Viewing a Video File

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.

Tapping a playing video displays controls at the top and bottom of the screen.

Figure 18-2. Tapping a playing video displays controls at the top and bottom of the screen.

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 ...

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