Swift AVPlayer Won't Player MP4: Play Button With Line Through It

Question

I am trying to player an mp4 video from the local file system on an ios app. The video is about an hour long and can be played on quicktime. I am able to play an mp4 if it is from the web (NSURL(string: "http:domain.com/vid.mp4")). I am playing the video like below:

    let steamingURL:NSURL = NSURL(string: video.filePath)! //valid path
    let player = AVPlayer(URL: steamingURL)
    player.allowsExternalPlayback = false

    PlayWorkoutViewController.playerController = AVPlayerViewController()
    PlayWorkoutViewController.playerController.player = player
    self.addChildViewController(PlayWorkoutViewController.playerController)
    self.view.addSubview(PlayWorkoutViewController.playerController.view)
    PlayWorkoutViewController.playerController.view.frame = videoContainerView.frame
    PlayWorkoutViewController.playerController.showsPlaybackControls = false
    player.play()

Do I need to change some of the settings to play the longer video? Thanks.

Answer 1

Check the steamingURL is nil or not first

If you want to use NSURL(string: "xxx") initialiser please check the string starts with file://, otherwise use NSURL(fileURLWithPath: "xxxx") instead.