.. _playbackgestures:

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Playback Gestures
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In addition to the buttons on VLC, you can also use different gestures to control the playback of media files. 

Here’s a list of some interesting things you can do:

Play / Pause the playback
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- You can use two fingers to perform a **single tap** anywhere on the playback screen to **pause** or **play** the current media.

.. figure::  /images/basic/playbackgestures/double_tap.jpg
   :align:   center

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Minimize the player
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- You can **pinch** the screen with two fingers to **minimize** player and display the mini player.

.. figure::  /images/basic/playbackgestures/pinch.jpg
   :align:   center

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- You can drag the navigation bar down in order to **minimize** the player.

.. figure::  /images/basic/playbackgestures/drag_down.jpg
   :align:   center

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Seek backwards / forwards
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- You can swipe to the left to **rewind** the playback of the current media.

.. figure::  /images/basic/playbackgestures/swipe_left.jpg
   :align:   center

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- You can swipe to the right to **fast forward** the playback of the current media.

.. figure::  /images/basic/playbackgestures/swipe_right.jpg
   :align:   center

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- You can double tap the left part of the screen to **rewind** the playback of the current media.

.. figure::  /images/basic/playbackgestures/double_tap_left.jpg
   :align:   center

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- You can also double tap the right part of the screen to **fast forward** the playback of the current media.

.. figure::  /images/basic/playbackgestures/double_tap_right.jpg
   :align:   center

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.. note:: The default seek duration is 10 seconds, but you can select a different duration for every single seek gesture in the Settings.

Adjust the brightness / volume
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- By swiping up or down in the left section of the screen, you will be able to adjust the brightness of the screen.

.. figure::  /images/basic/playbackgestures/swipe_brightness.jpg
   :align:   center

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- By swiping up or down in the right section of the screen, you will be able to adjust the volume of the device.

.. figure::  /images/basic/playbackgestures/swipe_volume.jpg
   :align:   center

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Change the aspect ratio
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- You can double tap the screen right in the middle of it in order to change the current aspect ratio.

.. figure::  /images/basic/playbackgestures/double_tap_middle.jpg
   :align:   center

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.. note:: Performing the gesture will select the next aspect ratio in the list. The aspect ratios' list can be displayed by long pressing the aspect ratio button in the player controls.