Hello,
We are seeing an issue where AVPlayer sometimes reports time values close to 95,443 seconds (~26.5 hours), even though the actual content duration is much shorter.
For example, in normal cases we see:
currentTime: ~355 seconds
duration: 6958 seconds
seekableTimeRange: 0...6958 seconds
However, in some cases AVPlayer reports values around:
currentTime: ~95443 seconds
duration: ~95449 seconds
We checked the underlying MPEG-TS segments with ffprobe. The video and audio PTS values are around 6426 seconds and are consistent with the HLS EXTINF durations, so we do not see a 95,443-second timestamp directly in the media segments.
Could you please help us understand:
1- Why can AVPlayer expose values close to 95,443 seconds?
2- Could this be related to MPEG-TS PTS wrap-around or AVFoundation timeline mapping?
3- How does AVPlayer calculate currentTime and AVPlayerItem.duration for HLS MPEG-TS content?
Interestingly, Audio Only / Now Playing mode shows the expected timeline, while video playback can expose the incorrect values.
Thank you.