Even if you’re not using the keyboard for anything else, this is a great reason to connect it when watching movies. As you’ll see in the screenshot examples above, AVPhotos adds a new button to the bottom-right of the Photos app when viewing a video that toggles iOS’ native media player. This works even if the player controls are not showing on-screen. The most useful is play/pause, using the space bar. This will activate a panel showing all the available keyboard shortcuts for the video player. The cause of most of those problems was one of the following: Slow internet speed or connection Bad Wi-Fi coverage or crappy networking equipment Issues related to Apple’s streaming backend (iTunes Store) Apple TV Connected to Wrong. But to see the really good stuff, you’ll need to use an external keyboard. Just tap the Apple TV remote's touchpad to see the video timeline, swipe left or right to rewind or fast-forward it has inertial scrolling, like an iPhone, so your movements are pretty precise. I have dealt with video streaming issues on Apple TV for the past few years. Pick an AirPlay destination for audio or video.Īll of those are obvious, because they have their own buttons to tap, right there in the main video player view.
In the regular full-screen video view (the one you see when you maximize a video you’re watching in, for instance, Safari), you can access the following options:
If all you do is play videos in full screen, then you’re probably missing out on some of the iOS video player’s neatest tricks.
IOS video player tips and tricks The iOS video player offers helpful keyboard shortcuts.