iPhone: Watching minimized videos

[SHaGGGz]

to save on battery life, or simply do other things while watching videos, i like to play their audio while they are minimized. this worked on 4.1 but a few days ago my itunes updated to 4.2 without asking me and ever since this happened, i can no longer play minimized videos. when i press the play button on the taskbar, nothing happens. does anyone else have this problem or know how to fix it?

[instant.human]

Task Bar? Minimized videos? On iOS? What are you talking about? :-)

[SHaGGGz]

Task Bar? Minimized videos? On iOS? What are you talking about? :-)

yes, this is all on ios. when you double-click the home button, a task bar comes up that allows you to switch between apps. when you play a video, close the ipod app and open another app or just the home screen, the phone remembers your place in the video file and it is minimized. i used to be able to go to this task bar while the video was minimized and press play on the ipod controls and the audio would play, but it no longer does this.

[instant.human]

Oh I see. I use iOS-Devices aswell but I was never able to let only the sound play on... Sorry.

[User6060]

i dont think ive ever seen minimized videos able to play the audio on an iphone or ipod touch

[the_architect]

i dont think ive ever seen minimized videos able to play the audio on an iphone or ipod touch

I do this quite frequently on the iPhone. I don't think it particularly likes doing it though.

[SHaGGGz]

I do this quite frequently on the iPhone. I don't think it particularly likes doing it though.

what version ios do you have? have you always been able to do this? is it a native/default capability or does it require some sort of app or setting tweaking?

[the_architect]

what version ios do you have? have you always been able to do this? is it a native/default capability or does it require some sort of app or setting tweaking?

I am using 4.0.1, it worked in prior releases as well, and it is a native capability. Play the video, then close out of it and it will stop, double-click the home button, slide across and hit play.

[SHaGGGz]

I am using 4.0.1, it worked in prior releases as well, and it is a native capability. Play the video, then close out of it and it will stop, double-click the home button, slide across and hit play.

hmmm... yeah mine worked like that in 4.1 but stopped working with 4.2 :(

is there any way to downgrade?

[murkurie]

Stills works on my ipod touch 4g with the latest firmware. another way is on the lock screen double click the home button and press play from there.

[DigitalE]

I think it depends on the app. I use StreamToMe for most of my video watching, and it is able to keep playing in the background.