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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Dec 2, 2024 1:55 PM in response to brentgrab

i'm certain they do this on purpose. Why who knows but there's no reason why this is even happening unless there are malice agendas at hand. Why is it that talk to text has gotten even worse? I'll be using the feature and going on about something and I'll say the word close for example, however the word open is displayed. It happens with a lot of antonyms. Thats something that has to be written in the code. It is a deliberate non sensical act that apple coders incorporated into the code. Is this fact checked and verified no but how do you do such a thing in this scenario? Just experience and common sense! Stop messing with our phone Apple. What your not selling enough new apple phones? Are you hoping we smash our phones in uttee frustration?

Dec 11, 2024 5:55 AM in response to brentgrab

Apple, this was one of the features I use often . To be able to view video frame by frame and take a screenshot of the scene I wanted , but of course after zooming in , I would have to exit completely and open the movie again to be able to go to the shot I want ! If I miss it and the shot ends up being one or two frames on either side , I’d have to start over !

I hate it , hate it , I hate enough that I am thinking of doing a switch to another system android maybe !!!

May 22, 2025 6:05 AM in response to brentgrab

In photos under iOS 18.5, t the video is totally broken. Just shot videos at an AC/DC concert, played back fine prior to update, now just sound and a black screen! I can see the video is there from the timeline before, but nothing in playback. Really?

Please fix this now, and make sure your fix does’t hose the video content. Cannot believe you put this out knowing this was an issue. It’s a HUGE issue!

I would have never updated if I knew this would happen.

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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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