Can't stop AVPlayer streaming

Question

I have a UITableview with an AVPlayer instance in every cell. My requirement is to stream video only in the visible cells hence I don't want any player instances in the invisible cells. Play method is called in cellForRowAtIndexPath. Here is my code to remove AVPlayer

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didEndDisplayingCell: (UITableViewCell *)cell forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath*)indexPath
 {
    if (![ _feedsTableView.indexPathsForVisibleRows containsObject:indexPath]) {
        NSLog(@"index of visible cell  %ld",(long)indexPath.row);
        LTHomeFeedCell * cell = (LTHomeFeedCell*)[_feedsTableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath ];
        [ cell.avMoviePlayer pause ];
        cell.avMoviePlayer = [ AVPlayer playerWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@""] ];
        cell.avMoviePlayer = nil;
  }

But, still I hear audio from invisible cells. I'm using this same code to pause the video when I move to a different screen but I still hear the audio. How do I fix this?

You have to stream multiple videos at once? why not use only one `AVplayer` and change its `AVPlayerLayer` to the cells as needed? — Benjamin Jimenez, Jul 31 '15 at 13:27

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 31 '15 at 14:30

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You can handle the pause function through local notifications also like this:

Add an observer for a local notification in the cell when you start playing the video.
And in the selector of that notification, write the code to pause you player and remove the notification
After that in didEndDisplayingCell, post that notification to pause that video.

answered Jul 31 '15 at 14:30

Vikas Dadheech

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My issue the even after pausing and making the player instance nil i still hear audio and video stream continuous. – KiranGit Aug 05 '15 at 13:08

Can't stop AVPlayer streaming

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