Video Playback on iOS 18 is Broken - Video size is small and timeline ends early when setting video to full frame or zooming in. Serious bug.

Video Playback on iOS 18. I use video playback to show slow-motion video frame by frame to my students and the video can only be shown at like 3/5 of the screen size (just like Apple fouled up screenshot editing about a year ago)


If you try to view video in the full screen you can’t scrub through and see time stamps or play frame by frame sliding left to right. It’s absolutely ridiculous. 2 out of 3x the video timeline finishes fully right and I haven’t watched the full clip.


Here’s a video showing the issue how at the small default size I can see the entire timeline and play the full video from beginning to end, but when I go to full screen and/or zoom in or move the screen around the timeline doesn’t work and you can’t scroll through the full video!


Need the video to not condense in size on the screen and play the full height / width of the screen. Also not have the text of the location showing above the screen. Way too much clutter. The reduced size of the video for editing issue started with photos several updates ago



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iPhone 14 Pro, iOS 18

Posted on Sep 18, 2024 9:17 PM

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Posted on Sep 22, 2024 3:52 PM

Here’s a YT video I made demonstrating the exact issue. Only posted a day ago and it has over 1,000 views and tons of comments. I’m happy other people are speaking out about how bad this iOS 18 update ruined Apple Photos and video playback and video usability. Apple please for the love of God fix this urgently. Whoever spearheaded the rollout should seriously be fired. Whoever approved it should also be fired!


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Please fix Apple Photos and iPhone videos urgently! They also should fix the editing / annotation of images. Taking a screenshot makes it tiny on the screen so if you you try to draw or type on it it’s the same nonsense of a tiny screen area. Editing any photo to draw or type on it shrinks the image on the screen. It should not be this way. Keep both images / photos and videos full screen. This is not an issue in any other app. It’s so bad it makes me wonder what the heck Apple is doing and how these people who are supposedly very bright tech wizards are employed there.

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Dec 1, 2024 10:45 AM in response to evelation1216

It’s wild. I can’t believe it still isn’t resolved. I think 18.2 comes out this coming week. If they don’t have the timeline / scrubber / thumbnail preview at the bottom I am probably going to switch to an Android. It’s completely inhibited my ability to do my job with coaching and video playback, as well made it so laborious to search through video and find certain spots to post on Instagram and YouTube. As well the screenshots being tiny too make it impossible to draw on the screen and type on the screen when it’s a small

area of the display.


Please make sure y’all keep submitting feedback/bug reports to Apple specifically for the photos app here:


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Dec 12, 2024 7:01 AM in response to corp_tkjo

corp_tkjo wrote:

discussions.apple.com means this definitely should be Apple!

Are you there please?

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Feb 5, 2025 6:28 AM in response to MeMyselfIandU

MeMyselfIandU wrote:

The updated “Photos App” has ruined the use of video playback. I use video playback on my phone everyday for my work, analyzing high performance athletes. Because when you record video you cannot go from 0.5-7x zoom you use hi-res and pitch and zoom while dragging through video.
For what ever reason someone decided to remove this feature, yet keep the ability on IpadOS 18.2.1 does allow this? How can the developers make this kind of mistake?

i am thankful i do not need to tap the correct miniature thumbnail at the bottom to open it up in order to drag through the video so there has been improvements, but why is IOS unable to keep the video scrolling feature while zooming but my 3rd gen iPad Air on IpadOS18 can?
I have discussed this with hundred of clients who all hate this bug

So tell Apple. Have all of your clients tell Apple.


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Also, consider getting an app that's designed for professional use rather than a consumer-grade one.


Video Playback on iOS 18 is Broken - Video size is small and timeline ends early when setting video to full frame or zooming in. Serious bug.

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