Thoughts on iOS 10 .playImmediately

[padlocked17]

I was looking for a decently solid library to start streaming MP3s from and your wrapper around AVPlayer has been awesome and saved a lot of time so far.

I've noticed with iOS 10 devices, when streaming through AVPlayer, it tends to buffer and create a noticeable lag from the time "play" is commanded and when it actually starts playing audio.

Any thoughts on adding a check for iOS 10 in the open func play(updateNowPlayingInfo: Bool = false) and then adding a playImmediately(atRate: 1.0) in there?

[tschob]

Hi @padlocked17, I didn't knew this one yet. I'll check it at the weekend and may give it a try.

[tschob]

@padlocked17 Is the delay noticable only on the first start of a song and / or after it was paused? Can you send me an URL with which I can reproduce this behavior?

[padlocked17]

It only occurs on the audio files first loading. I use Apple's Network Link Conditioner to test slower internet speeds and on slower connections, it takes a while to buffer the amount Apple thinks is the appropriate amount before beginning to play the audio.

[bobek-balinek]

I believe this is because the AVPlayer will download the whole MP3 file before starting the playback.

Alternatively you can use AVAsset.loadValuesAsynchronously to trigger a progressive download and then inside the callback do player.replaceCurrentItem(with: …) once the item becomes playable.

[ghost]

Hi, has this been implemented? I am not able to play audio immediately.

[MaurixFx]

Hello, someone could solve the delay problem when playing the song?.

[ljs19923]

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