Green screen when allocating/deallocating a video view at the same time.

[jclou]

In my code I am playing a video with a GVRVideoView and at a certain time I want to stop and play a different video. The second video always shows a green screen, but the audio plays properly.

In this contrived example, the first video view doesn't need even need to be loaded with a video or added to any view to break the second video. If I wait until -dealloc is called on the first video view before creating the second, then everything works as expected.

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];
    
    // Commenting out this line fixes the video
    self.videoView = [GVRVideoView new];
    
    dispatch_after(dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, (int64_t)(5 * NSEC_PER_SEC)), dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
        self.videoView = [[GVRVideoView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 100, 192, 108)];
        [self.videoView loadFromUrl:[NSURL URLWithString:@"https://pannellum.org/images/video/jfk.mp4"]];
        self.videoView.delegate = self;
        [self.view addSubview:self.videoView];
    });
}

- (void)widgetView:(GVRWidgetView *)widgetView didLoadContent:(id)content {
    [(GVRVideoView *)widgetView play];
}

I am getting this behavior on both 1.0.1 and 1.10.0. Versions 0.8.x and 0.9.x seem to work as expected.

[rr-hung-nguyen]

In version 1.20.0 I got the same problem even though it seem to be fixed when I read version description. It was playing properly in the first time, but when i open the other video (or the same video), the green screen will be shown. Please check the issue or point me what thing I was wrong. Thank you.

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- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];
    // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
    _videoView = [NCBVRVideoViewSingleton sharedInstance]; // Static GVRVideoView

    _videoView.frame = self.view.bounds;
    _videoView.delegate = self;
    _videoView.enableFullscreenButton = NO;
    _videoView.enableCardboardButton = YES;
    _videoView.enableTouchTracking = YES;
    [self.view addSubview:_videoView];
    [_videoView loadFromUrl:[NSURL URLWithString:self.videoPath] ofType:kGVRVideoTypeMono];
}

NCBVRVideoViewSingleton sharedInstance:

+ (GVRVideoView*)sharedInstance {
    static GVRVideoView *videoView;
    if (!videoView) {
        videoView = [[GVRVideoView alloc] init];
        videoView.enableFullscreenButton = YES;
        videoView.enableCardboardButton = YES;
        videoView.enableTouchTracking = YES;
    }
    return videoView;
}

[jclou]

I am also still getting this issue on version 1.20.0

[sanjayc77]

Does this happen even when you don't reuse the same GVRVideoView instance (don't use a singleton)?

[jclou]

In my case, I have a ClassA instance that has a GVRVideoView. At some point, I get rid of my instance of ClassA and replace it with a new instance that has its own different GVRVideoView. The new GVR player gets stuck with a green screen. You can reproduce it with the code blow:

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];
    
    self.videoView = [[GVRVideoView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 100, 192, 108)];
    self.videoView.delegate = self;
    [self.videoView loadFromUrl:[NSURL URLWithString:@"https://pannellum.org/images/video/jfk.mp4"]];
    [self.view addSubview:self.videoView];
    
    dispatch_after(dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, (int64_t)(5 * NSEC_PER_SEC)), dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
        [self.videoView pause];
        [self.videoView removeFromSuperview];
        self.videoView = nil;
        
        self.videoView2 = [[GVRVideoView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 300, 192, 108)];
        self.videoView2.delegate = self;
        [self.videoView2 loadFromUrl:[NSURL URLWithString:@"https://pannellum.org/images/video/jfk.mp4"]];
        [self.view addSubview:self.videoView2];
    });

- (void)widgetView:(GVRWidgetView *)widgetView didLoadContent:(id)content {
    [(GVRVideoView *)widgetView play];
}

Also when creating two GVRVideoViews at the same time, the first one gets stuck with a green screen.

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];
    
    self.videoView = [[GVRVideoView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 100, 192, 108)];
    self.videoView.delegate = self;
    [self.videoView loadFromUrl:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://d8d913s460fub.cloudfront.net/krpanocloud/video/airpano/video-1920x960a.mp4"]];
    [self.view addSubview:self.videoView];
    
    self.videoView2 = [[GVRVideoView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 300, 192, 108)];
    self.videoView2.delegate = self;
    [self.videoView2 loadFromUrl:[NSURL URLWithString:@"https://pannellum.org/images/video/jfk.mp4"]];
    [self.view addSubview:self.videoView2];
}

[Sourcebits-Ravik]

I am facing black screen instead of green screen after updating from 1.10 to 1.20.0.

[rr-hung-nguyen]

@sanjayc77 It's ok if I create new instance instead of using singleton.

[tibewww]

Anybody managed to sold that ?

[rr-hung-nguyen]

@tibewww It was still showing green screen if you use the same GVRVideoView instance for loading videos in many times.

[tibewww]

ok, so we don't have any solution ?

[deltatre-team-mobile]

issue still present on 1.30.0 despite the release note claims to have fixed it

[tibewww]

is there a way to load a new GVRVideoView eachtime you trigger the video by click button do you think ?

[sanjayc77]

This issue was, inadvertently, not fixed in 1.30. Sorry about the confusion. We will have this fix in the next release.

[markusekblad]

@sanjayc77 When might that be available?

[tibewww]

any news about the next release date of the next version :( ?

[sanjayc77]

GVRVideoView is now deprecated. Switch to GVRKit. GVRKit provides fine grained control over AVPlayer playback and its rendering. See the updated VideoWidgetDemo sample.