Player Settings

This section covers all settings related to the video and audio player.

Default resolution

Sets the preferred video quality for all videos played in the main player.

• Options: Best resolution, 1080p60, 1080p, 720p60, 720p, 480p, 360p, 240p, 144p.
• Default: 1080p60

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Choosing a lower resolution like 720p can help save mobile data and reduce buffering on slow connections.

Default popup resolution

Sets the preferred video quality for videos played in the popup player.

• Options: Same as default resolution.
• Default: 480p

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A lower resolution is often sufficient for the small popup window and consumes fewer resources.

Enable advanced formats

Path: Settings > Video and audio > Enable advanced formats

Allows the player to use modern video and audio codecs if your device supports them.

• VP9 — A widely supported open codec. Good compatibility across most Android devices.
• AV1 — A more efficient codec than VP9. Required for 2K/4K playback on YouTube. Uses more CPU than VP9 on devices without hardware AV1 decoding.
• HEVC — A codec common on iOS devices. Android support varies by device.
• EC-3 — A Dolby Digital Plus audio codec. Only useful if your device supports it.

The formats you enable here determine which streams appear in the in-player quality selector. For example, enabling AV1 adds AV01 streams to the quality list directly in the player. Once enabled, open a video, tap the quality icon in the player, and select a VP9 or AV01 stream.

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If your video lags periodically (audio is fine but video stutters every few seconds), try switching codec:

1. Go to Settings > Video and audio > Enable advanced formats
2. Enable VP9 or AV1
3. Open a video, tap the quality selector in the player
4. Select a VP9 or AV01 stream

This is the fix confirmed by the developer for this type of lag (see #2085 and #2045).

WARNING

Enabling a format that your device does not support can lead to a black screen or crashes. WEBM or AV1 are required for 2K/4K playback on YouTube.

Limit resolution on mobile data

Automatically switches to a lower resolution when you are not connected to Wi-Fi to save data.

• Options: No limit, 1080p60, 1080p, 720p60, 720p, 480p, 360p, 240p, 144p.
• Default: 480p

Request audio focus

Ensures that PipePipe is the only app playing audio. When enabled, other apps (like music players) will pause when a PipePipe video starts.

• Default: Enabled

Resume playback

Automatically resumes playback after an interruption, such as a phone call.

• Default: Enabled

Always start from the beginning

Disables the "resume playback" feature for videos you've already started watching. Every video will start from 00:00.

• Default: Disabled

Remember popup properties

The app will remember the size and position of the popup player from your last session.

• Default: Enabled

Fast forward/rewind duration

Sets the amount of time to skip forward or backward when you double-tap the sides of the player.

• Options: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 seconds.
• Default: 10 seconds

Long press to speed up playback

Allows you to temporarily speed up the video by long-pressing on the player.

• Options: 0.1x to 5x, Disable.
• Default: 5x

Sleep timer

Automatically stops playback after a set amount of time.

• Options: 5, 10, 15, 20, 30 minutes, 1 hour.
• Default: 1 hour

Gesture settings

Opens a sub-menu to configure the player's swipe gestures.

Scrolling comment settings

Opens a sub-menu to configure the danmaku-style (scrolling) live chat comments.

Subtitles

Opens a sub-menu to configure the appearance of subtitles.