones. The
+ * whole-number window is deliberately narrow: 29.97 and 23.976 are meaningful
+ * rates in their own right, not measurement noise around 30 and 24.
+ */
+export function formatFrameRate(fps: number | null): string | null {
+    const rate = fps;
+    if (typeof rate !== 'number' || !Number.isFinite(rate) || rate < 0) {
+        return null;
+    }
+    const rounded = Math.round(rate);
+    const label =
+        Math.abs(rate - rounded) < 0.01 ? `${rounded}` : rate.toFixed(2);
+    return `${label} fps`;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Engine codec ids carry a profile/level suffix (`avc1.640028`, `mp4a.40.2`)
+ * that says nothing at a glance; the family alone is what the row is for.
+ */
+export function formatCodec(codec: string | null): string | null {
+    const trimmed = codec?.trim();
+    if (!trimmed) {
+        return null;
+    }
+    const [family] = trimmed.split('.');
+    return family || trimmed;
+}
+
+/** Channel counts people recognise; anything else keeps its raw count. */
+const CHANNEL_LAYOUT_LABELS: Readonly<Record<number, string>> = {
+    1: 'Mono',
+    2: 'Stereo',
+    6: '5.1',
+    8: '7.1',
+};
+
+/**
+ * Web engines report a channel *count* (`"6"`), mpv a layout *name*
+ * (`"5.1"`, `"stereo"`); both end up as the same label.
+ */
+export function formatAudioChannels(
+    channels: string | number | null
+): string | null {
+    if (typeof channels === 'number') {
+        return formatChannelCount(channels);
+    }
+
+    const trimmed = channels?.trim();
+    if (!trimmed) {
+        return null;
+    }
+    if (/^\d+$/.test(trimmed)) {
+        return formatChannelCount(Number(trimmed));
+    }
+    const lowercase = trimmed.toLowerCase();
+    if (lowercase === 'mono' || lowercase === 'stereo') {
+        return lowercase === 'mono' ? 'Mono' : 'Stereo';
+    }
+    return trimmed;
+}
+
+function formatChannelCount(count: number): string | null {
+    const channels = positiveOrNull(count);
+    if (channels === null) {
+        return null;
+    }
+    const rounded = Math.round(channels);
+    return CHANNEL_LAYOUT_LABELS[rounded] ?? `${rounded} ch`;
+}
+
+/** "48 kHz", "44.1 kHz" — trailing zeros are noise at this size. */
+export function formatSampleRate(hertz: number | null): string | null {
+    const rate = positiveOrNull(hertz);
+    if (rate === null) {
+        return null;
+    }
+    const label = (rate / 1000).toFixed(2).replace(/\.?0+$/, '');
+    return `${label} kHz`;
+}
+
+export function formatBufferedSeconds(seconds: number | null): string | null {
+    if (typeof seconds !== 'number' || !Number.isFinite(seconds)) {
+        return null;
+    }
+    return `${Math.max(0, seconds).toFixed(1)} s`;
+}
+
+/**
+ * "12" alone is meaningless; against a total it becomes a drop rate, which is
+ * the number that actually says whether decoding is keeping up.
+ */
+export function formatDroppedFrames(
+    dropped: number | null,
+    total: number | null
+): string | null {
+    if (typeof dropped !== 'number' || !Number.isFinite(dropped)) {
+        return null;
+    }
+    const count = Math.max(0, Math.round(dropped));
+    const frameCount = positiveOrNull(total);
+    if (frameCount === null) {
+        return `${count}`;
+    }
+    const percent = (count / frameCount) * 100;
+    return `${count} (${percent < 0.01 && percent > 0 ? '<0.01' : percent.toFixed(2)}%)`;
+}
+
+/** Joins a codec with its bitrate: "h264 · 4.6 Mbps", or whichever is known. */
+function joinCodecAndBitrate(
+    codec: string | null,
+    bitrateBps: number | null
+): string | null {
+    const parts = [formatCodec(codec), formatBitrate(bitrateBps)].filter(
+        (part): part is string => part !== null
+    );
+    return parts.length > 0 ? parts.join(' · ') : null;
+}
+
+export function buildStreamStatsRows(
+    stats: PlayerStreamStats | null
+): StreamStatsRow[] {
+    if (!stats) {
+        return [];
+    }
+
+    const resolution = formatResolution(stats.width, stats.height);
+    const aspect = formatAspectRatio(stats.width, stats.height);
+    const candidates: ReadonlyArray<[string, string | null]> = [
+        [
+            'EMBEDDED_MPV.PLAYER.STATS_RESOLUTION',
+            resolution && aspect ? `${resolution} · ${aspect}` : resolution,
+        ],
+        ['EMBEDDED_MPV.PLAYER.STATS_FRAME_RATE', formatFrameRate(stats.fps)],
+        [
+            'EMBEDDED_MPV.PLAYER.STATS_NOMINAL_FRAME_RATE',
+            formatFrameRate(positiveOrNull(stats.nominalFps)),
+        ],
+        [
+            'EMBEDDED_MPV.PLAYER.STATS_STREAM_BITRATE',
+            formatBitrate(stats.streamBitrateBps),
+        ],
+        [
+            'EMBEDDED_MPV.PLAYER.STATS_VIDEO',
+            joinCodecAndBitrate(stats.videoCodec, stats.videoBitrateBps),
+        ],
+        [
+            'EMBEDDED_MPV.PLAYER.STATS_AUDIO',
+            joinCodecAndBitrate(stats.audioCodec, stats.audioBitrateBps),
+        ],
+        [
+            'EMBEDDED_MPV.PLAYER.STATS_AUDIO_CHANNELS',
+            formatAudioChannels(stats.audioChannels),
+        ],
+        [
+            'EMBEDDED_MPV.PLAYER.STATS_SAMPLE_RATE',
+            formatSampleRate(stats.audioSampleRateHz),
+        ],
+        [
+            'EMBEDDED_MPV.PLAYER.STATS_CONTAINER',
+            stats.container?.trim() || null,
+        ],
+        [
+            'EMBEDDED_MPV.PLAYER.STATS_BUFFER',
+            formatBufferedSeconds(stats.bufferedAheadSeconds),
+        ],
+        [
+            'EMBEDDED_MPV.PLAYER.STATS_DROPPED_FRAMES',
+            formatDroppedFrames(stats.droppedFrames, stats.totalFrames),
+        ],
+    ];
+
+    return candidates
+        .filter((entry): entry is [string, string] => entry[1] !== null)
+        .map(([labelKey, value]) => ({ labelKey, value }));
+}
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/stream-stats.spec-helpers.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/stream-stats.spec-helpers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a2a60ef4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/stream-stats.spec-helpers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import type { PlayerStreamStats } from './player-stream-stats.model';
+
+/**
+ * A snapshot with nothing reported yet, for specs that care about one or two
+ * fields and want the rest absent.
