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Hi guys,
Would it be possible to make use of the Youtube – Picture in Picture option?
For example check; https://www.w3schools.com/html/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml_youtubeiframePlay the video, hover it then a blue picture in picture is available,
It would be awesome to have in Folovision.Look forward to hearing from you.
Best regards,
Patrick Dankers
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Hello Patrick,
What exactly do you mean by Picture in picture feature?
I wasn’t able to turn on any feature that would match your description with the embedded video on the w3schools demo website.
Thanks,
Juraj
Hi Juraj,
Hmm that must have been Firefox specific then I guess.
If I do two right clicks on the videos in both Chrome / Firefox / Safari you can actually trigger Picture in Picture mode for all of them
Not sure if that is something that can be trigger in somway with Foliovision.
Thanks again for looking into this!
Best regards,
Patrick Dankers
Hello Patrick,
By PiP do you mean this feature?(check screenshot in attachments)
If yes, FV Player does support sticky video feature. Although, it does work in a little different way. With sticky video you can watch the video only if you are on the page where the video is originally embedded.
Thanks,
Juraj
Hi again,
Yes and no.
Yes I mean the function you described.
But No not the sticky feature (we are already using that).Why is this Picture in Picture different? Because Picture in Picture lives outside of the scope of the current window.
So for example say you start Picture in Picture mode as you did in the example screenshot. If you then move to another browser tab or application the video will still be there as it is playing picture in picture style (not sticky style). See the attachment for an example of what I mean.
I think it would be cool addition to be able to go beyond sticky and use picture in picture in Foliovision, especially as Youtube does offer that support in various browsers.
Hope that helps to clarify why it is different ;)
Best regards,
Patrick Dankers
Hello Patrick,
Yes, that’s exactly the difference that I’ve tried to explain.
So you would like to extend the functionality of the Sticky video feature to work also outside the original page where the video is embedded, right?
I guess the whole PiP feature is handled by browser so there probably might be a way for us to implement it. I’ll do some more testing today and I’ll discuss it with our development team. I’ll get in touch with you in the close future with more information in the close future.
Also, would you be interested in paid custom development? That could help us to give this feature bigger priority and significantly speed up the implementation process. Let me know what do you think.
Thanks for bringing interesting ideas to us,
Juraj
Hi Juraj,
Thanks for getting back to me.
Yeah most browsers seem to have native support for it by now.
So it is ‘only’ a question of making it triggerable from the Foliovision player.As for custom development. I think this would make for a great option for everyone who uses Foliovision. And it is a nice to have … not a must have for us specific. For that reason im going to go with slow and for everyone instead of paid and exclusive.
That is not to deny you guys anything as for every website at my day to day job I will always push you guys if something video related is required.
Hope it is still something you can look into in the near future.
Best regards,
Patrick Dankers
