Name the segment you are watching
Opening credits, a recap and end credits serve different purposes in the player. Record which segment is active and whether the desired outcome is to skip it or continue watching. A vanished intro button is not the same problem as an unwanted next-episode transition.
For a practical film-night preference, someone may want to skip a repeated recap but watch the ending credits. Decide those preferences separately. A single instruction to skip credits can obscure the difference and cause an unintended jump to another episode.
Use the documented transient control
The official help says Skip appears only for certain series and films and when the relevant opening or recap segment is available. It may disappear after a short time without action. Moving the mouse, tapping the screen or interacting with player controls brings it back where offered.
A missing control should therefore first be described in context: unsupported content, wrong segment or hidden controls are different possibilities. Do not assume every video has markers simply because another episode displayed the button. This article does not certify a particular title’s current marker data.
Keep end-credit choice separate from autoplay preference
For end credits, Viki documents Next Episode for an immediate move and X to continue the credits. It separately supplies an autoplay setting on the supported browser account route. An immediate prompt choice and a recurring autoplay preference are different operations.
If behaviour remains unexpected, report title, episode, segment, device and what happened when controls were revealed. That evidence is more useful than changing several playback settings at once. This guide interprets Viki’s official marker and prompt instructions and contains no segment-marker inspection, remote-control or autoplay test.
Questions about this guide
Can an offered Skip button disappear temporarily?
Yes. Viki says it can be revealed again by interacting with the player.
What does X do on the documented end-credit prompt?
It keeps the end credits playing instead of starting the next episode.