Intent to Experiment: Picture-in-Picture (PiP)

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François Beaufort

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May 8, 2018, 7:06:34 PM5/8/18
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Contact emails

fbea...@chromium.org, mlam...@chromium.org, apac...@chromium.org


Spec

https://wicg.github.io/picture-in-picture/


Summary

Allow websites to create a floating video window always on top of other windows so that users may continue consuming media while they interact with other content sites, or applications on their device.


Link to “Intent to Implement” blink-dev discussion

https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msg/blink-dev/U8Apo-WLBm4/03sO4ITYAQAJ


Goals for experimentation

  • Gather feedback about the API shape

  • Validate that the API provides sufficient functionality for content providers using it to deliver user value. This will be measured by:

    • content providers that join the origin trial and choose to share their feedback

    • watch time that occurs in Picture in Picture mode


Experimental timeline

  • Starts around M68 Beta release, 2018-06-07

  • Expires when M69 Stable is cut, around 2018-08-30


Any risks when the experiment finishes?

No significant risks - content providers will feature detect and fall back to their current behavior when we disable the origin trial.


Ongoing technical constraints

None


Will this feature be supported on all five Blink platforms supported by Origin Trials (Windows, Mac, Linux, Chrome OS, and Android)?

The feature will be supported on all platforms (except WebView) but the experiment will only run on desktop platforms.


Link to entry on the feature dashboard

https://www.chromestatus.com/features/5729206566649856


Zachary Yaro

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May 9, 2018, 1:29:02 PM5/9/18
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I am curious, what is the reasoning behind making the proposed picture-in-picture API fundamentally different from existing APIs that enable pages to open other types of pop-up windows?  Also, is there a timeline for allowing elements other than <video> to request picture-in-picture?

Thanks,
Zachary Yaro


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François Beaufort

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May 10, 2018, 10:25:13 AM5/10/18
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Hey Zachary,

Thanks for your interest.

PhistucK had similar thoughts.

Regarding the timeline for non-video elements, we don't have any ETA for now.
We'd like to experiment first with the shape of the API and get feedback.

Rick Byers

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May 10, 2018, 11:06:54 AM5/10/18
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Do you have at least one "content provider" who has expressed interest in using the origin trial to validate the experience in the wild (i.e. beyond just local testing which they can do with the flag enabled)?

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François Beaufort

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May 10, 2018, 12:10:43 PM5/10/18
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We do have one significant website interested in Picture-in-Picture.
I can share more details if needed.

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Rick Byers

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May 10, 2018, 12:20:35 PM5/10/18
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Nope, as long as you have a specific customer who feels they need data from an OT, then that's the min-bar.  Thanks!  LGTM

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Daniel Vogelheim

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May 28, 2018, 12:06:05 PM5/28/18
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Hi,

Is it possible for the PiP overlay to be (partially) transparent?

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François Beaufort

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May 29, 2018, 1:16:11 AM5/29/18
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It is not possible yet. What would be the use case?

Please report your issue at https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/entry?components=Blink%3EMedia%3EPictureInPicture so that others can manifest their interest as well and we can keep track of this.

abbou.y...@gmail.com

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Aug 6, 2018, 6:31:19 PM8/6/18
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Hello,

Is/will it possible to use PiP on live streaming? We are using WebRTC but i think it's not compatible with HTMLvideoelement... 
Do you work on an alternative of HTMLvideoelement? 

Thanks

François Beaufort 🇫🇷

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Aug 13, 2018, 5:27:13 AM8/13/18
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We're currently working on adding support for Media Streams in Picture-in-Picture.
You can follow our work in progress at https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=746182


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