YouTube for iOS Updated With Split Screen Support on iPad

[DJTaurus]

No background audio playing... pass. ProTube FTW!!!!

 

[msavich]

No background audio playing... pass. ProTube FTW!!!!

There is bg audio, you just have to pay.

 

[ThunderSkunk]

Since all video is wider than it is tall, an ideal implementation of video overlays in split screen would be to hold the iPad in portrait mode, and have the aspect ratios worth of screen real estate consumed by the video playing horizontally, with a maximum amount of space remaining available for other work.

Instead, some programmer at Apple seems to have thought it was a good idea to split the screen in portrait mode, into two skinny vertical ribbons, then use one of them to play a tiny horizontal video scaled down to that width, & blacking out the rest of the frame, resulting in an unwatchable small video and a maximum waste of space.

It's like every feature in iOS is only half completed.

 

[msavich]

Since all video is wider than it is tall, an ideal implementation of video overlays in split screen would be to hold the iPad in portrait mode, and have the aspect ratios worth of screen real estate consumed by the video playing horizontally, with the remaining available for other work.

Instead, some programmer at Apple seems to have thought it was a good idea to split the screen in portrait mode, into two skinny vertical ribbons, then use one of them to play a tiny horizontal video sacked down to that width, while blacking out the rest of the frame.

iOS... strikes again.

I don't get it. Video sites aren't all that people put in split view. In fact if not for YouTube everybody could just use PiP. Plus what you describe would require third party developers to take action.

 

[ThunderSkunk]

I don't get it. Video sites aren't all that people put in split view. In fact if not for YouTube everybody could just use PiP. Plus what you describe would require third party developers to take action.

4. No, it wouldn't, the OS's draggable frame would just show the app in landscape mode
3. No, everybody can't, that requires 3rd party devs to take action, which most haven't.
2. Right, and most apps don't work squeezed into a 3" wide 8" tall display either.
1. No, I see you don't. Try it on an iPad mini sometime & laugh at the uselessness of it.

 

[msavich]

4. No, it wouldn't, the OS's draggable frame would just show the app in landscape mode
3. No, everybody can't, that requires 3rd party devs to take action, which most haven't.
2. Right, and most apps don't work squeezed into a 3" wide 8" tall display either.
1. No, I see you don't. Try it on an iPad mini sometime & laugh at the uselessness of it.

1. Split View isn't primarily for video sites, so horizontal wouldn't work because it'd often be cramped due to toolbars & tab bars. Also yeah the iPad mini they added the feature more because they could than it actually being useful.
2. That's your opinion.
3. So does horizontal split view that would at least require auto layout and probably more
4. ^^^

 

[logicstudiouser]

Yet no background playing...

YouTube Red should not be hogging this feature.

Agreed. The closest thing to background playing for YouTube on iPad is playing a YouTube video and using another Chrome tab.

 

[JuBe]

I'm not a YouTube fan but I'm happy any time another app gets on board with the split screen feature. Seems to be too slow adoption for quite a few apps.

Yeah, it's frustrating. I wish they would force it on some of the apps. I mean it's not like they don't already come programmed with the screen for a 9.7" iPad... just pull that piece when they're in split screen mode and wa-la!

 

[Puonti]

Just bring Youtube Red to more countries (preferrably where I live, of course). That'll solve it for me.

 

[the-msa]

no picture and picture because that would undermine youtubered. so dumb

companies fragmenting their products to offer different models of a product so they can offer one for less, and one for more money... definitely unheard of.

 

[Stella]

Still no landscape mode on iPhone.

There is when you watch a video.. just not when browsing.

 

[sputnikv]

companies fragmenting their products to offer different models of a product so they can offer one for less, and one for more money... definitely unheard of.

Except the delivery method is such that a youtubered account won't extend that feature. It can't be disabled for standard accounts, so it's excluded all together

 

[Jsameds]

Can someone recommend a YT client with background audio, no ads and PiP (if one even exists)? Even two out of those three will do. Cheers.

 

[BergerFan]

There is when you watch a video.. just not when browsing.

Yeah, that's what I meant l.

 

[lunarworks]

Since all video is wider than it is tall, an ideal implementation of video overlays in split screen would be to hold the iPad in portrait mode, and have the aspect ratios worth of screen real estate consumed by the video playing horizontally, with a maximum amount of space remaining available for other work.

Instead, some programmer at Apple seems to have thought it was a good idea to split the screen in portrait mode, into two skinny vertical ribbons, then use one of them to play a tiny horizontal video scaled down to that width, & blacking out the rest of the frame, resulting in an unwatchable small video and a maximum waste of space.

It's like every feature in iOS is only half completed.

Shouldn't be a problem for a WorldStar app.

 

[pacorob]

There are a few third party apps (ProTube,YouPlayer, Tubex) which do offer this Slide Over/Split View, Picture in Picture (PiP) and even have other great features (play audio in background, remove ads - ProTube only).CornerTube, Moldavite only offer Picture in Picture (PiP).

My favorite is definitely ProTube.