Pre-buffering for AVQueuePlayer

Question

Does anyone know if AVQueuePlayer starts buffering the next AVPlayerItem when the current item is about to finish playing?

I know there\'s

Answer 1

As of iOS 5, it appears that AVQueuePlayer no longer pre-buffers. It did pre-buffer the next track in iOS 4.

I'm not sure why there's been a change or if it's even deliberate on Apple's part or simply a bug. In any case, it's a pain and I'll be submitting a bug to them about it.