+ *
+ * Deliberately a test helper rather than a published constant: production
+ * mappers list every field explicitly, so that a newly added stat fails to
+ * compile until its source is decided instead of defaulting to null.
+ */
+export function emptyStreamStats(
+    overrides: Partial<PlayerStreamStats> = {}
+): PlayerStreamStats {
+    return {
+        width: null,
+        height: null,
+        fps: null,
+        nominalFps: null,
+        streamBitrateBps: null,
+        videoBitrateBps: null,
+        audioBitrateBps: null,
+        videoCodec: null,
+        audioCodec: null,
+        audioChannels: null,
+        audioSampleRateHz: null,
+        container: null,
+        bufferedAheadSeconds: null,
+        droppedFrames: null,
+        totalFrames: null,
+        ...overrides,
+    };
+}
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/web-video-controls.adapter.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/web-video-controls.adapter.ts
index 14bd3a92e..bd4beb354 100644
--- a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/web-video-controls.adapter.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/web-video-controls.adapter.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ import {
     WEB_VIDEO_EVENTS,
 } from './web-video-controls.media-helpers';
 import { WebVideoPictureInPictureController } from './web-video-picture-in-picture.controller';
+import {
+    type WebVideoEngineStats,
+    WebVideoStreamStatsSampler,
+} from './web-video-stream-stats';
 
 /**
  * Engine-agnostic accessors a web engine injects so the adapter can read/select
@@ -53,6 +57,12 @@ export interface WebVideoControlsOptions extends WebVideoMetadataOptions {
     getQualityLevels?: () => PlayerTrack[];
     setQualityLevel?: (id: number) => void | Promise<void>;
     isAutoQualityEnabled?: () => boolean;
+    /**
+     * Bitrate/codec/container of the active rendition. Optional: the element
+     * itself covers resolution, frame rate, buffer and dropped frames, so an
+     * engine without a manifest simply reports fewer rows.
+     */
+    getEngineStats?: () => WebVideoEngineStats | null;
 }
 
 interface WebVideoControlsContext {
@@ -72,6 +82,14 @@ export class WebVideoControlsAdapter implements PlayerController {
 
     /** Bumped whenever DOM or engine-specific state must be re-read. */
     private readonly tick = signal(0);
+    /**
+     * Pull-based and sampled only while the info popover is open, so the frame
+     * counters are read exactly when someone is looking at them.
+     */
+    readonly streamStats = new WebVideoStreamStatsSampler(
+        () => this.video,
+        () => this.opts.getEngineStats?.() ?? null
+    );
     private readonly pictureInPicture = new WebVideoPictureInPictureController(
         () => ({
             generation: this.bindingGeneration,
@@ -128,6 +146,8 @@ export class WebVideoControlsAdapter implements PlayerController {
             recording: false,
             pictureInPicture: pictureInPicture.supported,
             seriesNavigation: !isLive && this.seriesNavigation() !== null,
+            // The element always knows its own size and frame counters.
+            streamStats: true,
         };
     });
 
@@ -235,6 +255,7 @@ export class WebVideoControlsAdapter implements PlayerController {
         const generation = this.bindingGeneration;
         this.video = video;
         this.opts = opts;
+        this.streamStats.reset();
 
         const onEvent = () => {
             if (this.video === video && this.bindingGeneration === generation) {
@@ -270,6 +291,7 @@ export class WebVideoControlsAdapter implements PlayerController {
         this.detachFn = null;
         this.video = null;
         this.opts = {};
+        this.streamStats.reset();
         this.pictureInPicture.release(previousVideo);
         this.refresh();
     }
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/web-video-stream-stats.spec.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/web-video-stream-stats.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5610316b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/web-video-stream-stats.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,280 @@
+import {
+    type WebVideoEngineStats,
+    WebVideoStreamStatsSampler,
+} from './web-video-stream-stats';
+
+interface FakeVideoOptions {
+    videoWidth?: number;
+    videoHeight?: number;
+    currentTime?: number;
+    paused?: boolean;
+    readyState?: number;
+    buffered?: Array<[number, number]>;
+    quality?: { totalVideoFrames: number; droppedVideoFrames: number } | null;
+}
+
+function createVideo(options: FakeVideoOptions = {}): HTMLVideoElement {
+    const ranges = options.buffered ?? [];
+    return {
+        videoWidth: options.videoWidth ?? 0,
+        videoHeight: options.videoHeight ?? 0,
+        currentTime: options.currentTime ?? 0,
+        paused: options.paused ?? false,
+        readyState: options.readyState ?? 4,
+        buffered: {
+            length: ranges.length,
+            start: (index: number) => ranges[index][0],
+            end: (index: number) => ranges[index][1],
+        },
+        getVideoPlaybackQuality:
+            options.quality === null
+                ? undefined
+                : () =>
+                      options.quality ?? {
+                          totalVideoFrames: 0,
+                          droppedVideoFrames: 0,
+                      },
+    } as unknown as HTMLVideoElement;
+}
+
+describe('WebVideoStreamStatsSampler', () => {
+    afterEach(() => {
+        jest.useRealTimers();
+    });
+
+    it('reads size, buffer and frame counters off the element', () => {
+        const sampler = new WebVideoStreamStatsSampler(
+            () =>
+                createVideo({
+                    videoWidth: 1280,
+                    videoHeight: 720,
+                    currentTime: 30,
+                    buffered: [[0, 42.5]],
+                    quality: {
+                        totalVideoFrames: 900,
+                        droppedVideoFrames: 4,
+                    },
+                }),
+            () => null
+        );
+
+        expect(sampler.sample()).toEqual(
+            expect.objectContaining({
+                width: 1280,
+                height: 720,
+                bufferedAheadSeconds: 12.5,
+                droppedFrames: 4,
+                totalFrames: 900,
+            })
+        );
+    });
+
+    it('measures the frame rate from the delta between two samples', () => {
+        jest.useFakeTimers();
+        jest.setSystemTime(new Date('2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z'));
+        let totalVideoFrames = 1000;
+        const sampler = new WebVideoStreamStatsSampler(
+            () =>
+                createVideo({
+                    quality: { totalVideoFrames, droppedVideoFrames: 0 },
+                }),
+            () => null
+        );
+
+        // Nothing to compare the first sample against.
