Hi Pete,
I'm pretty sure that you were on this list around New Year's when
there was a discussion about Alvin's post forwarding an article on
"Ten iPhone Shortcuts You Never Knew Existed". (Reconstructed after
the fact based on content, this came from the Strait Times New Year's
Day edition:)
<http://www.asiaone.com/print/Digital/Features/Story/A1Story20091230-188852.html
>
However, I'll summarize the parts relevant to your question about
having your iPad keep playing while your screen is locked and while
you are carrying it in a backpack without having to worry about
bumping the controls. This also applies to the iPhone and iPod Touch,
with the sole difference in description that the app called "iPod" on
an iPhone or iPad is called the "Music" app on an iPod Touch.
If you start playing your music, playlist, podcast, or audiobook from
the iPod app on an iPhone or iPad (or equivalently from the Music app
on an iPod Touch), then press the home button to return to your home
screen, you should be able to press the screen lock button at the top
of your device and your track or playlist will continue playing
safely. If you want to access the player controls without unlocking
the screen you can click the home button once to wake up the screen
(you'll hear the usual time announcement), then double click the home
button. (Be careful to pause between the first and subsequent two
clicks of the home button: you should hear the time announced after
the first click. You don't want this registered as a triple click to
toggle VoiceOver
off.) The player controls will appear just below the time, and you'll
be able to move to next or previous track (in a playlist), pause, or
adjust the volume from the slider. After a short time the player
controls will disappear again, so if you wait too long to access the
controls, and can find the time but not the player controls with
VoiceOver, you'll have to double click the home button again to bring
up the player controls. If you have waited an even longer time before
acting and cannot even find the time control at the top of the screen
with VoiceOver, then the screen will have gone back to its default
locked state, and you'll first have to click the home button once (so
that the time is announced), and then double click the home button to
bring up the player controls.
The above assumes that you are not using the headset that comes with
the iPhone/iPod Touch 3GS (but not the iPad) or an equivalent headset
or adapter that has the controls for play/pause, forward, rewind,
voice control, volume control, etc. You could obviously use the
headset controls to adjust playback in that case.
Finally, the original article gave tips for how to play the audio
track only of videos. I found that the way that was outlined was both
more complicated than necessary for VoiceOver users, and also that
only video podcasts, music videos, or other such tracks that used
smaller format videos could be played with the audio only track -- I
couldn't use this on TV shows or full movies, and the music videos
could only be played with the music only tracks if they were accessed
from the "Music" app rather than the "Video" app (unless I used
headset controls). However, to get these playing, all I needed to do
was start the track playing in either the "Music" or "Video" app of my
iPod touch, click the home button once, and then do a two finger
double tap on the home screen to start the audio playing. A second
two finger double tap would pause the audio. And, as someone else on
the list noted, if you had a headset with remote and mic attached, you
could simply click the play/pause button to start or stop the audio
track of any video after you had returned to the home screen. This
works even on movies and TV shows.
In any case, unless your backpack has a lumpy bit that could manage to
spontaneously double click the home button with the exact timing and
placement to bring up the player controls, it's unlikely that you'll
have any problems carrying around your iPad and having your podcast,
audiobook, etc. stop midway. (I don't know what happens if you have
alerts enabled, though -- e.g. such as with NBA playoff apps that tell
you when a gave is on.)
HTH. Excuse the repetition if this was something that you already knew.
Cheers,
Esther
Pete Nalda wrote:
Ok thanks everyone. I'll check this stuff out next time I'm in the
store. I'm just weighing all my options with the IPad before I
commit to it, as the Touches are so much cheaper.
On May 7, 2010, at 6:10 PM, Charlie Doremus wrote:
Correct
Sent from the iPad I wish I had
On May 7, 2010, at 1:06 PM, marie Howarth
<marie.jane2...@gmail.com> wrote:
I may be wrong but on the iPhone if you hold the power button it
will bring up the power options. To lock the iPhone you just press
the power button once and it locks. I'm assuming, possibly
incorrectly the same is true on the iPad. No holding, just press
the power button.
On 8 May 2010, at 00:03, Charlie Doremus wrote:
Pete,
If you happen to tap the iPad screen once you have pressed and
held the power button your iPod will shut down. So the trick is
not to tap once you start your music.
Sent from the iPad I wish I had
On May 7, 2010, at 12:36 PM, Pete Nalda <lpna...@gmail.com> wrote:
Ok, but how come when I pushed the power button the music would
stop? Was I pushing it too long? And yeah I know a case would
prevent anything touching the screen, but my backpack has a
suspended padded compartment so I was just going to put it in
there, but hopefully while having a podcast or music going.
I also have a sling with suspended padding as well.
On May 7, 2010, at 5:17 PM, Charlie Doremus wrote:
Two points! First you can lock the ipad screen by pressing the
power button. Also using a case would cover the screen
completely preventing any sort of "screen presses".
Sent from the iPad I wish I had
On May 7, 2010, at 10:55 AM, Ricardo Walker
<rwalker...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
I don't think you need to worry about accidental screen
presses. The screen reacts to your skin not pressure. So
having it in a big should be fine.
On May 7, 2010, at 4:43 PM, Pete Nalda wrote:
Hi all,
I thought I'd ask this here because of the recent iPad talk
on this list. Topic related part of this is that I'm
considering an iPad as a more Zoomable media Player/Content
viewer/creator. That said, can one have this thing in a bag
or backpack playing back music or a podcast? What about
accidental screen presses? I tried activating the screen
lock switch at the store, but that's only for locking the
screen from being rotated. I thought the power button would
freeze the controls, but that shuts off everything and puts
it to sleep. I thought with an iPad I could leave my ipod at
home and just use the iPad to listen to music. Is this not
possible in transit? What about with a case? I think a
dedicated hold button would be really nice, but I'm guessing
that would be asking too much as they'd have to redesign the
hardware. I'm really embarrassed to ask this stuff, as I'm
applying at the Apple store and this should be something I'd
know. TIA.
Egun On, Lagunak! (Basque for G'day, Mates)
Pete Nalda
http://www.myspace.com/musikonalda
http://www.facebook.com/lpnalda
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