How To Use Videos On iPhone 5
Use the Videos app to watch movies, TV shows, and music videos. To watch video podcasts, install the free Podcasts app from the App Store. To watch videos you record using Camera on iPhone, open the Photos app.
Get videos:
- Buy or rent videos from the iTunes store (not available in all areas): Open the iTunes app on iPhone and tap Videos.
- Transfer videos from your computer: Connect iPhone, and then sync videos in iTunes on your computer. See How to sync with iTunes on iPhone 5.
- 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 add a video from iTunes to iPhone and a message says the video cant play on iPhone, you can convert the video. Select the video in your iTunes library and choose Advanced > Create iPod or iPhone Version. Then add the converted video to iPhone.
- Watch a video: Tap the video in the list of videos.
- Scale the video to fill the screen or fit to the screen: Tap Scale Fill or Scale Fit icon. Or, double-tap the video to scale without showing the controls.
- 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 Start from beginning icon.
- Skip to the next or previous chapter (if available): Tap Next or Previous icon. 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 Rewind or Forward icon.
- Select a different audio language (if available): Tap Options icon, then choose a language from the Audio list.
- Show or hide subtitles (if available): Tap Options icon, then choose a language, or Off, from the Subtitles list.
- Show or hide closed captioning (if available): Go to Settings > Videos.
- Watch the video on a TV: See How to connect iPhone to a TV.
- Set a sleep timer: Open the Clock app and tap Timer, then swipe to set the number of hours and minutes. Tap When Timer Ends and choose Stop Playing, tap Set, then tap Start to start the timer. When the timer ends, iPhone stops playing music or video, closes any other open app, and then locks itself.
- Delete a video: Swipe left or right over the video in the list. Deleting a video (other than a rented movie) from iPhone doesnt delete it from your iTunes library.
- Important: If you delete a rented movie from iPhone, its deleted permanently and cannot be transferred back to your computer.
When you delete a video (other than a rented movie) from iPhone, it isnt deleted from your iTunes library on your computer, and you can sync the video back to iPhone later. If you dont want to sync the video back to iPhone, set iTunes to not sync the video. See How to sync with iTunes on iPhone 5.
Note
This article will work on all iPhones using iOS 6; including iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, and iPhone 5.