+        expect(sampler.sample()?.fps).toBeNull();
+
+        jest.advanceTimersByTime(1000);
+        totalVideoFrames = 1050;
+        expect(sampler.sample()?.fps).toBeCloseTo(50, 5);
+    });
+
+    it('keeps the declared rate separate from measured playback', () => {
+        const engine: WebVideoEngineStats = { nominalFps: 25 };
+        const sampler = new WebVideoStreamStatsSampler(
+            () =>
+                createVideo({
+                    quality: { totalVideoFrames: 10, droppedVideoFrames: 0 },
+                }),
+            () => engine
+        );
+
+        expect(sampler.sample()).toMatchObject({ fps: null, nominalFps: 25 });
+    });
+
+    it('reports no rate rather than zero while playback is paused', () => {
+        jest.useFakeTimers();
+        jest.setSystemTime(new Date('2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z'));
+        const sampler = new WebVideoStreamStatsSampler(
+            () =>
+                createVideo({
+                    quality: { totalVideoFrames: 500, droppedVideoFrames: 0 },
+                    paused: true,
+                }),
+            () => null
+        );
+
+        sampler.sample();
+        jest.advanceTimersByTime(1000);
+        expect(sampler.sample()?.fps).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('subtracts dropped frames from measured FPS but preserves total for drop percentage', () => {
+        jest.useFakeTimers();
+        const quality = { totalVideoFrames: 1000, droppedVideoFrames: 10 };
+        const sampler = new WebVideoStreamStatsSampler(
+            () => createVideo({ quality }),
+            () => ({ nominalFps: 30 })
+        );
+        sampler.sample();
+        jest.advanceTimersByTime(1000);
+        quality.totalVideoFrames += 30;
+        quality.droppedVideoFrames += 15;
+        expect(sampler.sample()).toMatchObject({
+            fps: 15,
+            nominalFps: 30,
+            totalFrames: 1030,
+            droppedFrames: 25,
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('reports zero measured FPS during a stall instead of substituting the nominal rate', () => {
+        jest.useFakeTimers();
+        const sampler = new WebVideoStreamStatsSampler(
+            () =>
+                createVideo({
+                    quality: { totalVideoFrames: 100, droppedVideoFrames: 0 },
+                }),
+            () => ({ nominalFps: 30 })
+        );
+        sampler.sample();
+        jest.advanceTimersByTime(1000);
+        expect(sampler.sample()).toMatchObject({ fps: 0, nominalFps: 30 });
+    });
+
+    it('keeps measuring a started stream when buffer starvation drops readiness to metadata', () => {
+        jest.useFakeTimers();
+        const options: FakeVideoOptions = {
+            readyState: 4,
+            quality: { totalVideoFrames: 100, droppedVideoFrames: 0 },
+        };
+        const sampler = new WebVideoStreamStatsSampler(
+            () => createVideo(options),
+            () => ({ nominalFps: 30 })
+        );
+        sampler.sample();
+        options.readyState = 1;
+        jest.advanceTimersByTime(1000);
+        expect(sampler.sample()).toMatchObject({ fps: 0, nominalFps: 30 });
+    });
+
+    it('does not measure before media data arrives or across paused samples', () => {
+        jest.useFakeTimers();
+        let options: FakeVideoOptions = { readyState: 0 };
+        const sampler = new WebVideoStreamStatsSampler(
+            () => createVideo(options),
+            () => null
+        );
+        sampler.sample();
+        jest.advanceTimersByTime(1000);
+        expect(sampler.sample()?.fps).toBeNull();
+        options = { quality: { totalVideoFrames: 100, droppedVideoFrames: 0 } };
+        expect(sampler.sample()?.fps).toBeNull();
+        options.paused = true;
+        jest.advanceTimersByTime(1000);
+        expect(sampler.sample()?.fps).toBeNull();
+        options.paused = false;
+        jest.advanceTimersByTime(1000);
+        options.quality!.totalVideoFrames += 30;
+        expect(sampler.sample()?.fps).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('merges engine-supplied codec, bitrate and container fields', () => {
+        const sampler = new WebVideoStreamStatsSampler(
+            () => createVideo({ videoWidth: 1920, videoHeight: 1080 }),
+            () => ({
+                videoBitrateBps: 5_000_000,
+                audioBitrateBps: 192_000,
+                videoCodec: 'avc1.640028',
+                audioCodec: 'mp4a.40.2',
+                container: 'HLS',
+            })
+        );
+
+        expect(sampler.sample()).toEqual(
+            expect.objectContaining({
+                videoBitrateBps: 5_000_000,
+                audioBitrateBps: 192_000,
+                videoCodec: 'avc1.640028',
+                audioCodec: 'mp4a.40.2',
+                container: 'HLS',
+            })
+        );
+    });
+
+    it('uses the engine rendition size only until the element reports one', () => {
+        let width = 0;
+        const sampler = new WebVideoStreamStatsSampler(
+            () =>
+                createVideo({ videoWidth: width, videoHeight: width * 0.5625 }),
+            () => ({ width: 1920, height: 1080 })
+        );
+
+        expect(sampler.sample()?.width).toBe(1920);
+
+        width = 1280;
+        expect(sampler.sample()?.width).toBe(1280);
+    });
+
+    it('reports an unbuffered element as unknown, not as zero seconds', () => {
+        const sampler = new WebVideoStreamStatsSampler(
+            () => createVideo({ buffered: [] }),
+            () => null
+        );
+
+        expect(sampler.sample()?.bufferedAheadSeconds).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('returns zero when ranges exist but none holds the playhead', () => {
