PIPsy - PIP out your video player!

Easily pop out any video player into a PIP window.

What is PIPsy - PIP out your video player!?

PIPsy - PIP out your video player! is a Chrome extension that enhances your viewing experience by enabling Picture-In-Picture (PIP) mode on video players without direct support. It pushes the bounds of the in-built Chrome 70 PIP functionality to apply it on popular platforms such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. The extension is currently in its nascent stage and encourages users to report bugs through its Github page.

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By: Marius Kießling

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Users: 3,000+

Rating: 3.93 (14)

Version: 1.0.2 (Last updated: 2018-11-29)

Creation date: 2018-11-29

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

activeTab

Size: 14.22K

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 17495 ▼ 226

Other rankings

#992 in Accessibility ▼ 1 #66 in video player keyword 46 ▼ 6 #243 in player keyword 55 ▼ 15

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Not available on Edge

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Summary

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Chrome 70 introduced the picture in picture (PIP) mode for HTML5 video players. This extension simply takes the functionality offered by Chrome and brings it to websites that don't support it directly.

Using this extension you can use PIP on on e.g. these sites:

Netflix
Amazon Prime Video

The extension is in an early stage right now. Please feel free to open bug reports in GitHub's issue tracker (https://github.com/mariuskiessling/pipsy).

Disclaimer: This extension is not affiliated and/or endorsed by any of the sites above and in the screenshots.

User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Open source
Works well for making a pop out video frame

Cons

Hasn't been updated since 2018
Lacks certain YouTube controls and features
Limited functionality compared to built-in Chrome PIP

Most mentioned

Doesn't work on all sites
Limited video controls
No subtitles

Recent reviews

What's the point of this plugin? The people that like this extension seem to be unaware that there's ALREADY one currently built into chrome that offers some extras. It's worse than chrome/googles. You can at least juggle through video selection in googles/chrome by clicking the extension and you're not required to be on the particular tab you're wanting to view the video/PIP with. Offers zero video control(volume/forward/backward/ETC) outside of play/pause/close/back to tab. Even the sizing is the exact same as chrome. Don't bother.

Paul Newman, 2022-12-20

This looks like the original pop out video player - picture in picture. Open source too! however hasn't been updated since 2018 so there is some issue about activating on all sites. Works well for making a pop out video frame which stays on top of all browser windows. Resizeable and has pause. Doesn't have , back and forward controls (unlike the many copies on the webstore). No subtitles, none of the other youtube controls like fast forward, rewind, speed etc.