Picture-in-Picture popout — independent play/pause + still-frame fix
AetherCut v1.7.49 shipped on with 4 updates to the private, browser-based video editor. Everything here is already included in the latest version. AetherCut edits on your own device, so your footage never has to be uploaded to a server.
What's new in v1.7.49
- Floating Play/Pause button now lives inside the PiP popout window itself — click it (or hit Space) to toggle playback without bringing the editor tab back into focus. Reported by a user who wanted to keep the popout on a second monitor while scrubbing references on the main tab
- Fixed the 'PiP shows a frozen still picture' bug — the mirror loop now re-fetches the live preview canvas every tick instead of holding a stale reference that died whenever React re-keyed the canvas (e.g. on aspect-ratio restore or Performance Mode toggle)
- Popout button icon stays in sync: pushes ▶ when paused, ⏸ when playing, with a subtle 250ms auto-hide so it doesn't fight the video for attention. Hover or move the cursor inside the popout to re-reveal
- Wiring is bidirectional and safe across panel unmounts: pop out the preview, switch to any other sidebar tool, the popout keeps mirroring and the play button keeps working
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AetherCut is free to start and runs in Chrome, Edge, Safari and Firefox, with no install and no account needed to edit. Open the editor or see how it works.