Video Player Controls

Users repeatedly request or complain about the lack of pause, play, seek, scrub, and skip buttons in a video player interface, highlighting frustrations with autoplay and control usability.

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Sample Comments

MasterOfCone Sep 15, 2020 View on HN

You need a pause button, I can't use this without it.

leonagano May 19, 2025 View on HN

there's a pause button on the left-hand-side

baldeagle Oct 16, 2020 View on HN

I hate having to press the ‘play’ button every time. Is there a solve for that?

randomgg Sep 4, 2023 View on HN

tap to pause, then you can scrub at the bottom.

xnx Jan 4, 2026 View on HN

Very cool. Is there a pause button?

georgefox Jun 19, 2014 View on HN

I wouldn't mind a pause button.

adamzk Jul 15, 2019 View on HN

Is this a joke? Whenever I press the button it skips to the next video instead of preventing it from switching. So the ones I want to see are immediately stopped. It's quite frustrating but I guess that's the point?

tonetheman Dec 28, 2012 View on HN

Cool cool. Needs a pause button bad... or is there one already?

butz Sep 26, 2020 View on HN

UX nitpick: no pause/stop button.

ginko Jun 27, 2025 View on HN

You can pause and forward the video and scrolling doesn’t change to another video.