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Play/Pause (÷/¿). These buttons (and the earbud clicker) do the same
thing to video as they do to music: alternate between playing and
pausing.
Previous, Next («, »). Hold down your finger to rewind or fast-forward
the video. The longer you hold, the faster the zipping. (When you
fast-forward, you even get to hear the sped-up audio, at least for the first
few seconds.)
If you’re watching a movie from the iTunes Music Store, you may be
surprised to discover that it comes with predefined chapter markers, just
like a DVD. Internally, it’s divided up into scenes. You can tap the « or
» button to skip to the previous or next chapter marker—a great way
to navigate a long movie quickly.
if you’re wearing the earbuds, you can pinch the clicker twice to skip to the next
chapter.
Volume. You can drag the round, white handle of this scroll bar (bottom
of the screen) to adjust the volume—or you can use the volume keys on
the left side of the phone.
When you reach the end of a video, the iPhone asks if you want to keep it or
delete it. It’s a thoughtful gesture, considering that videos occupy an enormous
chunk of the iPhone’s memory. (Deleting it from the iPhone doesn’t
delete it from your computer.)
Playing a video to the end isn’t the only way to delete it. on the videos list (page
73), you can swipe your finger across a video’s name; tap Delete to confirm.
Zoom/Unzoom
The iPhone’s screen is bright, vibrant, and stunningly sharp. (It’s got 320 by
480 pixels, crammed so tightly that there are 160 of them per inch, which is
nearly twice the resolution of a computer screen.)
It’s not, however, the right shape for videos.
Standard TV shows are squarish, not rectangular. So when you watch TV
shows, you get black letterbox columns on either side of the picture.
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