iOS AVPlayer cancel buffering

Question

If I load an AVPlayer with a file from a host with

[AVPlayer playerWithPlayerItem:playerItem];

And the "buffering" takes longer than the user wants, how do I allow them to cancel it?

Answer 1

So the correct answer is @Che with:

If you will call [self.player replaceCurrentItemWithPlayerItem:nil]; buffering stops. – Che Oct 13 at 14:36

and you do so on the observer listening for the status update from the playerWithPlayerItem. Thanks All!

Answer 2

you can try this

// pause buffer
[self.playerItem cancelPendingSeeks];
[self.playerItem.asset cancelLoading];

Answer 3

I don't think there is a method to directly stop buffering. But you can check the boolean playbackLikelyToKeepUp property of the AVPlayerItem to check if the buffer is loading. I not then pause playback on the AVPlayer.

Answer 4

Swift 3

player?.replaceCurrentItem(with: nil)