Local Video File loop tvOS - swift

Question

I'm attempting to play a simple local clip in Xcode7 using Swift for tvOS. All I want is for the video to load fullscreen in the view and loop. Every tutorial I see has the old MPMoviePlayerController or loads from a URL. What is the best way to do this on tvOS?
Update2: This got the video to loop but there is a pause in between. looking into it now to see how to do it seamlessly.
import UIKit
import AVKit
import AVFoundation
class ViewController: UIViewController {
var videoPlayer: AVPlayer!
var playerLayer: AVPlayerLayer?
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let path = NSBundle.mainBundle().pathForResource("video", ofType:"mp4")
let url = NSURL(fileURLWithPath: path!)
let playerItem = AVPlayerItem(URL: url)
self.videoPlayer = AVPlayer(playerItem: playerItem)
self.playerLayer = AVPlayerLayer(player: self.videoPlayer)
self.playerLayer!.frame = self.view.frame
self.videoPlayer!.play()
self.view.layer.addSublayer(self.playerLayer!)
NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: Selector("playerDidReachEnd:"), name: AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification, object:nil)
}
func playerDidReachEnd(notification: NSNotification) {
self.videoPlayer.seekToTime(kCMTimeZero)
self.videoPlayer.play()
}
}

Answer 1

Let's say your file is named video.m4v and is stored locally on the device (don't forget to add it to Copy Bundle Resources in Build Phases). Create a stored property so you can access the AVPlayer-instance:
var videoPlayer: AVPlayer?
Setup the video player and add the AVPlayerLayer to your view hierarchy.
if let path = NSBundle.mainBundle().pathForResource("video", ofType:"m4v") {
let url = NSURL(fileURLWithPath: path)
let playerItem = AVPlayerItem(URL: url)
self.videoPlayer = AVPlayer(playerItem: playerItem)
self.playerLayer = AVPlayerLayer(player: self.videoPlayer)
self.playerLayer!.frame = self.view.frame
self.view.layer.addSublayer(self.playerLayer!)
NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: Selector("playerDidReachEnd:"), name: AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification, object:nil)
}
You have now subscribed a notification that i sent when this video ends. Implement handler and tell the player to replay video.
func playerDidReachEnd(notification: NSNotification) {
self.videoPlayer.seekToTime(kCMTimeZero)
self.videoPlayer.play()
}