Why is Bitmovin Player working on my tvOS simulator but not on my Apple TV device?

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I’m trying to use Bitmovin on tvOS. It works in the tvOS simulator, but when I try to use it on an AppleTV device, playback doesn’t begin.

This is the code I’m using:

    private var bmPlayer: Player!
   
    func play(url: URL) {
        let view = UIView()
        view.frame = self.view.bounds
        self.view .addSubview(view)
       
        let config = PlayerConfig()
        config.key = "<redacted>"

        // Enable auto play
        config.playbackConfig.isAutoplayEnabled = true

        // Create player based on player configuration
        bmPlayer = PlayerFactory.create(playerConfig: config)

        // Create player view and pass the player instance to it
        let playerView = PlayerView(player: bmPlayer, frame: .zero)

        // Listen to player events
        bmPlayer.add(listener: self)

        playerView.autoresizingMask = [.flexibleHeight, .flexibleWidth]
        playerView.frame = view.bounds

        view.addSubview(playerView)
        view.bringSubviewToFront(playerView)

        let sourceConfig = SourceConfig(url: url, type: .progressive)
        bmPlayer.load(sourceConfig: sourceConfig)
    }
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Hi @thomas.huertas , have you tried tried the bitmovin tvOS sample already? bitmovin-player-ios-samples/BasicPlaybackTV at main · bitmovin/bitmovin-player-ios-samples · GitHub.

If not, could you try this and check if you have the same issues? Also, could you provide the content URL for me to check?

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Hi @matheus.cardoso , I forgot to register the Bundle ID with Bitmovin in my dashboard. I got everything to work now. Thank you.

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