Chrome: swap videos with picture-in-picture feature - how does it work?
With an add-on for Chrome you can outsource videos and use the picture-in-picture feature. This allows you to surf websites, for example, and watch a YouTube video in the same window. In this practical tip we will show you how.
Add a picture-in-picture add-on in Google Chrome
- Start Chrome and download the add-on "PIP-Video" from the Chrome webstore.
- After you have added PIP-Video, open a new tab. To use the picture-in-picture function, you have to enter "chrome: // flags / # enable-panels" in the address bar. Then press "Enter".
- Under the "Enable Control Panels" option, click "Enable". Then restart Chrome.
How to use the picture-in-picture feature in Chrome
- Watch a video on YouTube.
- An icon with a large and a small box now appears next to the video. If you click the icon, the video is swapped out.
- You can move the video anywhere on your screen. In addition, an entry appears in the task bar with which you can minimize and maximize the swapped video.
The instructions refer to Chrome version 32.0.1700.76m and PIP-Video 2.1.7. Tip: Here we show you how to play Flash animations with just a click of the mouse.