A person spends a significant amount of time watching videos while they are on their computers. Often we found ourselves juggling between watching a video and studying, working, or even playing games simultaneously, whether it is to learn something or get something done. Although as an OS, Windows is more than capable of multi-tasking, it can feel very frustrating to spontaneously switch between windows or have both of them open by diving the window in half, reducing the workspace.
In such cases, you can use a feature called Picture-in-Picture or PiP which allows you to watch a video while working in a fullscreen application. The video is played in a mini-sized video player window which floats on top of the application similar to an overlay. Windows 11 has this feature built into its ‘Films & TV’ application.
Viewing Videos in Picture-in-Picture Mode in Windows 11 Video Player
The Picture-in-Picture mode can be found in any native Windows 11 media or video player just like ‘Films & TV’. But do note that, it works with the videos that are stored on your hard drive. If you want to play a video on the internet in PiP mode, use a browser that has PiP support.
First get to where the video is saved, in this case, which is the desktop. Right-click on the video thumbnail and then select ‘Open with’ and after that select ‘Films and TV’.
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After the video player window opens, click on the ‘Play in mini view’ button located on the bottom right side of the screen.
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Now the video will turn into a mini window and sit on top of the desktop.
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As you can see you can even open other applications and the video will not be moved to the background and will stay in a floating window on top of the application.
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Using PiP Mode for Videos Playing in Chrome or Edge Browser
Most browsers also support PiP mode but most of the time it is limited to a single tab or website. In order to get full PiP support, it is best to use an extension. Floating Player – Picture-in-Picture Mode is a small and simple extension. This extension allows you to put any video from any website inside a PiP window that will work not only if you switch tabs but even if you minimize the browser and switch to a different application.
First, you have to add the extension to your browser. Open up your browser and go to chrome.google.com/webstore in a new tab.
Once the Chrome Web Store page opens, type ‘Picture in picture’ inside the search bar and press enter.
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Find and select the ‘Floating Player – Picture-in-Picture Mode’ extension from the search results.
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After that, click on ‘Add to *your browser*’ button, and the extension will be downloaded and added to your browser.
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You can see the extension icon appear next to the search bar.
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Now, start playing a video from any website you like and then click on the same icon to put the video into the Picture-in-Picture mode.
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The video will go into a mini-player window and now you can switch tabs or even switch to other applications, keeping the video in a floating window.
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