+        const sampler = new WebVideoStreamStatsSampler(
+            () =>
+                createVideo({
+                    currentTime: 100,
+                    buffered: [[0, 42]],
+                }),
+            () => null
+        );
+
+        expect(sampler.sample()?.bufferedAheadSeconds).toBe(0);
+    });
+
+    it('yields nothing without a bound element', () => {
+        const sampler = new WebVideoStreamStatsSampler(
+            () => null,
+            () => null
+        );
+
+        expect(sampler.sample()).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('drops frame history on reset so a new source starts measuring fresh', () => {
+        jest.useFakeTimers();
+        jest.setSystemTime(new Date('2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z'));
+        let totalVideoFrames = 1000;
+        const sampler = new WebVideoStreamStatsSampler(
+            () =>
+                createVideo({
+                    quality: { totalVideoFrames, droppedVideoFrames: 0 },
+                }),
+            () => null
+        );
+
+        sampler.sample();
+        sampler.reset();
+
+        jest.advanceTimersByTime(1000);
+        totalVideoFrames = 1050;
+        // Without the reset this would have reported 50 fps across the seam.
+        expect(sampler.sample()?.fps).toBeNull();
+    });
+});
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/web-video-stream-stats.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/web-video-stream-stats.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d240395b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/web-video-stream-stats.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+import type {
+    PlayerStreamStats,
+    PlayerStreamStatsSource,
+} from './player-stream-stats.model';
+import { positiveOrNull } from './positive-number.util';
+
+/**
+ * What an engine adds on top of what the `<video>` element already knows.
+ * Every field is optional: a native `<video src>` source supplies none of it,
+ * HLS and Shaka supply most, and the element still covers resolution, frame
+ * rate, buffer and frame drops on its own.
+ */
+export interface WebVideoEngineStats {
+    streamBitrateBps?: number | null;
+    videoBitrateBps?: number | null;
+    audioBitrateBps?: number | null;
+    videoCodec?: string | null;
+    audioCodec?: string | null;
+    /** Channel count or layout of the active audio rendition. */
+    audioChannels?: string | number | null;
+    audioSampleRateHz?: number | null;
+    container?: string | null;
+    /**
+     * Manifest-declared frame rate, displayed separately from measured FPS.
+     */
+    nominalFps?: number | null;
+    /** Rendition size; used only before the element reports its own. */
+    width?: number | null;
+    height?: number | null;
+}
+
+/** Below this the frame delta is too small to divide into a stable rate. */
+const MIN_FPS_SAMPLE_SECONDS = 0.25;
+
+/** Treat a range as the current one when the playhead is within this margin. */
+const BUFFER_RANGE_TOLERANCE_SECONDS = 0.25;
+
+interface FrameSample {
+    frames: number;
+    timestamp: number;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Reads live stream stats from a `<video>` element, plus whatever the engine
+ * bound to it can add.
+ *
+ * Frame rate is *measured* (presented frames between two samples) rather than
+ * declared, so it reflects what the machine actually renders — the number that
+ * matters when playback looks choppy.
+ */
+export class WebVideoStreamStatsSampler implements PlayerStreamStatsSource {
+    private lastFrameSample: FrameSample | null = null;
+
+    constructor(
+        private readonly getVideo: () => HTMLVideoElement | null,
+        private readonly getEngineStats: () => WebVideoEngineStats | null
+    ) {}
+
+    /** Drops frame-rate history so a new source never inherits a stale delta. */
+    reset(): void {
+        this.lastFrameSample = null;
+    }
+
+    sample(): PlayerStreamStats | null {
+        const video = this.getVideo();
+        if (!video) {
+            this.lastFrameSample = null;
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        const engine = this.getEngineStats() ?? {};
+        const quality = readPlaybackQuality(video);
+        const measuredFps = this.measureFrameRate(
+            video.paused ||
+                video.ended ||
+                !quality ||
+                (video.readyState < 2 && quality.totalVideoFrames === 0)
+                ? undefined
+                : quality.totalVideoFrames - quality.droppedVideoFrames
+        );
+
+        return {
+            width: positiveOrNull(video.videoWidth) ?? engine.width ?? null,
+            height: positiveOrNull(video.videoHeight) ?? engine.height ?? null,
+            fps: measuredFps,
+            nominalFps: positiveOrNull(engine.nominalFps),
+            streamBitrateBps: engine.streamBitrateBps ?? null,
+            videoBitrateBps: engine.videoBitrateBps ?? null,
+            audioBitrateBps: engine.audioBitrateBps ?? null,
+            videoCodec: engine.videoCodec ?? null,
+            audioCodec: engine.audioCodec ?? null,
+            audioChannels: engine.audioChannels ?? null,
+            audioSampleRateHz: engine.audioSampleRateHz ?? null,
+            container: engine.container ?? null,
+            bufferedAheadSeconds: readBufferedAhead(video),
+            droppedFrames: quality?.droppedVideoFrames ?? null,
+            totalFrames: quality?.totalVideoFrames ?? null,
+        };
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Presented frames per wall-clock second. A stall is a measured zero;
+     * paused/initial loading playback has no measurement window. A decreasing counter
+     * starts a fresh baseline after a source reset.
