IOS AVPlayer get fps

Question

Im trying to figure out how to retrieve a videos frame rate via AVPlayer. AVPlayerItem has a rate variable but it only returns a value between 0 and 2 (usually 1 when playin

Answer 1

This is not gonna work anymore, API has changed, and this post is old. :( The swift 4 answer is also cool, this is answer is similar.

You get the video track from the AVPlayerItem, and you check the FPS there. :)

private var numberOfRenderingFailures = 0
func isVideoRendering() -> Bool {
    guard let currentItem = player.currentItem else { return false }

    // Check if we are playing video tracks
    let isRendering = currentItem.tracks.contains { ($0.assetTrack?.mediaType == .video) && ($0.currentVideoFrameRate > 5) }
    if isRendering {
        numberOfRenderingFailures = 0
        return true
    }
    numberOfRenderingFailures += 1
    if numberOfRenderingFailures < 5 {
        return true
    }
    return false
}