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

[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.

[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.

[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?

[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?

[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.

[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.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @johndaruk last edited by

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

[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?

[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?

[johndaruk]

johndaruk @leocg last edited by

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

[federr7]

federr7 @johndaruk last edited by

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

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg It works with Windows 10 Enterprise v1909.

[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.

[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"

[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.