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What do people use Picture in Picture for? I have still never found a use for it, on any of the devices I have that support it.
by ycombinete 6y ago
What do people use Picture in Picture for? I have still never found a use for it, on any of the devices I have that support it.
- nsomaru 6y agoKeep a small video playing a local Comission of inquiry whilst working
- kome 6y agowatching a video while you browse other stuff
- symlinkk 6y agoCan’t you just...pop out the window like any other? I don’t get it
- mcintyre1994 6y agoYou can, but it’ll just be a window then with all the rest of the stuff on that webpage and all the browser/OS chrome taking up space. PiP you just get that video independently and nothing else taking up space.
- jhasse 6y agotoo much wasted space. Also some sites shrink down the video if you shrink down the window (i.e. no theater mode).
- hombre_fatal 6y agoDoes that stay on top of all windows and use minimal UI chrome?
- Vinnl 6y agoI most often use it when reading a news article that has a short clip, to be able to scroll down to read the rest of the article while playing the clip so I can keep an eye on when the interesting part comes. Also for keeping covid press conferences open while I do other stuff. I could move the tab to a new window and then resize it to only show the video, but this is far less effort.
- izacus 6y agoListening / watching YT video essays while doing something else. Having a borderless floating video is preferrable to having issues with getting a full browser window to float on top. (Especially on tablets.)
- RpFLCL 6y agoI use it when I'm drawing on my Cintiq to have a small video in the corner I can idly watch while drawing. When playing video games I can use PiP to place a video on top of my fullscreen game.
- account42 6y agoI have long been using an external player for all videos (with a Firefox extension to launch it) so that I can - Switch to other tabs and still see the video - Use the shortcuts of the native player same as for local video files - Use all the features of the native player including better hardware acceleration I guess this feature helps with the first of these while not requiring additional setup.
- bromuro 6y agoYeah I hate when i click that button. if i want to do something else i close the video.