When you’re watching a video file, you can display controls by tapping the screen once. The controls appear at the top and bottom of the screen, as shown in Figure 18-2. If you don’t use any of the displayed controls after a few seconds, they disappear again. You can also hide the controls by tapping the screen once while they are displayed.
The available controls are as follows:
Playhead slider Drag this left and right to play different parts of the video file.
Full Screen Tap to expand the video to fill the entire screen; tap a second time to shrink the video slightly.
Rewind Tap to rewind to the beginning of a video file or play the previous video file in a list. If you hold your finger over the rewind button, you can quickly skip back through a video.
Volume slider Drag this left and right to adjust the volume.
Play/Pause Tap to pause or resume playing of a video file.
Forward Tap to play the next video file in a list. If you hold your finger over the forward button, you can quickly jump ahead in a video.
Note
To skip backward or forward in a video at different speeds, hold your finger over the Playhead slider until a Hi-Speed Scrubbing message appears underneath the Playhead slider, as shown in Figure 18-3. Slide your finger down away from the Playhead slider. As you move your finger down, the Hi-Speed Scrubbing message changes into Half Speed Scrubbing, Quarter Speed Scrubbing, and Fine Scrubbing. When your desired speed appears, slide your finger left or right to rewind or fast forward through your video.
Figure 18-3. Sliding your finger down lets you choose different scrubbing rates to change the speed that you can scroll backward or forward.
To see how to control a video, follow these steps:
Follow the steps in Choosing a Video File on page 138 to find a video you want to play.
Tap the image that represents the video you want to play. A list of episodes appears in the left side of the screen, as shown in Figure 18-4.
Tap Play. Your chosen episode starts playing, filling the entire screen.
Tap the screen once to display controls at the top and bottom of the screen.
Drag the Playhead slider to view a different part of the video.
Drag the Volume slider to adjust the volume.
Tap Play/Pause to pause and play the video.
Tap and hold Rewind. Your video plays backward.
Tap and hold Forward. The video advances and then stops when you release.
Tap Full Screen. The video expands to fill the screen.
Tap Full Screen again. The video shrinks slightly.
Tap Done.
