How about multi touch playback controls for iPad? A lot of the Chinese media apps have this for example iqiyi ( https://appsto.re/au/O_wAy.i ) The way it works you tap twice on the video to stop playback, swipe left to seek backward, right for forwards, up / down for volume and pinch to exit full scr…

Or like VLC for iOS offers, two fingers tap = play/pause swipe up/down change screen light, etc.

Multitouch playback controls for iPad

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