AVPlayer wont play video from url in iOS9

Question

I am trying to embed an AVPlayer inside a UIView and play a mp4 video file from an url. The problem is I only receive a black blank view (See screenshot)

In previous iOS versions it worked for me, but since upgrading to iOS9 i got this problem.

My .h file looks like this:

@interface ViewController : UIViewController
@property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet UIView *viewPlayerContainer;

Whereas in my implementation file I have the following:

@import AVFoundation;
@import AVKit;

@interface ViewController ()

@end

@implementation ViewController

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];

    AVPlayerViewController *playerViewController = [[AVPlayerViewController alloc] init];

    NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://techslides.com/demos/sample-videos/small.mp4"];

    AVURLAsset *asset = [AVURLAsset assetWithURL: url];
    AVPlayerItem *item = [AVPlayerItem playerItemWithAsset: asset];

    AVPlayer * player = [[AVPlayer alloc] initWithPlayerItem: item];

    [playerViewController.view setFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, _viewPlayerContainer.bounds.size.width, _viewPlayerContainer.bounds.size.width)];

    playerViewController.showsPlaybackControls = NO;

    [_viewPlayerContainer addSubview:playerViewController.view];


    [player play];


}

Am i missing something here?

Thanks in advance!

May be App Transport Security. Try loading a video via `https:` and/or looking at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30731785/how-do-i-load-an-http-url-with-app-transport-security-enabled-in-ios-9 — ChrisH, Sep 30 '15 at 11:46
Well you're not setting the playerViewController's player to be the one you defined. Also, I think this isn't possible, it seems like playerViewControllers only work if you present the viewController like any other view controller — CodyMace, Oct 06 '15 at 20:15
Hey Have you found any solution as I am also having same trouble the view is just blank :(. — AmJa, Nov 18 '15 at 22:43

Gowrie Sammandhamoorthy · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-13T00:55:43.280

@implementation ViewController{
    AVPlayerViewController *playerViewController;
}

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];
     playerViewController = [[AVPlayerViewController alloc] init];
}

- (IBAction)playVideo:(id)sender {
    NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://techslides.com/demos/sample-videos/small.mp4"];

    AVURLAsset *asset = [AVURLAsset assetWithURL: url];
    AVPlayerItem *item = [AVPlayerItem playerItemWithAsset: asset];

    AVPlayer * player = [[AVPlayer alloc] initWithPlayerItem: item];
    playerViewController.player = player;
    [playerViewController.view setFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, self.view.bounds.size.width, self.view.bounds.size.width)];

    playerViewController.showsPlaybackControls = YES;

    [self.view addSubview:playerViewController.view];

    [player play];
}

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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The reason video is not playing is only due the tls version is too old in case of HTTP please see App Transport Security

edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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answered Sep 30 '15 at 11:50

Syed Ali Salman

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I already tried to add the necessary keys to my info.plist but with no success – Granit Sep 30 '15 at 12:13

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 28 '15 at 09:58

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You are missing this line of code in yours

 playerViewController.player = player;

answered Oct 28 '15 at 09:58

Vikram Parimi

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 28 '15 at 11:41

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Make the AVPlayerViewController as the property of the view controller presenting it and then allocate it inside viewDidLoad.

answered Nov 28 '15 at 11:41

Sujoy Singh

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 18 '16 at 11:00

If you want to play video from one url then you don't need to use AVURLAsset. You should use AVURLAsset when you have number of videos or urls. (But both ways work)

Reference : https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/AVFoundation/Reference/AVAsset_Class/index.html#//apple_ref/occ/cl/AVAsset

Following method works fine, if you have one url.

NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:@“<your_url_here>”];
AVPlayer *player = [[AVPlayer alloc] initWithURL: url];
AVPlayerViewController *controller = [[AVPlayerViewController alloc]init];
controller.player = player;
controller.delegate = self;// if you want to use delegates...
controller.showsPlaybackControls=YES;
controller.view.frame = self.view.frame;
[self.view addSubview:controller.view];
[player play];

AVPlayer wont play video from url in iOS9

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