Stop AVPlayer and restart MP3 file again

Question

I want to start, pause and stop (same as restart) my mp3 File and I'm using AVPlayer. I get the files from a server.

To start the song I do:

[self.player start];

To pause I do:

[self.player pause];

but when I want to stop the song and reload it, so that the song starts from the beginning when the User clicks on the "start button" next time, I have no idea what to do.

I tried something like this:

[self.player pause];
self.player = nil;

But then the player is nil of course and I can't restart the file again without a new initialization. Any ideas how to stop it?

[self.player seekToTime:CMTimeMakeWithSeconds(0, 5) completionHandler:nil] to play it from beginning again. — Sandeep, Sep 16 '14 at 13:56

Cbas · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-13T09:18:15.127

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Stop the video using [player pause]

Then use this code when you start the video.

[player seekToTime:kCMTimeZero];
[player play];

I like this better than the comment that solved the OP it b/c it eliminates a warning and uses a constant.

edited Apr 13 '16 at 09:18

answered Apr 12 '16 at 23:05

Cbas

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score 18 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 21 '18 at 01:57

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Best solution to do this in Swift < 4:

player.seek(to: kCMTimeZero)
player.play()

Swift >= 4:

player.seek(to: .zero)
player.play()

edited Jun 21 '18 at 01:57

Community

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answered Dec 15 '17 at 00:37

fabioalmeida

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered May 01 '18 at 19:14

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In Xamarin.ios

player.Seek(CoreMedia.CMTime.Zero);

player.Play();

answered May 01 '18 at 19:14

Kamalkumar.E

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score 2 · Answer 4 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

seek#to has a completion handler.

p?.seek(to: .zero)
p?.rate = 1

is not really correct. You can get audio jitter.

p?.seek(to: .zero) { [weak self] _ in
    self?.p?.rate = 1
}

is probably what you want.

If it is already playing, and you just do the seek and nothing else, again you could get the jitters.

You are probably best to

p?.rate = 0
p?.seek(to: .zero) { [weak self] _ in
    self?.p?.rate = 1
}

If it's a really important app, you'll also have to consider the error condition in the seek completion.

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 25 '18 at 05:14

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In Swift 4: self.player.seek(to: CMTime.zero)

answered Dec 25 '18 at 05:14

Reefwing

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score -1 · Answer 6 · answered Jul 20 '18 at 08:59

// If conti. play Video or audio apply this code



 [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
                                         selector:@selector(playerItemDidReachEnd
                                                 :)
                                             name:AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification
                                           object:[avPlayer currentItem]];
[avPlayer play];




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

NSLog(@"Replay video in method");
AVPlayerItem *p = [notification object];
[p seekToTime:kCMTimeZero];
  }

Because of poor code formatting and lack of explanation, this answer is not helpful. — Kerem, Feb 20 '20 at 17:46

Stop AVPlayer and restart MP3 file again

6 Answers6

seek#to has a completion handler.