Seamless looping Video using AVPlayer- Swift - ios

Question

I am using AVPlayer to play local video in background using loop and video is playing fine but after finishing video it takes pause to play video in loop. I have tried many methods and also seen many post on stack overflow but i failed to find appropriate solution. I am using Swift3.
Code is here :
var videoplayer :AVPlayer = AVPlayer()
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let path = Bundle.main.path(forResource: "background4", ofType: "mp4")
videoplayer = AVPlayer(url: URL(fileURLWithPath: path!))
videoplayer.volume = 0
videoplayer.actionAtItemEnd = AVPlayerActionAtItemEnd.none;
let playerLayer = AVPlayerLayer(player: videoplayer)
playerLayer.frame = self.view.frame
playerLayer.videoGravity = AVLayerVideoGravityResizeAspectFill
if (videoplayer.rate != 0) {
print("playing videoplayer")
self.blurBgImage.isHidden = true
}
playerLayer.zPosition = -1
videoplayer.rate = 0
videoplayer.play()
self.blurBgImage.layer.addSublayer(playerLayer)
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(forName: .AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime, object: videoplayer.currentItem, queue: nil, using: { (_) in
DispatchQueue.main.async {
let t1 = CMTimeMake(5, 100)
self.videoplayer.seek(to: t1)
self.videoplayer.play()
}
})
}
I have also tried AVPlayerLooper.
Code is :
var playerLooper: NSObject?
var playerLayer:AVPlayerLayer!
var queuePlayer: AVQueuePlayer?
func playVideo(_ filmName: String){
if let path = Bundle.main.path(forResource: filmName, ofType: "mp4") let url = URL(fileURLWithPath: path)
if #available(tvOS 10.0, *) {
let playerItem = AVPlayerItem(url: url as URL)
self.videoplayer = AVQueuePlayer(items: [playerItem])
self.playerLayer = AVPlayerLayer(player: self.videoplayer)
self.playerLooper = AVPlayerLooper(player: self.videoplayer as! AVQueuePlayer, templateItem: playerItem)
self.blurBgImage.layer.addSublayer(playerLayer!)
self.playerLayer?.frame = self.view.frame
self.videoplayer.volume = 10
self.videoplayer.play()
} else {
videoplayer = AVPlayer(url: url)
videoplayer.play()
loopVideo(videoplayer)
}
}
}
What should i do for seamless looping? Thanks in Advance.

Answer 1

FYI there is sample code here: https://developer.apple.com/library/content/samplecode/avloopplayer/Introduction/Intro.html
#matt's deleted answer works fine for me (on device / simulator) for iOS 10+ devices:
Use AVPlayerLooper. That is exactly what it is for.
https://developer.apple.com/reference/avfoundation/avplayerlooper
Basically it implements AVQueuePlayer for you, constantly updating the
queue so that it never ends.
It seamlessly loops without any white/black blip.
E.g.
private var looper: AVPlayerLooper?
...
let queuePlayer = AVQueuePlayer(playerItem: item)
looper = AVPlayerLooper(player: queuePlayer, templateItem: item)
videoPlayerLayer.player = queuePlayer
If you end up doing this in a reusable cell (e.g. UICollectionView), then make sure you disable looping before cell re-use or you'll get some obscure crashes:
looper?.disableLooping()