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Jonathan
Asked: 2019-04-25 12:55:26 +0800 CST

How do I watch a Youtube in Picture-in-Picture (PIP) mode? [duplicate]

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I'd like to watch youtube videos with a small video down in the corner without a lot of wasted space on the screen such as title bars, address bar, bookmarks bar, scroll bar, etc.

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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Three options:

    VLC Method

    • Open VLC
    • Right click > enable Minimal Mode
    • Right click titlebar in Unity > Always on Top (Unity has an option for all workspaces)
    • "Play Network Stream" (Ctrl-N) and pasting the YouTube link of any video in the prompt

    It's tedious because there's no youtube browsing, but its great for performance.

    Firefox Method

    Workspace Method

    Google Chrome

    Right-click twice with the pointer somewhere in the video and you'll see a Picture-in-picture option - click it and away you go. - @AnthonyK

    Opera browser

    Click the shortcut icon in the top middle of the video when you hover. – @AnthonyK

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