# YouTube PiP & Topic Playlist Player

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/youtube-pip-topic-playlist-player/406773
**Category:** Theme component
**Created:** [July 3, 2026, 4:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/youtube-pip-topic-playlist-player/406773 "2026-07-03T16:03:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![Don](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/don/32/228726_2.png) [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2026, 4:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/youtube-pip-topic-playlist-player/406773/1 "2026-07-03T16:03:58Z")

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| ℹ | **Summary** | YouTube PiP & Topic Playlist Player |
| 👓 | **Preview** | [Theme Creator](https://discourse.theme-creator.io/theme/Don/discourse-youtube-pip-player) |
| 🛠 | **Repository** | [GitHub - VaperinaDEV/discourse-youtube-pip-player: YouTube PiP & Topic Playlist Player · GitHub](https://github.com/VaperinaDEV/discourse-youtube-pip-player) |
| ❤ | **Found it useful?** | [\> ./support --coffee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/don) |
| ❓ | **Install Guide** | [How to install a theme or theme component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-install-a-theme-or-theme-component/63682) |
| 📖 | **New to Discourse Themes?** | [Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-using-discourse-themes/91966) |

Install this theme component

Hello 👋

A Discourse theme component that integrates a continuous YouTube playlist player directly into the forum header. Watch or listen to videos seamlessly while navigating and reading topics.

## Features

- **Header-Docked Player:** Replaces intrusive floating windows with a minimal, elegant entry point in the main Discourse header.
- **SVG Progress Ring:** A circular progress bar wrapped around the post author’s avatar indicates the current playback position.
- **Collapsible Video Panel:** Click the header avatar to toggle a dropdown containing the actual YouTube iframe and media controls.
- **Continuous Topic Playlist:** Automatically indexes and queues all subsequent YouTube videos found within the active topic.
- **Smart Batch Fetching:** Background-fetches topic chunks.
- **Contextual Shortcuts:** Includes a “Jump to Post” button that instantly routes/scrolls the user back to the exact reply where the video was shared.

 ![Screenshot 2026-07-03 at 17.55.27](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/7/0/8/7085e83fab6f3e5b6132edb565f5cf64e29deacb.png)

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### Author: ![nicolsdennis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nicolsdennis/32/545883_2.png) [@nicolsdennis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nicolsdennis)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2026, 10:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/youtube-pip-topic-playlist-player/406773/2 "2026-07-04T10:26:22Z")

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This looks interesting, given the events plugin is said to support the livestream, do you think this plugin can connect to the livestream and have it playable while users browse ?