Custom PIP implementation

alexjsteffen

I agree, I love this option in Firefox. It's very useful. Additionally, having the other controls from the Firefox Picture-in-Picture window would be great for watching videos. I use Picture-in-Picture a lot and this would be very helpful.

Longely

Steps to reproduce:
play video, go to another tab, right click tab playing video and press Show Picture in Picture Video.
You will be send back to the tab playing the video.

Expected behavior:
To stay on the tab i am on, and display PIP video of the other tab above

Orion, OS version; hardware type:

Version 0.99.124.4.6-rc (WebKit 616.1.22)
Build date Jul 18 2023
MacBook Pro (macOS Monterey 12.6.3 build 21G419)

Vlad

Longely Can you further carify? Is that behavior in safari too?

Longely

just checked and its actually same behavior in Safari.

But I dont think that behavior makes any sense. the whole point of being able to make another tab then the one you are currently on PIP, is to be able to stay on your current tab with video from another playing on top.

If i wanted PIP on the tab playing the video i would go to the tab first. and besides that, very rarely would you want PIP on the tab that is actually playing the video.

Vlad

Longely I am pretty sure there was a request earlier to do this exact thing and match Safari.

Longely

Vlad

I highly doubt that, as i cant come up with a single reason why you would want that, can you?

like whats the point of this feature, if it brings me back to the tab playing video? might aswell not have it take up space in the right click menu, as i have several other options to bring the tab in PIP if im allready on the tab

Hazey

I think it would be nice if Orions picture in picture had extra controls such as forward/backward 10 or 15 seconds, and maybe even include a simple playhead skimmer to choose where in the current video you would like to move to.

Having these controls would prevent one from needing to constantly return to the tab in which youre watching the video, interrupting what you're doing.

Apps and extensions which currently do this very well would be Arc Browsers built in Picture in Picture and a Safari extension called Vidimote.

It would help those of us who watch a ton of videos on the side while working, gaming from having to constantly go back to the tab to say go back in the video or to skip forward.

cedric

Same request here but would also add if the "return to your tab" button could return the video player back to its place without focusing the tab. Or maybe the "close" button could, in fact, close the player but without stopping its playback.

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