avplayer is not playing the URL

Question

I am using avplayer for play audio url, but it is not working, I don't know where i am wrong

NSString *radioURL = @"https://www.example.com";

radioPlayer = [AVPlayer playerWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:radioURL]] ;
// [radioPlayer seekToTime:kCMTimeZero];
NSLog(@"radio player %@",radioPlayer.currentItem);
[radioPlayer play];

Any help would be appreciated.

i think URL must have an Extension e.g https://example.com/myfile.mp3 — Nitin Gohel, Mar 06 '14 at 06:08
Thanks for reply, but url is working if i play it in browser or anywhere else. — Prachi Rajput, Mar 06 '14 at 06:11
with AVplayer check this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15850447/how-to-get-audio-to-play-from-an-online-url-on-iphone else you can use AVAudioPlayer — Nitin Gohel, Mar 06 '14 at 06:13
get response "AVPlayerStatusReadyToPlay", but audio didn't play — Prachi Rajput, Mar 06 '14 at 06:31

score 11 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 11 '18 at 06:54

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I strongly recommended the code below to play radio streaming: please take a look also AVPlayer_Class

 -(void)Play{
        NSString *radioURL = @"https://www.example.com"; //this url must valid 
        AVPlayer *player = [[AVPlayer alloc]initWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:radioURL]];
        self.songPlayer = player;    //self.songPlayer is a globle object of avplayer
        [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
                                                 selector:@selector(playerItemDidReachEnd:)
                                                     name:AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification
                                                   object:[songPlayer currentItem]];
        [self.songPlayer addObserver:self forKeyPath:@"status" options:0 context:nil];
}


- (void)observeValueForKeyPath:(NSString *)keyPath ofObject:(id)object change:(NSDictionary *)change context:(void *)context {

        if (object == songPlayer && [keyPath isEqualToString:@"status"]) {
            if (songPlayer.status == AVPlayerStatusFailed) {
                NSLog(@"AVPlayer Failed");

            } else if (songPlayer.status == AVPlayerStatusReadyToPlay) {
                NSLog(@"AVPlayerStatusReadyToPlay");
                [self.songPlayer play];


            } else if (songPlayer.status == AVPlayerItemStatusUnknown) {
                NSLog(@"AVPlayer Unknown");

            }
        }
    }

- (void)playerItemDidReachEnd:(NSNotification *)notification {

     //  code here to play next sound file

    }

Ref link is - Streaming mp3 audio with AVPlayer

edited Aug 11 '18 at 06:54

Oliver Maksimovic

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answered Mar 06 '14 at 06:36

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get response AVPlayerStatusReadyToPlay, but audio didn't play :( – Prachi Rajput Mar 06 '14 at 06:44
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where did you testing in device or simulator? if device then plz check iphone not silent mode – Nitin Gohel Mar 06 '14 at 06:47
can you please share a url of streaming. – Nitin Gohel Mar 06 '14 at 06:50
@NitinGohel, above code does not work for me.iPhone is not silent mode.any idea? – Pramuka Dias Jun 03 '16 at 10:55
what should i have to do for https? – Devang Goswami Sep 15 '16 at 07:40
you need to set App Transport Security Settings for – Nitin Gohel Sep 15 '16 at 07:43
@NitinGohel please give me a solutaion – Devang Goswami Sep 15 '16 at 08:00
@ Prachi Rajput did you get solution yet, in my case I get response AVPlayerStatusReadyToPlay, but audio didn't play. Please reply ASAP. thanks – Ravi Dec 03 '16 at 05:09

Borzh · Answer 2 · 2018-06-29T15:18:54.890

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I had the same issue and just realized that I wasn't retaining the player (using ARC)! So it gets deallocated and stop playing immediately after start.

You need to make sure that you have a strong property radioPlayer and use self.radioPlayer instead of radioPlayer.

edited Jun 29 '18 at 15:18

answered Feb 03 '15 at 19:53

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@ Borzh, I did same as you tolad. In my case I get response AVPlayerStatusReadyToPlay, but audio didn't play. Please reply ASAP. thanks – Ravi Dec 03 '16 at 05:10
@Monu singh, probably you have some other problem, I just told the problem I had myself. – Borzh Dec 06 '16 at 22:23

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 06 '14 at 06:12

You are doing good but your method need to correct on one place.Check using the below method:

NSURL *audioURL = [NSURL URLWithString:radioURL];
NSData *audioData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:audioURL];
self.audioPlayer = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithData:audioData error:nil];
self.audioPlayer.numberOfLoops = -1;
self.audioPlayer.delegate = self;
[self.audioPlayer prepareToPlay];
self.audioPlayer.volume=1.0;
[self.audioPlayer autorelease];
[self.audioPlayer Play];

and add proper delegate methods for AVAudioPlayer.

No need to Convert to NSData – Toseef Khilji Mar 06 '14 at 06:14 — Toseef Khilji, Mar 06 '14 at 06:14

score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 06 '14 at 06:20

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Make Sure URL is AddingPercentEscapes.

NSURL *audioURL = // Your Url;
NSString *encodedString = [@"Your Url" stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSURL *myURL = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:encodedString]
AVPlayer *player = [AVPlayer playerWithURL:myURL];
[player prepareToPlay];
player play];

answered Mar 06 '14 at 06:20

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weird ... where did that prepareToPlay comefrom? in AVPlayer? can't seem to find it on the .h source io8 is that removed? – eNeF Jul 02 '15 at 08:35
It's probably wrong since its an method on AVAudioPlayer, not AVPlayer – Jonas Nov 23 '15 at 11:37

score -1 · Answer 5 · edited Jun 21 '18 at 05:31

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Did you forgot to set the attribute App Transport Security Settings -> Allow Arbitrary Loads (Yes)?

App Transport Security Settings

edited Jun 21 '18 at 05:31

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answered Jun 21 '18 at 03:14

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