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

TIP

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

INFO

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

Enable advanced formats

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

• Options: VP9, AV1, HEVC, EC-3.

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.