Play video downloaded from a server

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Hi,

I have a mobile project where I’m downloading .mp4 video files. This works and I see the files on the iPhone (via an explorer when its connected to my Mac). My problem is playing them. Currently they’re stored in /Documents/MyAppName/PersistentDownloadDir/ But using that path for the media files does not work.

For Android I’m simply downloading my .mp4 into the /Content/Movies directory, but that folder doesn’t seem to be an option on iOS. In fact I have a couple of smaller videos that are being packaged with the project and those play perfectly fine. The only thing is that I can’t see them in the app folder. That might be because they get put into a hidden cookeddata folder? (Can we play downloaded video on iOS? - Mobile - Epic Developer Community Forums)

Does anybody know of a way to play downloaded videos on iOS? They are too big to be packaged (6+ GB of 360° footage split into different scenes that can be downloaded separately).
Thank you.

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Bump, still a big problem, anybody who’s done this before?

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Hey

The videos need to be played inside the app, on a sphere mesh for a 360° experience. I am also able to download the videos inside the app folder, see the attached screenshot. The problem is actually accessing that directory with the media file sources that are then playing the video on the sphere mesh. Or are you saying I would be able to access the video in the gallery despite them being saved inside the app? Because they do not show up in the gallery. Cheers!

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Hey IntervideoFIlm, did you ever find out the solution? I’m having the same issues.

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Any solutions? or buffer video on Memory?