Picture in Picture for quicktime?

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I can't seem to find Picture-in-Picture (PiP) in QuickTime 10.4.

Is macOS Sierra's new PiP feature only for Safari?

Dillon · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-08 16:37:48Z

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QuickTime Player in macOS Catalina has a Picture in Picture button.

answered Oct 8 '19 at 16:37

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STO · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-23 23:27:40Z

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QuickTime has had this feature for a while now, well before Sierra.

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answered Oct 13 '16 at 6:33

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Perfect! Just what I was looking for. – Trent Oct 13 '16 at 6:39
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Also, to answer your explicit question, PIP is specifically a feature of Safari and iTunes. – tubedogg Oct 14 '16 at 3:54
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Just for the record, this is not the same feature. PIP floats above desktops so when switching spaces it is still in the corner of the screen, whereas in quicktime the floating window is still fixed to a space. – George Green Feb 2 '17 at 13:46
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To add to the previous comment by @GeorgeGreen: you can work around this limitation by right-clicking QuickTime’s Dock icon, clicking options, and assigning it to "all desktops". – Macrod Feb 6 '17 at 15:09
While it is not the same feature, it definitely fulfills a similar end-result that many users may be looking for. – Trent Feb 27 '17 at 20:23

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Paweł Paweł · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-15 09:55:28Z

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A good solution is to simply drag a video file to the address bar in Safari and use its PIP feature.

answered Jun 15 '17 at 9:55

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This should be the accepted answer. – Hans Kristian Sep 30 '17 at 18:07
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Great little hack! Only shame is that while in PIP mode, the seek controls are missing, so if you need to skip forward or back, you need to come out of PIP, move the playback head, then put it back in PIP mode. – Jowie Feb 19 '18 at 9:40
Good thinking! Never occurred to me. – Can Sürmeli Jul 6 '18 at 9:20

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radtek · Accepted Answer · 2019-09-24 20:25:20Z

Here is what works for me using Quicktime 10.5:

Start QuickTime
Right click the "QuickTime" icon in the dock, select "New Movie Recording"
Select the new movie window, drag it to where you want, resize
Select "View/Float on top" so now your movie window displaying the web cam is locked to the top view
Right click the "QuickTime" icon in the dock, select "New Screen Recording"
Double click the webcam movie window to clear the record bar (so it looks clean)
Start recording now, when done press "cmd + ctrl + escape" to stop recording.

This is working 100% :)

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