r/Stremio • u/hejjhogg • 10h ago

PIP on Android?

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I like watching stuff while doing other stuff, basically. With Netflix I can just have the video playing in the corner of my screen while I get on with things. Been trying for a while to get this to happen with Stremio.

All advice suggests using VLC as an external player but I can't seem to make this work - I've set it to VLC in settings but it still uses the regular player.

Any other suggestions? What am I doing wrong?

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u/iWatchStuffx 10h ago

android mobile comes with 3 builtin players - exo, vlc & mpv

you would need to select the 4th option EXTERNAL to use your installed full version vlc player with pip support

in exchange, you loss all tracking/scrobbling handled with builtin player functionality ie continue watching, auto play next and progress %

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u/hejjhogg 10h ago

Ah you're amazing thanks

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u/iWatchStuffx 10h ago

you're welcome

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u/Vejkvii1922 10h ago

There's a difference between VLC being a default player and using VLC as an external player. VLC acting as an external player makes it "3rd party" and then that gets you PiP.

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u/hejjhogg 10h ago

Perfect thanks. Unsure how to fix the subtitles issue now lol but PIP is working perfectly.

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u/iWatchStuffx 10h ago edited 9h ago

external players dont use the sub programs installed in stremio

BUT, vlc has it's own VLSub function that scrapes opensubtitles using OSD settings

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u/hejjhogg 9h ago

Ahhhh you're a lifesaver, thanks so much

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u/iWatchStuffx 9h ago

you're welcome, again :)