+     */
+    private measureFrameRate(totalFrames: number | undefined): number | null {
+        if (typeof totalFrames !== 'number' || !Number.isFinite(totalFrames)) {
+            this.lastFrameSample = null;
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        const timestamp = performance.now();
+        const previous = this.lastFrameSample;
+        this.lastFrameSample = { frames: totalFrames, timestamp };
+        if (!previous) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        const elapsedSeconds = (timestamp - previous.timestamp) / 1000;
+        const frameDelta = totalFrames - previous.frames;
+        if (elapsedSeconds < MIN_FPS_SAMPLE_SECONDS || frameDelta < 0) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        return frameDelta / elapsedSeconds;
+    }
+}
+
+function readPlaybackQuality(
+    video: HTMLVideoElement
+): VideoPlaybackQuality | null {
+    try {
+        return video.getVideoPlaybackQuality?.() ?? null;
+    } catch {
+        return null;
+    }
+}
+
+/** Seconds of continuously buffered media ahead of the playhead. */
+function readBufferedAhead(video: HTMLVideoElement): number | null {
+    try {
+        const buffered = video.buffered;
+        if (!buffered || buffered.length === 0) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        const position = video.currentTime;
+        for (let index = 0; index < buffered.length; index += 1) {
+            const start = buffered.start(index);
+            const end = buffered.end(index);
+            if (
+                position >= start - BUFFER_RANGE_TOLERANCE_SECONDS &&
+                position <= end
+            ) {
+                return Math.max(0, end - position);
+            }
+        }
+        // Ranges exist but none holds the playhead: nothing is buffered ahead.
+        return 0;
+    } catch {
+        return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/shaka-engine/shaka-module.types.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/shaka-engine/shaka-module.types.ts
index 3c1428d79..741994fd5 100644
--- a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/shaka-engine/shaka-module.types.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/shaka-engine/shaka-module.types.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@ export interface ShakaVariantTrackLike {
      * so quality filtering pins to it rather than to `language`.
      */
     audioId?: number | null;
+    // Descriptive fields the stream-info popover reads. Optional because
+    // Shaka leaves them null for streams whose manifest does not declare them.
+    videoCodec?: string | null;
+    audioCodec?: string | null;
+    videoBandwidth?: number | null;
+    audioBandwidth?: number | null;
+    channelsCount?: number | null;
+    audioSamplingRate?: number | null;
+    frameRate?: number | null;
+    mimeType?: string | null;
 }
 
 export type { ShakaErrorLike } from '@iptvnator/playback/util';
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/vjs-player/vjs-player-controls.bridge.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/vjs-player/vjs-player-controls.bridge.ts
index 7a6eedd19..86c055b7c 100644
--- a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/vjs-player/vjs-player-controls.bridge.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/vjs-player/vjs-player-controls.bridge.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export class VjsPlayerControlsBridge {
         getQualityLevels: () => this.qualityLevels.getQualityLevels(),
         setQualityLevel: (id) => this.qualityLevels.setQualityLevel(id),
         isAutoQualityEnabled: () => this.qualityLevels.isAutoQualityEnabled(),
+        getEngineStats: () => this.qualityLevels.getActiveLevelStats(),
     };
 
     constructor(private readonly config: VjsPlayerControlsBridgeConfig) {
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/vjs-player/vjs-quality-levels.spec.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/vjs-player/vjs-quality-levels.spec.ts
index 0fdca4d52..82db8dfd4 100644
--- a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/vjs-player/vjs-quality-levels.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/vjs-player/vjs-quality-levels.spec.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ class FakeQualityLevelList {
         Set<EventListenerOrEventListenerObject>
     >();
     private levels: VideoJsQualityLevel[] = [];
+    /** VHS reports the rendition on screen here; -1 until it picks one. */
+    selectedIndex = -1;
 
     readonly addEventListener = jest.fn(
         (event: string, listener: EventListenerOrEventListenerObject): void => {
@@ -266,4 +268,40 @@ describe('VjsQualityLevels', () => {
         throwing.bind();
         expect(throwing.getQualityLevels()).toEqual([]);
     });
+
+    describe('getActiveLevelStats', () => {
+        it('describes the rendition VHS reports as selected', () => {
+            const { helper, levelList } = createHarness([
+                level({ height: 1080, width: 1920, bitrate: 8_000_000 }),
+                level({ height: 720, width: 1280, bitrate: 4_000_000 }),
+            ]);
+            levelList.selectedIndex = 1;
+
+            expect(helper.getActiveLevelStats()).toEqual({
+                streamBitrateBps: 4_000_000,
+                width: 1280,
+                height: 720,
+            });
+        });
+
+        it('reports nothing while VHS has selected no rendition', () => {
+            const { helper, levelList } = createHarness([
+                level({ height: 1080, bitrate: 8_000_000 }),
+            ]);
+            levelList.selectedIndex = -1;
+
+            expect(helper.getActiveLevelStats()).toBeNull();
+        });
+
+        it('nulls out the fields a rendition does not declare', () => {
+            const { helper, levelList } = createHarness([level({})]);
+            levelList.selectedIndex = 0;
+
+            expect(helper.getActiveLevelStats()).toEqual({
+                streamBitrateBps: null,
+                width: null,
+                height: null,
+            });
+        });
+    });
 });
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/vjs-player/vjs-quality-levels.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/vjs-player/vjs-quality-levels.ts
index 8454051bd..d9947c778 100644
--- a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/vjs-player/vjs-quality-levels.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/vjs-player/vjs-quality-levels.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import {
     AUTO_QUALITY_LEVEL_ID,
     type PlayerTrack,
 } from '../player-controls/player-controls.model';
+import { positiveOrNull } from '../player-controls/positive-number.util';
+import type { WebVideoEngineStats } from '../player-controls/web-video-stream-stats';
 import { buildQualityLevelLabels } from '../web-video-support/quality-level-labels';
 import type {
     VideoJsPlayer,
@@ -109,6 +111,32 @@ export class VjsQualityLevels {
         return this.readManualLevel(this.listLevels()) === null;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Bitrate/size of the rendition VHS is currently playing, for the
+     * stream-info popover. `selectedIndex` is VHS's own answer to "which one
+     * is on screen", so it stays correct under ABR as well as manual picks.
