Video not working on 16.4 simulator

I'm testing a video stream (HLS) with AVPlayer. On XCode 14.3 and simulators running iOS 16.4, there is no video image, only black screen. The audio is playing normally, also progress/duration of the video is showing as expected. The problem does not occur on same XCode version with earlier versions of the simulator. Is this a simulator bug? I've also tested it on real device with iOS 16.4 - no problem there.

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  • Bumping this. Same issue. Same configs.

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    logan_yo

  • Same issue

    Xcode 13.4.1. Simulator can show image and all others but video, videoplayer.

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I have a 1on1 WWDC lab session scheduled @ 2PM PT today with a member of the XCode team, and hope to get us all participating in this thread more clarity on the issue. Will report back here later today.

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Hi all! Has anyone filed a FeedBack issue for this problem yet that you could reference here? If not, could someone please file one now, using Feedback Assistant? It would be best if you could attach a simple repro project that demonstrates the problem, and capture the results of a xcrun simctl diagnose after reproducing. TIA!

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  • Had a productive conversation via a 1on1 WWDC Lab session earlier today. Thank you to both Apple team members who were in the lab session. As per the team's request, I've filed a bug report (FB12264845) via Feedback-Assistant (mostly just a recap of this forum thread). Hopefully this helps us get closer to resolving this hls/m3u8 video issue (and/or getting a definitive answer, e.g. the previous DRM response shouldn't be an issue with simply playing back a file we have the copyright to stream).

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    joro1

  • Thanks so much, @joro1 ! I've forwarded this on to the right folks. :)

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    Developer Tools Engineer

  • I don't get it. I filed a Feedback issue in March, with a simple little program that demonstrates the bug. They asked for additional files, I sent them, never heard from them again?

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(And here's what was filed with Feedback-Assistant ID# FB12264845)

Xcode 14.3 and Simulator 16.4 HLS/m3u8 video playback issue

Please see the following thread: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/727288?login=true&page=1&r_s_legacy=true#754122022

This BUG REPORT is in response to a conversation earlier via WWDC Lab ID 7873788389, i.e. reporting the bug described in the above forum feed, and as follows:

HLS video is no longer playing beginning with XCode 14.3 and in Simulator 16.4. I've isolated example code below. Note that .mp4 video plays fine, however HLS/m3u8 video does not (stream loads but only audio plays). This bug is only in the Simulator (16.4); i.e. on device (and in previous Simulators) m3u8 video plays fine. Please see the forum thread for more details and other developer reports. Thank you.

Example code:

/* Supporting includes, variables, etc.
#import <AVFoundation/AVFoundation.h>
#import <AVKit/AVKit.h>
@property (nonatomic, strong) AVPlayer *player;
@property (nonatomic, strong) AVPlayerViewController *playerViewController; */
    
// Initialize AVPlayer
// .mp4; note mp4 plays fine, i.e. video appears.
//NSURL *videoURL = [NSURL URLWithString:@"https://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/sample/BigBuckBunny.mp4"];
// m3u8; note HLS/m3u8 VIDEO DOESN'T APPEAR, however file "successfully" loads and e.g. audio plays.
NSURL *videoURL = [NSURL URLWithString:@"https://bitdash-a.akamaihd.net/content/sintel/hls/playlist.m3u8"];
self.player = [AVPlayer playerWithURL:videoURL];
    
// Initialize AVPlayerViewController
self.playerViewController = [[AVPlayerViewController alloc] init];
self.playerViewController.player = self.player;
self.playerViewController.view.frame = self.view.bounds;
[self.view addSubview:self.playerViewController.view];
    
// Play the video
[self.player play];
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Same problem here:

  • Xcode 14.3.1
  • on tvOS 16.4 in simulator only sound, no video
  • on tvOS 16.1 in simulator everything works fine
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I got another answer on my feedback assistant (FB12136006) asking me to verify this issue with Xcode 15 beta. Has anyone tested this in Xcode 15 beta?

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  • Quick test with Xcode 15 beta and Simulator 17, and indeed this issue appears to be fixed. Will run a few more tests to confirm later today and report back here, but for now the issue seems to be resolved, at least in the current Xcode 15 beta release.

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Confirmed after testing on my side, the HLS / m3u8 video (not appearing) bug described in this thread is fixed and longer an issue with Xcode 15 beta and Simulator 17. Thank you, Apple Developer Tools team.

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