Picture in picture in Palemoon? Topic is solved

[SGvagon]

Hello,

is this feature will be in Palemoon in the future? I am trying Firefox now after few years and Picture in picture is ingenious. I can working and watching videos at the same time.

Thank you in advance.

[vannilla]

From the sound of it (didn't check myself), it can probably be implemented as an extension that opens a window with the video in it.
Of course it will have to handle all kind of special cases for each website hosting the video...

[moonbat]

Useless feature as it cannot display subtitles.

Before posting ANYTHING in this subforum - look for an extension that does the job. Firefox castrated the ability to make XUL extensions and are making up for it by bloating the browser core with extras like this that are better implemented as extensions for those who want them instead of being forced on everyone. For Youtube, there is 'Youtube Video Player Pop Out' on CAA.

[SGvagon]

moonbat: Did you tried Picture in Picture on Firefox? It works on every HTML5 player (not only on Youtube) . Of course that I tried find any extension, but I can't find anything. That's the reason, why I posted it here.

[New Tobin Paradigm]

Useless feature is useless. A message brought to you by the Department of Redundancy Department.

Also, what is a "Palemoon"?

[back2themoon]

Use an external video player window if you really can't live without it.

1. Put youtube-dl.exe in C:\Windows (needs to be there). Update it every now and then.
2. Get MPC-HC
3. MPC-HC/Options/Advanced: set "UseYDL" to True and optionally resolution/quality settings below that.
4. CTRL-O, paste link, done. CTRL-A toggles "Always on top". Works with many websites.

Optionally, if you don't want to put youtube-dl.exe in C:\Windows:

Put it anywhere you like and create a youtube-dl.exe Symbolic Link in C:\Windows. I suggest the easy to use linkMaker. Make sure you know what you are doing, backup etc. I assume you are on Windows.

[gepus]

Off-topic:

I can working and watching videos at the same time.

Working and watching videos at the same time? Don't ever tell this to your employer.

[New Tobin Paradigm]

Also, what is a "Palemoon"?

[ron_1]

Off-topic:

New Tobin Paradigm wrote:
Also, what is a "Palemoon"?

An amalgamation.

[New Tobin Paradigm]

An amalgamation.

Of what?

[Moonchild]

Off-topic:

An amalgamation.

Of what?

of fanboi-ism, historical Mozilla naming practices, Pale Moon and build system quirks?

[SGvagon]

So, the answer is no? If this feature is useless for you?

[SGvagon]

Use an external video player window if you really can't live without it.

1. Put youtube-dl.exe in C:\Windows (needs to be there). Update it every now and then.
2. Get MPC-HC
3. MPC-HC/Options/Advanced: set "UseYDL" to True and optionally resolution/quality settings below that.
4. CTRL-O, paste link, done. CTRL-A toggles "Always on top". Works with many websites.

Optionally, if you don't want to put youtube-dl.exe in C:\Windows:

Put it anywhere you like and create a youtube-dl.exe Symbolic Link in C:\Windows. I suggest the easy to use linkMaker. Make sure you know what you are doing, backup etc. I assume you are on Windows.

I can live without it, I only asked if this or similar feature will be in Palemoon. Your solution is only for Youtube well? PiP (Picture in Picture) in Firefox works on almost all html5 players.

[Moonchild]

Please read: viewtopic.php?f=13&t=5647

[moonbat]

moonbat: Did you tried Picture in Picture on Firefox? It works on every HTML5 player (not only on Youtube) . Of course that I tried find any extension, but I can't find anything. That's the reason, why I posted it here.

I have, and like I said, it cannot display subtitles. Hence useless.

[back2themoon]

Works with many websites.

Your solution is only for Youtube well? PiP (Picture in Picture) in Firefox works on almost all html5 players.

[Moonchild]

It doesn't look like the Chrome-made-Firefox gadget is technically feasible in Pale Moon. It relies exclusively on using a separate browser element in its own process window overlaid over the current page in an always-on-top fashion (meaning it will likely cause issues with window ordering of other applications as well). It's a pretty nasty hack relying on e10s to pull it off.

I suggest you use the offered MPC-HC solution or create an extension (if possible) to do something similar.

[New Tobin Paradigm]

I already hate how a bunch of websites do this video overlay in the corner nonsense especially when you scroll.. I do NOT want to see this in the Unified XUL Platform. It is literally ridiculous especially considering the technical issues in doing such a thing.

So that is my 'no' vote as your friendly UXP Coordinator.

[moonbat]

I've been trying to make an extension to do this for Youtube (and hopefully after that a few others like Dailymotion that allow embeds) in a separate top level window. Still stuck with calling the <browser> element through javascript.

[SGvagon]

I already hate how a bunch of websites do this video overlay in the corner nonsense especially when you scroll.. I do NOT want to see this in the Unified XUL Platform. It is literally ridiculous especially considering the technical issues in doing such a thing.

So that is my 'no' vote as your friendly UXP Coordinator.

For ex. on Facebook I like this feature. You can play long video or stream and then scroll down without losing it. If you don't want this overlay player, you can just pause the video before scrolling.