Path: csiph.com!news.redatomik.org!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed9.news.xs4all.nl!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Rod Speed" Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.ipad,comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Listening to youtube documentaries offline with the screen off at night Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2016 22:08:49 +1000 Lines: 60 Message-ID: References: <040920162358125965%nospam@nospam.invalid> <050920160042456328%nospam@nospam.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 6iedT2+E5LpSLI07RXwY8gyWSIsNBmxdB5qrTdPaSBu4updNE= Cancel-Lock: sha1:61YDOinmGwX9gYPD/7htsZdBYf8= In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 14.0.8117.416 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V14.0.8117.416 Xref: csiph.com misc.phone.mobile.iphone:91185 comp.mobile.ipad:58389 comp.mobile.android:33893 Horace Algier wrote > Rod Speed wrote >> Once whatever you want to listen to has started, press >> the power button on the idevice to turn the screen off, >> hear the audio stop, press the power button again, see >> the progress screen again, tap the play triangle to get >> just the audio playing again, press the power button >> again to blank the screen again. Listen for as long as >> you like with the screen off. > See! > I knew you were *smarter* than most of the rest of them! nospam knew that too. The only problem with his approach is that he used that steaming turd Safari which is to clever for its own good and when you have the youtube app installed, it offers to hand the url to the youtube app and that doesn’t allow the screen to be turned off while still playing the video unless you add the youtube app addon. > You found the trick! > Thanks! > The trick, essentially, is to turn the screen off *three* times, > and on that *third* time, the screen actually *stays* off! > Who knew! I didn’t know either, I tried it when you asked how to do it on iOS. > To summarize, on Android, you just play the youtube video > on any browser and simply turn off the screen once. And on iOS you can do that with the youtube app once you add the addon. > On iOS, you have to know *not* to ever use Safari, and to use Chrome, and > if you do use Chrome, you follow this non-intuitive sequence below which > entails turning the screen off *three times*! > 1. Enter the youtube URL into Chrome, e.g., > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfRq-JeUCSM (WWII documentary) > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9XzLzMAQ-Q (History of the World) > 2. Press the side button the first time, to turn off the screen > 3. This blanks the screen but it also turns off the audio > 4. Don't be discouraged - Press the side button again, a second time > 5. Now you get a play arrow but no sound > 6. Press the play arrow to get the video sound to play > 7. This plays the video but leaves the screen still on > 8. Press the side button a third time to shut off the screen yet again > 9. This third time you turn off the screen is a charm! > Woo hoo! > Thank you for finding the non-intuitive trick to turn the iOS screen off! The youtube app addon is much simpler to use, just the one tap of the power button turns the screen off and leaves the video playing.