How can the Video auto play or continuous play be disabled?

The continuous play problem is very inconvenient but the worst part is that if you miss the end point of a programme and the IPad goes straight to the next programme in the series then even if you stop play it still downloads the whole programme in the background even if you shut the IPad down. It will then download all subsequent programmes in the series until the memory is all but full. This has happened to me three times this month already.

Being in the countryside I have a download limit of 60 Gb / month starting on the 1st of the month which I have never before exceeded or approached. This month It has achieved 92% as of 21st of the month.

I am truly fed up with Apple over this.

I have no full season TV show episodes, so I can't help you there but what I can tell you is, that you can plug your iPad into charge every night and then your battery will not be dead in the morning. Do you really need to be told that though?

And like I said, I wish I had the answer but I don't have any TV season series. The standalone episodes that I have on my iPad quit at the end, but I assume that it works differently if you own the whole season and have it all downloaded to the iPad.

Maybe by just keeping the discussion going, somebody that has season series will chime in and help.

I too want to stop contiguous play to the next episode when watching TV programmes in a Series. There is a worse problem that the Video App and IOS8 creates. There is no pause between programmes and if the next programme is not in the IPad's memory it immediately tries to stream from the Computer running ITunes and if it is not available then streams through the internet without asking permission even when the app is shut down and even when the IPad is turned off. The download only seems to stop when the memory is effectively full If I was in a big town with fast and unlimited downloads this would not be problem but currently being in an area with Microwave dish access with slowish download speed and 60Gb / month limit this is a serious problem. The consequence is not a flat battery as it is plugged in to charge overnight, but the IPad memory is filled to within 1 Gb of its capacity with messages staying storage full. I must say that whilst I understand the requirements of some people of pop videos being continuously played but is it beyond the wit of Apple to give us the option?

The same problem has been present in my now slightly elderly IPod. I listen to Audiobooks and the OS has contiguous play enabled on that with only a shuffle being the alternative which is really frustrating.

Only yesterday I bought two tv series and if Apple do not solve this problem soon I will seriously be looking at other platforms or not buying content other than Apps through ITunes.

Hi Cant help only to say Im soooo happy they have brought this back they stopped it in iOS 7 and there was 100s of complaints from mums and dads that play the iPad for there children in the car and it just stopped after the first episode of peppa pig or what ever.

and Im glad apple have listened and have brought it back.

I hope for you that they listen also to the people that don't like it and put an option in the video settings to disable continuous play 🙂

so both camps are happy.

I also want this feature disabled, or at least made optional, which would give both sets of users a win. Surprised to hear people saying that it a feature prior to IOS7, I've used iPad since they came out and have never come across it.

Thanks a lot for this!!!

Almost every 3rd party video app sees the need to have continuous play a changeable setting, just Apple seems blind here.

I am in the same boat as Heather - I like to watch TV shows in bed and eventually fall asleep 😉 . Can't do that since iOS 8 as it will keep on playing the whole night.

Another way around this "feature" is the app "Infuse" as it allows access to the iTunes Media Library and offers continuous play as an option. (I hate its UI though - it's horrible if you have lots of TV-Shows/Seasons/Episodes).

This is not a solution but a work-around.

Assuming the subsequent programme of the series is not loaded onto your IPad then turn Wi-Fi off. The system seems to realise it CANNOT load the next programme in the series and doesn't try. Of course the implication of this is that the code must be in IOS8 to not run the next episode and hence a very simple bit of extra code should give us the choice to play sequentially or to stop at the end of the programme.

Time to batter Apple about this... or maybe just dip them in toffee. Sorry!

I agree; this is very frustrating and whilst setting a timer / turning off wifi do provide a workaround neither provide a great user experience. It's disappointing that this functionality was re-introduced without making it optional, I don't think it's a big ask.

Sorry to hear about your video issue. I'd just like to say you are not alone. I have this problem too. It did not occur before iOS 8 and I have been told by Apple that this is a "feature" and is "expected behavior." This is a bug in my opinion. They did the right thing with the quicktype feature. It's on by default, but if I don't like it, I can flip a switch and turn it off. I see no reason why you would want the continous play feature, but the least they could have done is give a switch to turn it off. I hope they do soon in an iOS update.

I also want my native video app to stop the continuous playing... and.. it has mixed up all my season 1 episodes from different shows and so on... so the continuous playing just starts the next episode in a completely different series... and i really don't want that.. it is really hard to keep track of watched shows if it's just shown as seen when you fall asleep and it plays another 3-4 episodes (from mixed shows) before running out of juice 😉

i really just want the old iOS7 sorting back... every show in ONE place... not all together in one big mess....

If it's still happening you can use the timer in the Clocks app. Set the lenght of time of the video then chose stop playing in the window.

If you want change you need to contact Apple directly at the link below.

http://www.apple.com/feedback/