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    Please kindly revert or make an option to use the older version of picture-in-picture

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    • A Former User
      A Former User @burnout426 last edited by

      @burnout426 Thank you, it helped.

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      • johndaruk
        johndaruk last edited by

        hi there, i read someplace that there was a fix to put it back to how it used to be, im wondering if you by chance knew it.

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        • zaapa1
          zaapa1 @johndaruk last edited by

          @johndaruk Goto the URL opera://flags/#video-pop-out-surface-layers, disable it and restart Opera. Disable opera://flags/#enable-surfaces-for-videos if you have to too.

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          • johndaruk
            johndaruk @zaapa1 last edited by

            @zaapa1
            hi, so i did this, but when i try to activate it, it brings back the old format window, but its only a black window now, do you happen to know whats going on and how to fix this?

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            • dhartescu
              dhartescu last edited by

              I'm unable to find the 2nd flag on Opera stable 67.0.3575.52.
              The 1st flag (#video-pop-out-surface-layers) works in bringing back the old PIP player but it stays completely black for youtube videos.

              Any workaround for this, besides reverting to 65?
              It's not such a massive deal breaker, but just the fact you have to click a very specific (and now smaller) button instead of anywhere-except-a-button like the original is incredibly frustrating.
              It's like the original devs never tried the feature, just chucked it in and called it a day.

              And I'm not blaming Opera devs for this, because they just enabled the Chromium version, which hopefully will get more support.
              I am blaming the opera devs for the forced "upgrade" to an inferior feature with no option to switch back to original, even if buggier.
              Cmon guys, don't do a classic Microsoft, please?

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              • dhartescu
                dhartescu last edited by

                Follow-up point (specific to Windows):

                • The pop-out now appearing as a new Opera window is...double edged? For one, it's easier to find, but also it conflicts with the alt-tabbing history and windows shortcuts.
                • Unsure if I'd rather have the old functionality back (floating window as part of the main Opera one), or the new one, or a toggle.
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                • A Former User
                  A Former User @dhartescu last edited by

                  @dhartescu I can confirm that the updated version disables video output to the pop-out window. It appears black.

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                  • leocg
                    leocg Moderator Volunteer @johndaruk last edited by

                    @johndaruk The fix is the new video pop-out.

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                    • johndaruk
                      johndaruk @leocg last edited by

                      @leocg
                      i think i know what you mean, but even when i try to use the newer one it just makes the video, and the newly created pop-out go black, is there a fix to this?

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                      • leocg
                        leocg Moderator Volunteer @johndaruk last edited by

                        @johndaruk I don't know any that would depend only on the user.

                        By the way, what OS?

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                        • johndaruk
                          johndaruk @leocg last edited by

                          @leocg
                          Damn, ive reinstalled opera twice trying to fix it, and im using windows 10,

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                          • federr7
                            federr7 @johndaruk last edited by

                            @johndaruk Same problem here, the pip windows is complete black

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                            • A Former User
                              A Former User @leocg last edited by

                              @leocg It works with Windows 10 Enterprise v1909.

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                              • A Former User
                                A Former User last edited by

                                @johndaruk Same problem too. The newest Opera version brings frozen or black screen with old PiP player.

                                And the new one displays a black window too.

                                Tried with DX11, DX12 and OpenGL drivers, disable / enable acelerated decoding, nothing works.

                                Any idea ?

                                A big issue that could probably make me migrate to Firefox, when their new rendering engine will be ready.

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                                • burnout426
                                  burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                                  @blacklemon35 said in Please kindly revert or make an option to use the older version of picture-in-picture:

                                  And the new one displays a black window too.

                                  That might be fixed in Opera Developer so far. https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/changelog-for-69/#b3630.0.

                                  "DNA-84951 New PiP is completely black for some 2 GPU setups"

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                                  • A Former User
                                    A Former User last edited by

                                    Thanks. 🙂 But changing dev channel is a pain in the ass with Opera. Reinsiall, awful sync system (errors, conflicts...), massive configuration to redo (shortcuts config, etc...)

                                    I'll simply wait then.

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