To play a video on the iPad, tap open the home screen's Videos icon. On the Videos screen, tap the type of video you want to watch: Movies, TV Shows, or Podcasts.
On the next screen, discover the movie or episode you need to watch and tap the title or Play button to begin the show. But how do you run the show with an iPad that has no physical controls? Easy; the playback buttons are on the screen.
Whenever you watch video, other things on the screen distracts you, so Apple hides these controls. Tap the screen once to make them appear, and again to make them disappear. Some tips about what they do:
Done. Tap this blue button, in the top-left corner, to prevent playback and return to your master list of videos.
Scroll slider. This progress indicator at the top of the screen displays the elapsed time, the residual time, and a little white, round handle that you can drag to jump forward or backward in a relevant video.
Widescreen/Full Screen. See the little or button in the top-right corner from the screen? Tap it to adjust the zoom degree of the video.
Play/Pause. These buttons do the same during video playback as they do during music playback: they alternate between playing and pausing your media.
Previous, Next. Hold down your finger to rewind or fastforward the video. The longer you hold, the faster the zipping. Internally, your movie is split into scenes.
Volume. You can drag the round, white handle of the scroll bar to adjust playback volume. And when you're watching a video that has multiple audio tracks, subtitles, or closed captioning, tap the playback control icon to get towards the settings for those extra features.
The iPad's screen is bright, vibrant, and stunningly sharp. It's okay for old-fashioned TV shows with the squarish 4:3 ratio, but the screen is not the right proportion for widescreen movies and HDTV shows. Then when you watch movies, you find yourself with horizontal letterbox bars above and below the picture. Some people can't stand these bars. You're already watching a comparatively small screen, so why sacrifice precious real estate to black bars?
Fortunately, the iPad provides you with a choice. If you double-tap the video since it plays, you zoom in, magnifying the look so that it fills the whole screen. Truth is, part of the image is now off the screen; you're not seeing the whole composition as originally created. You lose the very best and bottom of TV scenes, and the left and right edges of movie scenes. If this effect winds up chopping off something important - say some text on the screen - restoring the initial letterbox view is just a double-tap away.
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