Using MPMoviePlayerController as texture in SceneKit

Question

I created a cube in scenekit and tried to use an instance of an MPMoviePlayerController as its material. It kind-ish works but not exactly well: the video seems to be very j

Answer 1

I opened a radar about AVPlayerLayer not working as a SceneKit texture (on device... works on simulator!). Apple was kind enough to reply saying this was working as intended, and supplied an alternative:

AVPlayerLayer are rendered out of process on the device and can’t be used as a texture. Please use a SKVideoNode for this instead.