iPhone: The Missing Manual, 2nd Edition

Controlling Playback (Video)

Having a bunch of sliders and buttons on the screen doesn't inconvenience you much when you're listening to music. The action is in your ears, not on the screen.

But when you're playing video, anything else on the screen is distracting, so Apple hides the video playback controls. Tap the screen once to make them appear, and again to make them disappear.

Here's what they do:

• Done. Tap this blue button, in the top-left corner, to stop playback and return to the master list of videos.

• Scroll slider. This progress indicator (top of the screen) is exactly like the one you see when you're playing music. You see the elapsed time, remaining time, and a little white round handle that you can drag to jump forward or back in the video.

• Zoom/Unzoom. In the top-right corner, a little or button appears. Tap it to adjust the zoom level of the video, as described on the facing page.

• Play/Pause (►/ ). These buttons (and the earbud clicker) do the same thing to video as they do to music: alternate playing and pausing.

• Previous, Next(, ). Hold down your finger to rewind or fast-forward ...