SCNPlane with Video plays on Simulator but not on Device - swift

Question

I have a video layer I want to render onto an SCNPlane. It works on the Simulator, but not on the device.
Here's a visual:
Here's the code:
//DISPLAY PLANE
SCNPlane * displayPlane = [SCNPlane planeWithWidth:displayWidth height:displayHeight];
displayPlane.cornerRadius = cornerRadius;
SCNNode * displayNode = [SCNNode nodeWithGeometry:displayPlane];
[scene.rootNode addChildNode:displayNode];
//apply material
SCNMaterial * displayMaterial = [SCNMaterial material];
displayMaterial.diffuse.contents = [[UIColor greenColor] colorWithAlphaComponent:1.0f];
[displayNode.geometry setMaterials:#[displayMaterial]];
//move to front + position for rim
displayNode.position = SCNVector3Make(0, rimTop - 0.08, /*0.2*/ 1);
//create video item
NSBundle * bundle = [NSBundle mainBundle];
NSString * path = [bundle pathForResource:#"tv_preview" ofType:#"mp4"];
NSURL * url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:path];
AVAsset * asset = [AVAsset assetWithURL:url];
AVPlayerItem * item = [AVPlayerItem playerItemWithAsset:asset];
queue = [AVQueuePlayer playerWithPlayerItem:item];
looper = [AVPlayerLooper playerLooperWithPlayer:queue templateItem:item];
queue.muted = true;
layer = [AVPlayerLayer playerLayerWithPlayer:queue];
layer.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, w, h);
layer.videoGravity = AVLayerVideoGravityResizeAspectFill;
displayMaterial.diffuse.contents = layer;
displayMaterial.doubleSided = true;
[queue play];
//[self.view.layer addSublayer:layer];
I can confirm that the actual plane exists (appears as green in the image above if avplayerlayer isn't applied to it) - first image above. If the video layer is added directly to the parent view layer (bottom line above) it runs fine - final image above. I thought it might be file system issue, but then I imagine (?) the video wouldn't play in the final image.
EDIT: setting queue (AVPlayer) directly works on Simulator, albeit ugly as hell, and crashes on Device, with following error log:
Error: Could not get pixel buffer (CVPixelBufferRef)
validateFunctionArguments:3797: failed assertion `Fragment Function(commonprofile_frag): incorrect type of texture (MTLTextureType2D) bound at texture binding at index 4 (expect MTLTextureTypeCube) for u_radianceTexture[0].'

Answer 1

I think that my solution will suit you - the only thing is that small changes will be required here:
#import <SceneKit/SceneKit.h>
#import <AVKit/AVKit.h>
#import <SpriteKit/SpriteKit.h>
#interface ViewController: UIViewController
#end
It works for simulator (in Xcode 13.2.1) and for device (I run it on iPhone X with iOS 15.3). I used 640x360 H.265 video. The only problem here – a video looping is stuttering...
#import "ViewController.h"
#implementation ViewController
AVQueuePlayer *queue;
AVPlayerLooper *looper;
SKVideoNode *videoNode;
- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
[super viewWillAppear:animated];
SCNView *sceneView = (SCNView *)self.view;
sceneView.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];
sceneView.autoenablesDefaultLighting = YES;
sceneView.allowsCameraControl = YES;
sceneView.playing = YES;
sceneView.loops = YES;
SCNScene *scene = [SCNScene scene];
sceneView.scene = scene;
// Display
SCNPlane *displayPlane = [SCNPlane planeWithWidth:1.6 height:0.9];
SCNNode *displayNode = [SCNNode nodeWithGeometry:displayPlane];
SCNMaterial *displayMaterial = [SCNMaterial material];
displayMaterial.lightingModelName = SCNLightingModelConstant;
displayMaterial.doubleSided = YES;
// Video
NSBundle *bundle = [NSBundle mainBundle];
NSString *path = [bundle pathForResource:#"art.scnassets/hevc"
ofType:#"mp4"];
NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:path];
AVAsset *asset = [AVAsset assetWithURL:url];
AVPlayerItem *item = [AVPlayerItem playerItemWithAsset:asset];
queue = [AVQueuePlayer playerWithPlayerItem:item];
queue.muted = NO;
looper = [AVPlayerLooper playerLooperWithPlayer:queue templateItem:item];
// SpriteKit video node
videoNode = [SKVideoNode videoNodeWithAVPlayer:queue];
videoNode.zRotation = -M_PI;
videoNode.xScale = -1;
SKScene *skScene = [SKScene sceneWithSize: CGSizeMake(
displayPlane.width * 1000,
displayPlane.height * 1000)];
videoNode.position = CGPointMake(skScene.size.width / 2,
skScene.size.height / 2);
videoNode.size = skScene.size;
[videoNode play];
[skScene addChild:videoNode];
displayMaterial.diffuse.contents = skScene;
[displayNode.geometry setMaterials:#[displayMaterial]];
[scene.rootNode addChildNode:displayNode];
}
#end