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

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    • burnout426
      burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

      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.

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        zaapa1 Major-Sandwich e7540 A Former User 4 Replies Last reply
      • zaapa1
        zaapa1 @burnout426 last edited by

        @burnout426 that work for me, the 1º not, but the second flag did,

        thanks

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        • A Former User
          A Former User last edited by

          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

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          • A Former User
            A Former User last edited by

            I take it back - it's broken, it hangs at regular intervals. Maybe why changed it? I'll give it a week.

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            • Major-Sandwich
              Major-Sandwich @burnout426 last edited by

              @burnout426 Thank you, this solves my problem.

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              • e7540
                e7540 @burnout426 last edited by

                @burnout426 Thanks a lot. Now everything works as it used to

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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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