AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification doesn't always fire on Apple TV 4

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Created May ’16

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Hi all,

I am using the AVQueuePlayer to play a bunch of clips in sequence and do some UI changes when each item ends. For this I am listening for the AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification like so in the init() of my view controller:

NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self,
            selector: #selector(HomeViewController.playerDidFinishPlaying(_:)),
            name: AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification,
            object: nil)

This works as expected always in the tvOS simulator but on a real device(i.e. Apple TV 4 9.2.1 version) this doesn't always work. It works for a clip or two after which it just doesn't seem to fire this event. Anybody else faced this issue? Is there any work-around we can use to detect the end of a video item?

Thanks

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jmich OP

Nov ’16

I am seeing this issue as well. Looks like the player item is registed for notfications properly, but in some cases I'm not getting playerItemDidPlayToEndTime notification.

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