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[Matthew Exon <mat.ubuntu@xxxxxxxxx>]

OK maybe this is a ridiculous question, but...

Is it actually possible to play video files on Ubuntu Touch?  If so, how
are you supposed to do that?

Here's what I'm trying:

* I scp'd over a bunch of movies I'd like to watch and put them in
/home/phablet/Videos.
* I looked in the "Apps" scope for something that looks like it plays
movies.  Found nothing.
* So I open "File Manager".
* I tap on "Videos" and then on one of my movie files.
* I'm invited to "Open with" and the only option is Gallery.
* I tap on "Gallery" and I get a mostly blank page with "AUG 2015 29",
"AUG 2015 26", a spinner, and nothing else.
* After a couple of minutes it's filled in with my photos.
* The end.

I can scroll down and eventually find a video I shot myself.  If I tap
on that it opens a static preview image.  Then if I click on the play
button it opens a thing called "Media Player" which does not appear in
the Apps scope.  A media player is what I was looking for in the first
place, but this Media Player doesn't have any option to list or navigate
to other videos.  I guess it literally is just a pop up video window
rather than an actual Media application.

What am I missing here?  Has this bit just not been done yet?