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Chapter 16

Videos

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Add videos to your library

Buy or rent videos on the iTunes Store. Tap Store in the Videos app, or open the iTunes Store
app on iPhone and tap Videos. See Chapter 22,

iTunes Store

, on page 101. Videos you purchase

using your iTunes account are available in Videos on iPhone, no matter which iOS device or
computer you use to purchase them. The iTunes Store is not available in all areas.
Transfer videos from your computer. Connect iPhone, then sync videos from iTunes on your
computer. See

Sync with iTunes

on page 18.

Stream videos from your computer. Turn on Home Sharing in iTunes on your computer. Then,
on iPhone, go to Settings > Videos and enter the Apple ID and password you used to set up
Home Sharing on your computer. Then open Videos on iPhone and tap Shared at the top of the
list of videos.
Convert a video to work with iPhone. If you try to sync a video from iTunes to iPhone and a
message says the video can’t play on iPhone, you can convert the video. Select the video in your
iTunes library and choose File > Create New Version > “Create iPod or iPhone Version.” Then sync
the converted video to iPhone.
Delete a video. Tap Edit in the upper right of your collection. To delete an individual episode of a
series, swipe left on the episode in the Episodes list. Deleting a video (other than a rented movie)
from iPhone doesn’t delete it from the iTunes library on your computer, and you can sync the
video back to iPhone later. If you don’t want to sync the video back to iPhone, set iTunes to not
sync the video. See

Sync with iTunes

on page 18.

Important:

If you delete a rented movie from iPhone, it’s deleted permanently and cannot be

transferred back to your computer.

Control playback

Watch on a TV

with Apple TV.

Watch on a TV

with Apple TV.

Tap to show or

hide the controls.

Tap to show or

hide the controls.

Drag to skip

forward or back.

Drag to skip

forward or back.

Drag to adjust

the volume.

Drag to adjust

the volume.

Scale the video to fill the screen or fit to the screen. Tap or . Or double-tap the video, to
scale without showing the controls. If you don’t see the scaling controls, your video already fits
the screen perfectly.
Start over from the beginning. If the video contains chapters, drag the playhead along the
scrubber bar all the way to the left. If there are no chapters, tap .
Skip to the next or previous chapter. Tap or . You can also press the center button or
equivalent on a compatible headset two times (skip to next) or three times (skip to previous).
Rewind or fast-forward. Touch and hold or .
Select a different audio language. If the video offers other languages, tap , then choose a
language from the Audio list.