Viewing a YouTube Video

When you’re watching a video file, you can display controls by tapping the screen once to display controls at the top and bottom of the screen, as shown in Figure 18-6.

Tapping a playing video displays the controls.

Figure 18-6. Tapping a playing video displays the controls.

The available controls are as follows:

  • Playhead slider Drag this left and right to play parts of the video.

  • Bookmark/Add Tap to store this video in your Favorites list.

  • Rewind Tap to rewind to the beginning of the video or play the previous video in a list. If you hold your finger over the rewind button, you can quickly skip back through a video.

  • Play/Pause Tap to pause or resume playing of a video.

  • Volume ...

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