GuideWatching
Player controls
Every gesture, button and key in the player, on each device.
Apple TV
| Do this | To |
|---|---|
| Press left or right | Skip back or forward 10 seconds. Press again quickly and each press goes further: 30 seconds, then 1 minute, then 5. |
| Click the centre | Pause and start scrubbing. Left and right move through the film; click again to jump there, or press Back to cancel. |
| Rest a finger on the touch surface | Show the progress bar. Touch again to see when it ends; once more to hide it. |
| Swipe down | Open the info panel: Info, Subtitle Style, Cast, Music and Details. |
| Swipe up | Quick actions: Subtitles, Audio, Chapters, Sources and Playback. |
| Back | Closes whatever is open, one layer at a time, then leaves the player. |
Playback holds Speed (up to 2×), Picture (how the picture fills the screen) and Sleep Timer, which counts episodes, not minutes: After this episode, 1 more episode and so on.
iPhone and iPad
| Do this | To |
|---|---|
| Double-tap the left or right half | Skip back or forward 10 seconds. |
| Swipe up or down on the left half | Brightness. |
| Swipe up or down on the right half | Volume. |
| Press and hold | Play at 2× while you hold. |
| Pinch out or in | Fill the screen, or fit the whole picture. |
| The lock button | Ignore touches, for watching in bed. Hold for a second and a half to unlock. |
The cog holds Speed, Sleep Timer and Advanced Options: subtitle Style & Position, Get More Subtitles... and Volume Boost for quiet films. Leave Strand while something is playing and it carries on in Picture in Picture.
With a keyboard on iPad: Space plays and pauses, ← → skip 10 seconds, ↑ ↓ change the volume.
Mac
| Key | Does |
|---|---|
| Space | Play and pause |
| ← → | Skip 10 seconds |
| ↑ ↓ | Volume, in small steps |
| F | Full screen |
| S | Skip the intro, recap or credits |
| M | Mute |
| Esc | Leave full screen, or close the player |
The control bar also has Sources, Audio, Subtitles, Playback speed, Picture, Picture in Picture and Chapters.
Skipping and what comes next
- Skip Intro, Skip Recap and Skip Credits appear when Strand knows where they are.
- Near the end of an episode, Up Next counts down to the next one. Play Now starts it straight away; Cancel stays put. Turn it off with Settings then Playback then Auto-play Next Episode.
- If a film has a scene after the credits, Stay Tuned tells you, and roughly how long to wait.
- At the end of a film, More like this suggests what to watch next.
Watching without leaving a trace
Watch without Tracking plays something without marking it watched or saving where you stopped. It's in an episode's long-press or right-click menu on every device, and in the Play button's right-click menu for films on the Mac.