+     *
+     * Read-only, unlike everything else here. It lives on this collaborator
+     * rather than in its own file (the way `WebVideoSourceStats` is split off
+     * from `WebVideoSourceTracks`) because the VHS level list has no accessor
+     * of its own: splitting it would mean publishing `levelList` purely to
+     * describe it.
+     */
+    getActiveLevelStats(): WebVideoEngineStats | null {
+        const selectedIndex = this.levelList?.selectedIndex ?? -1;
+        const level =
+            selectedIndex >= 0 ? this.listLevels()[selectedIndex] : undefined;
+        if (!level) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return {
+            streamBitrateBps: positiveOrNull(level.bitrate),
+            width: positiveOrNull(level.width),
+            height: positiveOrNull(level.height),
+        };
+    }
+
     private readManualLevel(
         levels: VideoJsQualityLevel[]
     ): VideoJsQualityLevel | null {
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/web-video-support/quality-level-labels.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/web-video-support/quality-level-labels.ts
index 74fdd1671..eed7c5849 100644
--- a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/web-video-support/quality-level-labels.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/web-video-support/quality-level-labels.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import { formatBitrate } from '../player-controls/controls-format.utils';
+import { positiveOrNull } from '../player-controls/positive-number.util';
+
 /** Rendition facts an engine can report for one quality level. */
 export interface QualityLevelFacts {
     height?: number | null;
@@ -47,21 +50,8 @@ function baseLabel(level: QualityLevelFacts, index: number): string {
     return formatBitrate(level.bitrate) ?? `Level ${index + 1}`;
 }
 
-function formatBitrate(bitrate: number | null | undefined): string | null {
-    const value = readPositive(bitrate);
-    if (value === null) {
-        return null;
-    }
-    if (value >= 1_000_000) {
-        const mbps = value / 1_000_000;
-        const rendered = mbps >= 10 ? Math.round(mbps).toString() : mbps.toFixed(1);
-        return `${rendered} Mbps`;
-    }
-    return `${Math.round(value / 1000)} kbps`;
-}
-
+/** Dimensions become label text, so they are rounded to whole pixels. */
 function readPositive(value: number | null | undefined): number | null {
-    return typeof value === 'number' && Number.isFinite(value) && value > 0
-        ? Math.round(value)
-        : null;
+    const positive = positiveOrNull(value);
+    return positive === null ? null : Math.round(positive);
 }
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/web-video-support/web-video-source-controls.bridge.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/web-video-support/web-video-source-controls.bridge.ts
index 7e35c888b..5ba11f4cd 100644
--- a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/web-video-support/web-video-source-controls.bridge.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/web-video-support/web-video-source-controls.bridge.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { PlayerTrack } from '../player-controls/player-controls.model';
 import type { WebVideoControlsAdapter } from '../player-controls/web-video-controls.adapter';
 import { pickExternalSubtitleFile } from './web-video-external-subtitles';
+import { WebVideoSourceStats } from './web-video-source-stats';
 import { WebVideoSubtitleStyle } from './web-video-subtitle-style';
 import {
     type WebVideoControlsSource,
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ export interface WebVideoSourceControlsBridgeConfig {
 export class WebVideoSourceControlsBridge {
     private readonly config: WebVideoSourceControlsBridgeConfig;
     private readonly tracks: WebVideoSourceTracks;
+    private readonly sourceStats = new WebVideoSourceStats();
     private readonly subtitleStyle = new WebVideoSubtitleStyle();
     private attached = false;
     private destroyed = false;
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ export class WebVideoSourceControlsBridge {
             getQualityLevels: () => this.tracks.getQualityLevels(),
             setQualityLevel: (id) => this.tracks.setQualityLevel(id),
             isAutoQualityEnabled: () => this.tracks.isAutoQualityEnabled(),
+            getEngineStats: () => this.sourceStats.read(),
         });
         this.attached = true;
     }
@@ -65,6 +68,7 @@ export class WebVideoSourceControlsBridge {
         }
 
         this.tracks.setSource(source);
+        this.sourceStats.setSource(source);
         this.config.adapter.refresh();
     }
 
@@ -83,6 +87,7 @@ export class WebVideoSourceControlsBridge {
         }
 
         this.tracks.clearSource();
+        this.sourceStats.setSource(null);
         this.config.adapter.refresh();
     }
 
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/web-video-support/web-video-source-stats.spec.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/web-video-support/web-video-source-stats.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b940b665e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/web-video-support/web-video-source-stats.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+import type Hls from 'hls.js';
+import type {
+    ShakaPlayerLike,
+    ShakaVariantTrackLike,
+} from '../shaka-engine/shaka-module.types';
+import type { ShakaVideoSession } from '../shaka-engine/shaka-video-session';
+import { WebVideoSourceStats } from './web-video-source-stats';
+
+function createHls(overrides: Partial<Hls> = {}): Hls {
+    return {
+        currentLevel: 0,
+        loadLevel: 0,
+        audioTrack: 0,
+        audioTracks: [
+            {
+                audioCodec: 'mp4a.40.2',
+                bitrate: 128_000,
+                channels: '6',
+            },
+        ],
+        levels: [
+            {
+                bitrate: 5_000_000,
