I'm not sure how Himay's bar looks or what it does exactly, but you could use the two separate windows I have in ProfitUI:
_ProfitUI_SoundControls.xml
_ProfitUI_VideoControls.xml
They are not exactly tiny however so they may not be what you are looking for.
EDIT: Here's a link to the quite old screenshot from my download post:
link (lower left corner). Vid controls is still the same I think, sound controls has all possible sound options on it (I think even more than you get in Alt-O if I remember correctly).