@mtho2014 ,
Unfortunately Brave can only do this for certain video players. Again as an example, I tested this and was successful in Brave using Youtube, CBS.com , Vimeo and a few other sites. These sites work because the players themselves support PIP functionality natively, regardless of browser. While other sites like Amazon.com , Hulu and Netflix do not support them natively and thus will not work with Brave.
It looks like Firefox has some code that detects when <video> elements are added to the DOM which causes the toggle to appear on screen. Clicking it then moves that element to its own dedicated window.
Full documentation for it can be found here:https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/toolkit/components/pictureinpicture/pictureinpicture/index.html
Good news is that it does look like we plan to implement a similar feature in future releases:
opened 10:51PM - 15 Jul 23 UTC
OS/Desktop
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## Description
Currently there is only one way to Picture In Picture(PIP) any video playing by double right clicking on video and select play in Picture In Picture(PIP) mode or click the button designed by player for Picture In Picture(PIP) and if we try to put other video in Picture In Picture(PIP) while the original is playing, then the original video playing in picture in picture mode gets replaced by the newly selected video to Picture In Picture(PIP).
Having multiple Picture In Picture(PIP) modes help watching video content simultaneously such that we can watch a music video and watch live news both in Picture In Picture(PIP) mode and have ability to move the playing Picture In Picture(PIP) window move anywhere on screen.
We can also control playback(play/pause/resume/scroll), volume(high/low/mute), progress right through Picture In Picture(PIP) mode without going to the tab playing video content. So when there is an important section coming in music video we can mute the news right from the Picture In Picture(PIP) mode and watch it with ease or scroll the music video right from the Picture In Picture(PIP) mode if we missed any part.
## Steps to Reproduce
1. Open any video
2. Right click twice to open menu for Picture In Picture(PIP) or Two finger tap on video twice to open menu for Picture In PIcture(PIP)
## Actual result:
#### Currently we need to right click mouse twice to see this menu to select Picture In Picture(PIP)
## Expected result:
#### This button shows at bottom right in Firefox to take the video out to Picture In Picture(PIP) mode
#### This button shows at top right in Firefox URL bar to take the video out to Picture in Picture(PIP) mode
## Reproduces how often:
Easily reproduced
## Brave version (brave://version info)
1.58.20 Chromium: 115.0.5790.75 (Official Build) nightly (x86_64)
## Version/Channel Information:
- Can you reproduce this issue with the current release? yes
- Can you reproduce this issue with the beta channel? yes
- Can you reproduce this issue with the nightly channel? yes
## Other Additional Information:
- Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Shields? no
- Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Rewards? no
- Is the issue reproducible on the latest version of Chrome? yes
## Miscellaneous Information:
Picture In Picture(PIP) is essential as people move watching/streaming content on desktop browser and having additional controls on top of Picture In Picture(PIP) is a game changer because people do not need to go back to the tab which is streaming/playing the actual content.
This Picture In Picture(PIP) button could also be integrated with the new [Brave Playlist](https://brave.com/playlist/) and have users access Picture In Picture(PIP) of the currently playing content right from the playlist section.