Video Podcasts

Pocket Casts supports playback of video episodes in both landscape and portrait orientation.

By default, a video episode will be displayed in portrait mode. To switch a video’s orientation to landscape in the mobile apps, please follow these steps:

1. Enable screen autorotation in your mobile device’s settings. Different devices will have different names for this setting, like “Portrait Orientation Lock” or “Auto rotate.”
2. While playing the video episode in Pocket Casts, rotate your phone to landscape mode.
3. Pocket Casts—and the video you’re playing—should now be in landscape mode.

Switching a video episode to audio-only is possible on the Android and iOS mobile apps but not on the web and desktop apps.

To switch a video episode to audio-only on the mobile app, please follow these steps:

1. Play the video episode.
2. If the video player is taking up the entire screen, tap the “x” on the upper-right corner to go back to the “Now Playing” screen.
3. While on the “Now Playing” screen:
   • Tap the back button on your mobile device, or
   • Tap the “v” icon to the left of the “Now Playing” tab.
4. The mini player should now be visible in the app. Video from the episode will be hidden, but audio will continue playing.

If you previously switched a video episode to audio-only on the mobile app, you can switch it back to video by following these steps:

1. On the Pocket Casts app, tap the mini player.
2. The full-screen player should now be expanded to show the episode’s video.