<![CDATA[Please kindly revert or make an option to use the older version of picture-in-picture]]>Please kindly revert or make an option to use the older version of picture-in-picture. From version 66 it is crippled in functionality. When opening the pip it disables rendering video in the source window. Also, the size of the pip window is very limited. I have multiple monitors and it was a great feature as opening new window for youtube for example it often drops the original session and my other opened tabs when i restart the computer. I am not willing to update, reverted back to v65. Sorry.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/37986/please-kindly-revert-or-make-an-option-to-use-the-older-version-of-picture-in-pictureRSS for NodeSun, 17 May 2026 04:00:54 GMTTue, 28 Jan 2020 19:15:02 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Please kindly revert or make an option to use the older version of picture-in-picture on Sat, 21 Mar 2020 01:13:58 GMT]]>Thanks. ๐Ÿ™‚ 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.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/203485https://forums.opera.com/post/203485Sat, 21 Mar 2020 01:13:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Please kindly revert or make an option to use the older version of picture-in-picture on Fri, 20 Mar 2020 02:19:14 GMT]]>@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"

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/203323https://forums.opera.com/post/203323Fri, 20 Mar 2020 02:19:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Please kindly revert or make an option to use the older version of picture-in-picture on Thu, 19 Mar 2020 15:53:01 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/203261https://forums.opera.com/post/203261Thu, 19 Mar 2020 15:53:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Please kindly revert or make an option to use the older version of picture-in-picture on Fri, 06 Mar 2020 12:49:32 GMT]]>@leocg It works with Windows 10 Enterprise v1909.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/201742https://forums.opera.com/post/201742Fri, 06 Mar 2020 12:49:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Please kindly revert or make an option to use the older version of picture-in-picture on Fri, 06 Mar 2020 12:38:34 GMT]]>@johndaruk Same problem here, the pip windows is complete black

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/201741https://forums.opera.com/post/201741Fri, 06 Mar 2020 12:38:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Please kindly revert or make an option to use the older version of picture-in-picture on Fri, 06 Mar 2020 03:08:29 GMT]]>@leocg
Damn, ive reinstalled opera twice trying to fix it, and im using windows 10,

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/201685https://forums.opera.com/post/201685Fri, 06 Mar 2020 03:08:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Please kindly revert or make an option to use the older version of picture-in-picture on Fri, 06 Mar 2020 02:48:31 GMT]]>@johndaruk I don't know any that would depend only on the user.

By the way, what OS?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/201683https://forums.opera.com/post/201683Fri, 06 Mar 2020 02:48:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Please kindly revert or make an option to use the older version of picture-in-picture on Fri, 06 Mar 2020 00:11:35 GMT]]>@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?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/201678https://forums.opera.com/post/201678Fri, 06 Mar 2020 00:11:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Please kindly revert or make an option to use the older version of picture-in-picture on Thu, 05 Mar 2020 22:04:37 GMT]]>@johndaruk The fix is the new video pop-out.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/201671https://forums.opera.com/post/201671Thu, 05 Mar 2020 22:04:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Please kindly revert or make an option to use the older version of picture-in-picture on Thu, 05 Mar 2020 14:59:52 GMT]]>@dhartescu I can confirm that the updated version disables video output to the pop-out window. It appears black.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/201603https://forums.opera.com/post/201603Thu, 05 Mar 2020 14:59:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Please kindly revert or make an option to use the older version of picture-in-picture on Thu, 05 Mar 2020 14:45:58 GMT]]>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.
]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/201602https://forums.opera.com/post/201602Thu, 05 Mar 2020 14:45:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Please kindly revert or make an option to use the older version of picture-in-picture on Thu, 05 Mar 2020 14:12:35 GMT]]>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?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/201599https://forums.opera.com/post/201599Thu, 05 Mar 2020 14:12:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Please kindly revert or make an option to use the older version of picture-in-picture on Thu, 05 Mar 2020 14:01:13 GMT]]>@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?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/201598https://forums.opera.com/post/201598Thu, 05 Mar 2020 14:01:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Please kindly revert or make an option to use the older version of picture-in-picture on Wed, 04 Mar 2020 21:24:54 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/201540https://forums.opera.com/post/201540Wed, 04 Mar 2020 21:24:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Please kindly revert or make an option to use the older version of picture-in-picture on Wed, 04 Mar 2020 20:07:06 GMT]]>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.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/201529https://forums.opera.com/post/201529Wed, 04 Mar 2020 20:07:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Please kindly revert or make an option to use the older version of picture-in-picture on Fri, 31 Jan 2020 23:41:12 GMT]]>@burnout426 Thank you, it helped.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/197674https://forums.opera.com/post/197674Fri, 31 Jan 2020 23:41:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Please kindly revert or make an option to use the older version of picture-in-picture on Fri, 31 Jan 2020 23:13:57 GMT]]>@burnout426 Thanks a lot. Now everything works as it used to

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/197671https://forums.opera.com/post/197671Fri, 31 Jan 2020 23:13:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Please kindly revert or make an option to use the older version of picture-in-picture on Fri, 31 Jan 2020 22:44:15 GMT]]>@burnout426 Thank you, this solves my problem.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/197668https://forums.opera.com/post/197668Fri, 31 Jan 2020 22:44:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Please kindly revert or make an option to use the older version of picture-in-picture on Fri, 31 Jan 2020 02:17:00 GMT]]>I take it back - it's broken, it hangs at regular intervals. Maybe why changed it? I'll give it a week.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/197596https://forums.opera.com/post/197596Fri, 31 Jan 2020 02:17:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Please kindly revert or make an option to use the older version of picture-in-picture on Fri, 31 Jan 2020 02:05:40 GMT]]>Well, that was close - if the new default is the chromium one i'm done with opera - after what 20 years or something. But it seems fixable. ---- Really scared me there for a second

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/197595https://forums.opera.com/post/197595Fri, 31 Jan 2020 02:05:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Please kindly revert or make an option to use the older version of picture-in-picture on Thu, 30 Jan 2020 13:10:09 GMT]]>@burnout426 that work for me, the 1ยบ not, but the second flag did,

thanks

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/197490https://forums.opera.com/post/197490Thu, 30 Jan 2020 13:10:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Please kindly revert or make an option to use the older version of picture-in-picture on Thu, 30 Jan 2020 12:24:49 GMT]]>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.

Also, see https://www.reddit.com/r/operabrowser/comments/ew2x97/play_in_flying_window_mode_size_is_limited_now/ffzie6l.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/197484https://forums.opera.com/post/197484Thu, 30 Jan 2020 12:24:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Please kindly revert or make an option to use the older version of picture-in-picture on Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:44:02 GMT]]>This is the worst possible thing they could have done. I use this browser specifically for this feature and they've completely crippled it with every single one of the changes they've made.

The cap on resizing the video is what pisses me off the most as I have multiple monitors.

In what world would anyone think any of these changes was a good Idea is beyond me. I'll be moving on to another browser if it doesn't go back to how it was.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/197441https://forums.opera.com/post/197441Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:44:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Please kindly revert or make an option to use the older version of picture-in-picture on Wed, 29 Jan 2020 15:25:32 GMT]]>PiP is the only reason i use opera, it was great in the past, but if it stays like it is right now i'll jump ship. just revert it.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/197393https://forums.opera.com/post/197393Wed, 29 Jan 2020 15:25:32 GMT