[Feature]: Buffer Config for iOS.

[Michota]

Description

Just like in the case of Android, allow users to control buffer related things, like back-buffer, etc. with usage of bufferConfig.

Why it is needed ?

It's very important for those who want to create apps without paying much for bandwith and storage.

Possible implementation

use preferredForwardBufferDuration

Code sample

It seems like there is already a PR that includes that #1353

[DLowHP]

Bumping this. Would also appreciate this added.

[Michota]

Bump. I need this so badly. I would even move from Expo-AV and donate some cash if iOS buffer config will be working as intended.

[KrzysztofMoch]

@Michota it seams that AVPlayer (iOS) is very limited in this area compared to android - do you have any specific parameter that you would have ?

[Michota]

@KrzysztofMoch: preferredForwardBufferDuration is a way to go I think.

This property defines the preferred forward buffer duration in seconds. If set to 0, the player will choose an appropriate level of buffering for most use cases. Setting this property to a low value will increase the chance that playback will stall and re-buffer, while setting it to a high value will increase demand on system resources.

[KrzysztofMoch]

@Michota there is already preferredForwardBufferDuration prop for you - does it not work for you?

[Michota]

Oh, i missed it.
It will work similar to how minBufferMs works for Android, right?

[pecabum]

It doesn't work, i have a high resolution video that should play from web and the player doesn't buffer at all on ios. I've tried all possible methods.

[emreer94]

The default is 0, it means let the system decide to buffer. I want it to buffer minimally and set it to 1 but literally nothing changed. Also, I tried this automaticallyWaitsToMinimizeStalling={false}, defaults to true, to shut down the buffering state and immediately start the streaming as indicated in properties section of the documentation but that does not work as well. How to deal with this?