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My big issue is the backgrounding. I like watching a video while cooking, but I also need to use timers. Not having the video stop and re-orient itself to portr

My big issue is the backgrounding. I like watching a video while cooking, but I also need to use timers. Not having the video stop and re-orient itself to portrait while I quickly set or dismiss a timer is excellent. I also find the UI during live streams to be borderline unusable on mobile.

kevin_thibedeau 5y ago
This is my primary use case for Newpipe. There is another workaround by using desktop mode in Firefox Android.
- readams 5y ago
  If you run Firefox nightly, it's possible to enable additional extensions, including background video fix.
  - muxator 5y ago
    Good news is Video Background Play Fix is among the (admittedly few) extension that are enabled in Firefox for Android [0]. No need to use the nightly version. How badly Mozilla messed up with Firefox on Android is worth another topic, however. [0] https://addons.mozilla.org/it/android/addon/video-background-play-fix/ https://addons.mozilla.org/it/android/addon/video-background...
thirdsun 5y ago
> My big issue is the backgrounding. I like watching a video while cooking, but I also need to use timers. Not having the video stop and re-orient itself to portrait while I quickly set or dismiss a timer is excellent. Background playback is a paid feature. You may disagree with that decision but the option is there if you wanted it.