Skip to content Playback speed, zoom, the clock and the other player controls
The controls people hunt for: speed, quality, aspect, skip, mute, and the on-screen clock.
Some of these live in the player while something is on, and some in Settings under Playback.
In the player
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| Playback speed | Speeds up or slows down movies and series, and the speed you pick is remembered for next time. Some streams refuse it, and the player says so rather than failing silently. |
| Video quality | Auto, or a fixed rung from 240p to 4K. Rungs your device cannot decode are marked, not hidden. |
| Aspect | Cycles the picture shape to crop black bars. |
| Skip 10 seconds | Back and forward on movies, series and catch-up. |
| Mute | Silences without pausing, which matters on live TV where pausing loses your place. |
| Audio and subtitle tracks | Switch language or turn subtitles on for this stream. |
| Record, cast, Multi-View, mini player | All reachable without leaving what you are watching. |
In Settings, under Playback
- Keep screen on stops the device sleeping during playback.
- Clock always visible keeps the time on screen while you watch. Off by default, and it drifts slowly so it cannot mark the panel.
- Mini player decides whether backing out of a stream shrinks it into a corner.
- Navigation sounds are off by default.
Restart the current program from the player when your playlist carries an archive, and jump back to live with one press. See Watch something that already aired.
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