I can't load videos which have extension mp4 (iOS)

[duchoang2206]

I load videos which have extension mp4 then I waited too long for controller's intialization, it's nothing happened. I can't do anything. But I can do it success with files which have extension MOV. Please check this!
This happens only on iOS.
Thank you.

[duchoang2206]

It still doesn't work.

[mcosti]

Same here

[t3chno]

same here, not initializing at all on iOS. anybody has a solution?

[frosterlolz]

This code from controller broke video player controller loading:

_video = VideoPlayerController.file(File(
          // https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/40429#issuecomment-549746165
          Platform.isIOS ? Uri.encodeFull(file.path) : file.path,
        )),

VideoPlayerController will loading permanently (cause of listener inside).
To fix this I had to store picked file in another place (cache for me) and rename filename.
Something like this:

  static Future<io.File?> saveToCache(
    io.File file, {
    String? forceFileName,
  }) async {
    final cacheDir = await getCachePath();
    if (cacheDir == null) return null;
    final updatedFileName =
        '${forceFileName ?? basenameWithoutExtension(file.path)}.${extension(file.path)}';
    final cachedFile = await file.copy('$cacheDir/$updatedFileName');
    return cachedFile;
  }

then initialize controller with new file
*dont forget to delete cached file after complete

[mostafasany]

I encountered a similar issue, which was caused by certain characters in the local file path that couldn't be decoded on iOS. The solution that worked for me was renaming the file to a different name.

I used a method to rename the picked File

 static Future<File> _renameFile(String filePath) async {
    final originalFile = File(filePath);
    final directory = originalFile.parent.path;

    // Get current timestamp in ISO 8601 format
    final timestamp = DateTime.now().toIso8601String().replaceAll(':', '-');

    // Extract file extension
    final extension = originalFile.path.split('.').last;

    // Construct the new file path with ISO datetime
    final newFilePath = '$directory/$timestamp.$extension';

    // Rename the file and return the new file
    final renamedFile = await originalFile.rename(newFilePath);
    return renamedFile;
  }