Chapter 13

Getting the Most Out of Video Features

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arrow Capture Your Own Videos with the Built-in Cameras

arrow Play Movies, Podcasts, or TV Shows with Videos

arrow Turn on Closed Captioning

arrow Go to a Movie Chapter

arrow Share Your Favorite Videos

Using the Videos app, you can watch downloaded movies or TV shows, as well as media you’ve synced from iCloud or your Mac or PC.

In addition, all iPads (except the original iPad) sport two video cameras you can use to capture your own videos. If you own a third-, fourth-, or fifth-generation iPad or an iPad mini, you can take advantage of the rear-facing iSight camera, which can record video in 1080p high definition (HD), with video stabilization to prevent those wobbly video moments. You can also benefit from the Retina display on fourth-generation and later iPads to watch videos with super-high resolution, which simply means that those videos will look very, very good.

By downloading the iMovie app (a more limited version of the longtime mainstay ...

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