+                realBitrate: 4_800_000,
+                width: 1920,
+                height: 1080,
+                videoCodec: 'avc1.640028',
+                audioCodec: 'mp4a.40.2',
+                frameRate: 25,
+            },
+        ],
+        ...overrides,
+    } as unknown as Hls;
+}
+
+function createShakaSession(player: ShakaPlayerLike | null): ShakaVideoSession {
+    return { getPlayer: () => player } as unknown as ShakaVideoSession;
+}
+
+function createVariant(
+    overrides: Partial<ShakaVariantTrackLike> = {}
+): ShakaVariantTrackLike {
+    return {
+        id: 1,
+        active: true,
+        language: 'en',
+        label: null,
+        width: 1280,
+        height: 720,
+        bandwidth: 3_000_000,
+        videoBandwidth: 2_800_000,
+        audioBandwidth: 128_000,
+        videoCodec: 'avc1.4d401f',
+        audioCodec: 'mp4a.40.2',
+        frameRate: 30,
+        channelsCount: 6,
+        audioSamplingRate: 48_000,
+        mimeType: 'video/mp4',
+        ...overrides,
+    };
+}
+
+describe('WebVideoSourceStats', () => {
+    it('reports nothing before a source is bound', () => {
+        expect(new WebVideoSourceStats().read()).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    describe('HLS', () => {
+        it('describes the active level', () => {
+            const stats = new WebVideoSourceStats();
+            stats.setSource({ kind: 'hls', hls: createHls() });
+
+            expect(stats.read()).toEqual({
+                // HLS declares aggregate bandwidth; fragments may omit alternate audio.
+                streamBitrateBps: 5_000_000,
+                videoBitrateBps: null,
+                // Audio details come from the selected audio rendition.
+                audioBitrateBps: 128_000,
+                videoCodec: 'avc1.640028',
+                audioCodec: 'mp4a.40.2',
+                audioChannels: '6',
+                container: 'HLS',
+                nominalFps: 25,
+                width: 1920,
+                height: 1080,
+            });
+        });
+
+        it('falls back to the declared bitrate before fragments land', () => {
+            const stats = new WebVideoSourceStats();
+            stats.setSource({
+                kind: 'hls',
+                hls: createHls({
+                    levels: [
+                        {
+                            bitrate: 5_000_000,
+                            realBitrate: 0,
+                            width: 1920,
+                            height: 1080,
+                            frameRate: 25,
+                        },
+                    ] as unknown as Hls['levels'],
+                }),
+            });
+
+            expect(stats.read()).toMatchObject({
+                videoBitrateBps: null,
+                streamBitrateBps: 5_000_000,
+            });
+        });
+
+        it('keeps the video level codec when no audio rendition exists', () => {
+            const stats = new WebVideoSourceStats();
+            stats.setSource({
+                kind: 'hls',
+                hls: createHls({
+                    audioTracks: [] as unknown as Hls['audioTracks'],
+                }),
+            });
+
+            expect(stats.read()).toEqual(
+                expect.objectContaining({
+                    audioCodec: 'mp4a.40.2',
+                    audioBitrateBps: null,
+                    audioChannels: null,
+                })
+            );
+        });
+
+        it('uses the load level while ABR has not settled', () => {
+            const stats = new WebVideoSourceStats();
+            stats.setSource({
+                kind: 'hls',
+                hls: createHls({ currentLevel: -1, loadLevel: 0 }),
+            });
+
+            expect(stats.read()?.width).toBe(1920);
+        });
+
+        it('still names the container when no level is known yet', () => {
+            const stats = new WebVideoSourceStats();
+            stats.setSource({
+                kind: 'hls',
+                hls: createHls({ currentLevel: -1, loadLevel: -1 }),
+            });
+
+            expect(stats.read()).toEqual({ container: 'HLS' });
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe('Shaka', () => {
+        it('describes the active variant', () => {
+            const player = {
+                getVariantTracks: () => [
+                    createVariant({ active: false, id: 0 }),
+                    createVariant(),
+                ],
+                getStats: () => ({ streamBandwidth: 2_900_000 }),
+            } as unknown as ShakaPlayerLike;
+            const stats = new WebVideoSourceStats();
+            stats.setSource({
+                kind: 'shaka',
+                session: createShakaSession(player),
+            });
+
+            expect(stats.read()).toEqual({
+                videoBitrateBps: 2_800_000,
+                streamBitrateBps: 3_000_000,
+                audioBitrateBps: 128_000,
+                videoCodec: 'avc1.4d401f',
+                audioCodec: 'mp4a.40.2',
+                audioChannels: 6,
+                audioSampleRateHz: 48_000,
+                container: 'video/mp4',
+                nominalFps: 30,
+                width: 1280,
+                height: 720,
+            });
+        });
+
+        it('keeps total bandwidth out of the video bitrate when its separate rate is unknown', () => {
+            const player = {
+                getVariantTracks: () => [
+                    createVariant({ videoBandwidth: null }),
+                ],
+                getStats: () => ({ streamBandwidth: 2_900_000 }),
+            } as unknown as ShakaPlayerLike;
+            const stats = new WebVideoSourceStats();
+            stats.setSource({
+                kind: 'shaka',
+                session: createShakaSession(player),
+            });
+
+            expect(stats.read()).toMatchObject({
+                videoBitrateBps: null,
+                streamBitrateBps: 3_000_000,
+                audioBitrateBps: 128_000,
