Ask HN: What Happened to Picture-in-Picture?

Re:Ask HN: What Happened to Picture-in-Picture? by ramikalai on Monday October 30, 2023 @01:09PM (#38072327)

This isn't PIP on TV but I use the PIP feature on MacOS ALL THE TIME! It's so handy with Youtube videos. Just open in Safari, two-finger click and then two-finger click again to open the OS menu and go into PIP.

Hope this helps someone!

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Re:Ask HN: What Happened to Picture-in-Picture? by solardev on Monday October 30, 2023 @01:57PM (#38073132)

I don't understand... how does this work, and why is it better (or worse) than just opening YouTube in a different browser tab or window?

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Re:Ask HN: What Happened to Picture-in-Picture? by sphars on Monday October 30, 2023 @04:58PM (#38075695)

For one thing (on Windows), the PiP window floats above all other windows, so you can always view it. Of course you can do this with a new browser window but not natively without some workarounds (perhaps on other OS's).

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Re:Ask HN: What Happened to Picture-in-Picture? by ramikalai on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @07:58AM (#38097120)

It's better because you can keep that video floating on top of your other apps. It'll follow you as you switch between windows and you can even hide it to the side if it's blocking something.

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