How to stop a video in AVPlayer?

Question

I am using this code to play video file using avplayer how do I stop it

 [videoView setHidden:NO];
    NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
    NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
    NSString *path2 = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:saveFileName];
    NSURL *url1 = [[NSURL alloc] initFileURLWithPath: path2];
    videoPlayer = [AVPlayer playerWithURL:url1] ;
    self.avPlayerLayer = [AVPlayerLayer playerLayerWithPlayer:videoPlayer];

    //[self willAnimateRotationToInterfaceOrientation];
    avPlayerLayer.frame = videoView.bounds;
    [self.videoView.layer addSublayer: avPlayerLayer];

    [self.videoPlayer play];

I tried this it doesn't work

    //[self.videoPlayer release];

score 68 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 24 '13 at 10:57

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AVPlayer does not have a method named stop. You can pause or set rate to 0.0.

answered Jul 24 '13 at 10:57

Samet DEDE

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score 33 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 09 '14 at 09:16

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I usually seekToTime 0.0, then pause. It work perfectly with me. :)

[self.videoPlayer seekToTime:CMTimeMake(0, 1)];
[self.videoPlayer pause];

answered Dec 09 '14 at 09:16

Huynh Inc

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score 26 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 10 '14 at 19:28

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If you dont want to set the av player to nil, a better approach might be :

videoPlayer.replaceCurrentItemWithPlayerItem(nil)

answered Sep 10 '14 at 19:28

Mustafa

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This option is not Swift compatible. – Hola Soy Edu Feliz Navidad Apr 06 '15 at 13:29
Without doing this `replaceCurrentItem..` I find that the networkActivityIndicator never goes away and the app uses a lot of battery power, even when the player has been paused and set to nil. – snakeoil Feb 23 '16 at 20:17
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@HolaSoyEduFelizNavidad, yes it is. You can do `.replaceCurrentItem(with: nil)` – gbhall Dec 11 '17 at 06:59

score 22 · Answer 4 · edited Sep 28 '16 at 06:06

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You can pause and set AVPlayer object value to nil .

And in your code you can use this :

[self.videoPlayer pause];
[self.avPlayerLayer removeFromSuperlayer];
self.videoPlayer = nil;

edited Sep 28 '16 at 06:06

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answered Jul 24 '13 at 11:18

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score 10 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 10 '20 at 04:39

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We have swift protocol extensions - rejoice.

extension AVPlayer {
   func stop(){
    self.seek(to: CMTime.zero)
    self.pause()
   }
}

answered Jan 10 '20 at 04:39

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How to stop a video in AVPlayer?

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