Samsung GALAXY S5, Complete Manual

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The apps Video Player
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Video
Y ou can play a wide variety of videos on your
Samsung Galaxy device
Watching videos
Y ou have the ability to not
only play a range of videos
that are currently stored
on your Samsung Galaxy
device, but you can also
choose to manipulate them
in a variety of ways, such
as tagging people who
appear inside them or even
trimming clips down to
focus on the main action
without having to leave the
V ideo app. Y ou can also
share your videos via other
devices or upload them to
the internet.
Play a fi le
P laying a video fi le on
the Samsung Galaxy is
straightforward, and the
V ideo app will appear to be q uite similar
to many other devices playing the same sort of media, albeit with
a few tweaks relating to the particular platform, of course (
F ig 1). To
begin, enter your App Drawer and tap on V ideo, which will then
open up the app and display the fi les. Decide on how you would
like the fi les to be displayed by tapping the menu icon in the top-
right corner and choosing ‘
V iew as’. Now pick a display option from
Grid view, L ist view or F older view ( F ig 2). Once you have scanned
the list of fi les that are available, tap on the one that you want to
watch. As soon as you initiate the fi le, it will load and then begin to
play automatically.
Play movies
Watch a video file on your device
Edit videos
Trim your home video clips
Tag friends
Identify the people in your videos
Send via Bluetooth
Connect to other Bluetooth devices
Float videos on-screen
Use the Pop up play option
Upload videos
Share your clips on YouTube
You’ll use it to…
Fig 1 (right) Video Player makes great use of
your Samsung Galaxy’s powerful hardware
Fig 2 (above) Videos can be catalogued as
animated thumbnails. Tap to play one