From d56b251aef6d4ca1708c7bbada15016efbf12caf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Olivier Bouillet <62574056+freeboub@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 11:29:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(ios): ensure duration available when playing live (#3710)

* fix(ios): ensure duration is correct when starting a live playback
---
 ios/Video/RCTVideo.swift | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ios/Video/RCTVideo.swift b/ios/Video/RCTVideo.swift
index 8cdd66ae74..d8f7f2a125 100644
--- a/ios/Video/RCTVideo.swift
+++ b/ios/Video/RCTVideo.swift
@@ -1281,8 +1281,13 @@ class RCTVideo: UIView, RCTVideoPlayerViewControllerDelegate, RCTPlayerObserverH
         guard let _playerItem else { return }
         var duration = Float(CMTimeGetSeconds(_playerItem.asset.duration))
 
-        if duration.isNaN {
-            duration = 0.0
+        if duration.isNaN || duration == 0 {
+            // This is a safety check for live video.
+            // AVPlayer report a 0 duration
+            duration = RCTVideoUtils.calculateSeekableDuration(_player).floatValue
+            if duration.isNaN {
+                duration = 0
+            }
         }
 
         var width: Float?