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