PiP/Multi view support

[Marocco2]

Description

I would like to be able to use Moonlight side-by-side with other apps/inputs

Motivation

Currently, WebOS web browser is very limited and broken in some websites and sometimes it refuses to work while watching live TV.

Additional Context

WebOS 7.4

[mariotaku]

Hello, this is an interesting feature. However I can't implement it at this moment because I don't have a device that supports Multiview.

Note for anyone who may be interested investigating this:

• Multiview is available on webOS 7.0+
• For apps like Moonlight, it uses decoder resources, which means it might not be able to run with another app that plays video

[Marocco2]

Hello, this is an interesting feature. However I can't implement it at this moment because I don't have a device that supports Multiview.

Note for anyone who may be interested investigating this:

• Multiview is available on webOS 7.0+
• For apps like Moonlight, it uses decoder resources, which means it might not be able to run with another app that plays video

I'm interested as a tester if I can get this feature shipped. I'm getting used to dev manager.

Also, I don't know tech details but I can watch TV and YouTube (Ad free) at the same time without issues

[FallingSnow]

I wanted to try this but Moonlight is not selectable when selecting what to put in the PiP views. Only a few apps like youtube, photos, etc are.

[mariotaku]

@FallingSnow is your TV rooted? If you're able to dump content of YouTube app, then I probably can see how it enabled PiP.

[FallingSnow]

I'm not. I don't know of a way of rooting my firmware version.

[Marocco2]

@FallingSnow is your TV rooted? If you're able to dump content of YouTube app, then I probably can see how it enabled PiP.

YouTube Adblocked has PiP enabled and source code is available. Isn't there relevant info about PiP?

[mariotaku]

@Marocco2 It's a web app, so it may behave differently. The official YouTube app is a native app instead.

[kentyman23]

My C2 supports PIP. Anything I can do to help? My TV is not rooted.

[mariotaku]

@kentyman23 This is my new finding about split screen/PIP: webosbrew/apps-repo#87 (comment)

[FallingSnow]

Seeing that screenshot, does that mean you have root on the newer WebOS versions?

[mariotaku]

@FallingSnow I have webOS 7 rooted and upgraded it to webOS 9. Root persisted (but don't try this at home!)

[FallingSnow]

Interesting. I have WebOS 8 and am rooted but I'm not gonna try upgrading for fear of losing it.