opera 66 video popup has a limit in sizing, no controls, etc

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

It's essentially useless now and I've stopped using it.

I used to use the video pop-out on a daily basis too!

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Me too.. this is what basically separated Opera from other browsers and is the main reason I prevented me from switching over to the new Edge which uses exactly the same pip player like the new version in Opera...

If Opera does not switch back, I will definitely be switching over to Edge since Opera at this moment has literally no more advantage over it.

[KKCT]

KKCT last edited by

Yes, please bring back the old player or add back the removed controls. It was THE reason for me to keep on using opera.

[andrew84]

andrew84 last edited by andrew84

As a workaround disable these 2 flags and the old popup will be back.

[A Former User]

A Former User @andrew84 last edited by

@andrew84 thanks

[tirsocarranza]

tirsocarranza @andrew84 last edited by

@andrew84 It works! Thank you stranger!

[Bigshot]

Bigshot @andrew84 last edited by

@andrew84 It works kinda but not the same as next on youtube closes the floating window and you have to go to the tab back again to select video pop out.

[manfrady]

manfrady last edited by

Early I used the tool Picture-in-picture and general screen still play video. Why did you remove that? And can i get back both screen playing video?

[andrew84]

andrew84 @Bigshot last edited by

@Bigshot I found this workaround while reading the Opera blog.
I checked it in the last Stable version and at least here(Win8.1x64) it works like previously and as expected ('next video' button doesn't close the popup)

[A Former User]

A Former User @andrew84 last edited by A Former User

@andrew84
How do I change those settings..
I've tried opera://flags/ and it does not work.

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Never mind.. I got it.. it's about://flags
thanks.

[Bigshot]

Bigshot @andrew84 last edited by

@andrew84 On my windows 10 it does close the pop up. It's not as smooth anymore!

[A Former User]

A Former User @Bigshot last edited by A Former User

@Bigshot Mine works great.. like before.. no issues disabling those two flags. I watch the news on my 2nd monitor live stream and it's been playing for hours.. no issues.

[point-j]

point-j last edited by

Video Pop-up Free resizing!
Like the previous version

[xandrya]

xandrya last edited by

Subtitles do not show up on Youtube videos when a small video pop up is opened. And it keeps resetting to the corner every time a new video is opened. The previous version had better options.

[wfpl]

wfpl @xandrya last edited by

@xandrya problem in 66 version
In version 65 all ok.

[l33t4opera]

l33t4opera @Guest last edited by l33t4opera

Hi @alexiures, @pete8475. @point-j, @xandrya, @wfpl.
You can bring back the old video pop-out, just follow the steps:
1. Go to opera:flags, and switch to "Disabled" two flags:
- opera:flags#video-pop-out-surface-layers ,
- opera:flags#enable-surfaces-for-videos .
2. Restart the Opera - this is necessary to apply the change.

[wfpl]

wfpl last edited by leocg

go to opera://flags and search for these two:

• Use surface layers in Video Pop-out
• Enable the use of SurfaceLayer objects for videos

Disable it, and the old popout player will be back, including resize

[point-j]

point-j @l33t4opera last edited by

@l33t4opera

Settled
Thank you very much.

[l33t4opera]

l33t4opera @point-j last edited by

Hi @point-j, you're welcome ;-) I'm glad that it's working for you.

[axolos]

axolos last edited by

My version: 66.0.3515.36
The Picture in Picture works suddenly weirdly:

• I cannot enlarge the PiP beyond some size (previously possible)
• Grabbing it by the corner sometimes make it disappear, as if minimized into the right upper corner
• Moving it enlarges the area to the size of the monitor with black strips on each side

All of this makes this almost unusable on my desktop.
Why, Opera, why?

Is there anything I can do to make it behave as it was before?