+            });
+        });
+
+        it('works with a player build that exposes no getStats', () => {
+            const player = {
+                getVariantTracks: () => [createVariant()],
+            } as unknown as ShakaPlayerLike;
+            const stats = new WebVideoSourceStats();
+            stats.setSource({
+                kind: 'shaka',
+                session: createShakaSession(player),
+            });
+
+            expect(stats.read()?.videoBitrateBps).toBe(2_800_000);
+        });
+
+        it('reports nothing without a player', () => {
+            const stats = new WebVideoSourceStats();
+            stats.setSource({
+                kind: 'shaka',
+                session: createShakaSession(null),
+            });
+
+            expect(stats.read()).toBeNull();
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('names the container of a raw MPEG-TS source', () => {
+        const stats = new WebVideoSourceStats();
+        stats.setSource({ kind: 'mpegts' });
+
+        expect(stats.read()).toEqual({ container: 'MPEG-TS' });
+    });
+
+    it('leaves a native source to the element alone', () => {
+        const stats = new WebVideoSourceStats();
+        stats.setSource({ kind: 'native' });
+
+        expect(stats.read()).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('forgets the engine when the source is cleared', () => {
+        const stats = new WebVideoSourceStats();
+        stats.setSource({ kind: 'hls', hls: createHls() });
+        stats.setSource(null);
+
+        expect(stats.read()).toBeNull();
+    });
+});
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/web-video-support/web-video-source-stats.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/web-video-support/web-video-source-stats.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dcc4de6e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/web-video-support/web-video-source-stats.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+import type Hls from 'hls.js';
+import { positiveOrNull } from '../player-controls/positive-number.util';
+import type { WebVideoEngineStats } from '../player-controls/web-video-stream-stats';
+import type { ShakaPlayerLike } from '../shaka-engine/shaka-module.types';
+import type { WebVideoControlsSource } from './web-video-source-tracks';
+
+/**
+ * Reads the active rendition's bitrate, codecs and container from whichever
+ * engine is driving the current source.
+ *
+ * Deliberately separate from {@link WebVideoSourceTracks}: nothing here selects
+ * anything, it only describes what is playing, and the info popover is the one
+ * caller. Everything the `<video>` element already knows (resolution, frame
+ * rate, buffer, dropped frames) is read by the sampler instead.
+ */
+export class WebVideoSourceStats {
+    private source: WebVideoControlsSource | null = null;
+
+    setSource(source: WebVideoControlsSource | null): void {
+        this.source = source;
+    }
+
+    read(): WebVideoEngineStats | null {
+        if (!this.source) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        switch (this.source.kind) {
+            case 'hls':
+                return readHlsStats(this.source.hls);
+            case 'shaka':
+                return readShakaStats(this.source.session.getPlayer());
+            case 'mpegts':
+                return { container: 'MPEG-TS' };
+            case 'native':
+                return null;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+function readHlsStats(hls: Hls): WebVideoEngineStats | null {
+    // `currentLevel` is -1 while ABR has not settled; `loadLevel` is the one
+    // being fetched and is the best available answer in that window.
+    const index = hls.currentLevel >= 0 ? hls.currentLevel : hls.loadLevel;
+    const level = index >= 0 ? hls.levels?.[index] : undefined;
+    if (!level) {
+        return { container: 'HLS' };
+    }
+
+    // The audio rendition carries the details the video level cannot: its own
+    // declared bitrate, the codec actually selected, and the channel count.
+    const audioTrack = hls.audioTracks?.[hls.audioTrack];
+
+    return {
+        // BANDWIDTH describes the entire variant. Fragment realBitrate can
+        // include muxed audio or omit alternate audio, so it is not a reliable
+        // separate video bitrate or an aggregate rendition bitrate.
+        streamBitrateBps: positiveOrNull(level.bitrate),
+        videoBitrateBps: null,
+        audioBitrateBps: positiveOrNull(audioTrack?.bitrate),
+        videoCodec: level.videoCodec ?? null,
+        audioCodec: audioTrack?.audioCodec ?? level.audioCodec ?? null,
+        audioChannels: audioTrack?.channels ?? null,
+        container: 'HLS',
+        nominalFps: positiveOrNull(level.frameRate),
+        width: positiveOrNull(level.width),
+        height: positiveOrNull(level.height),
+    };
+}
+
+function readShakaStats(
+    player: ShakaPlayerLike | null
+): WebVideoEngineStats | null {
+    if (!player) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    const variant = player.getVariantTracks().find((track) => track.active);
+    if (!variant) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    return {
+        // getStats().streamBandwidth also includes playback rate; use the
+        // manifest's rendition rate and keep unknown component rates unknown.
+        streamBitrateBps: positiveOrNull(variant.bandwidth),
+        videoBitrateBps: positiveOrNull(variant.videoBandwidth),
+        audioBitrateBps: positiveOrNull(variant.audioBandwidth),
+        videoCodec: variant.videoCodec ?? null,
+        audioCodec: variant.audioCodec ?? null,
+        audioChannels: positiveOrNull(variant.channelsCount),
+        audioSampleRateHz: positiveOrNull(variant.audioSamplingRate),
+        container: variant.mimeType ?? null,
+        nominalFps: positiveOrNull(variant.frameRate),
+        width: positiveOrNull(variant.width),
+        height: positiveOrNull(variant.height),
+    };
+}