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How to watch more than one thing at a time, without twelve windows and a headache.
·7 min read
MultiView vs Video Wall vs GridPlayer vs Video Mosaic, compared
The Chrome extensions for watching multiple videos at once, side by side — how each one gets video onto your screen, what it costs, and which one to install for one grid on one screen.
·3 min read
Chrome extensions for watching multiple videos, compared
Search the Chrome Web Store for this and you get two genuinely different designs, not ten versions of the same tool. Here is how to tell them apart before you install one.
·3 min read
Chrome doesn't support multiple picture-in-picture windows — here's what does
Open a second picture-in-picture video in Chrome and it replaces the first one. That's not a bug. Here's why, and the two things that actually give you several floating videos at once.
·4 min read
Keep an eye on several livestreams while you work
A small wall of streams in the corner of a screen, sound off until something needs your attention. How to set it up without it becoming the thing you're actually watching.
·3 min read
How to watch multiple Twitch streams at once
Multistream sites versus a browser extension that mirrors your tabs — what each one gets right, what neither one does perfectly, and how to handle four commentaries at once.
·3 min read
Why Netflix (and Disney+, Prime Video) show a black screen in a video wall
It's DRM, it's deliberate, and no extension can work around it. What's actually happening, which services are affected, and what still works fine.
·3 min read
How to watch multiple YouTube videos at once
Four ways to put several YouTube videos on one screen — split-screen windows, multi-view sites, picture-in-picture and a browser extension — and when each one is worth the trouble.
·4 min read
How to watch several sports matches at the same time
Final day of the season, four games kicking off at once. How to get them all on one screen — official multiview, tiled windows, or a browser extension — and how to handle the sound.
·3 min read
How to watch two videos side by side for comparison
Comparing two takes, two reviews or two tutorials frame by frame. How to line them up, keep the timelines independent, and hear the right one.
·4 min read
Multiview alternatives compared
Every way to watch several videos on one screen falls into one of five approaches. Here is what each one can and cannot do, so you can pick by constraint rather than by brand.