iOS 10 video playback stops working until reboot

I have an iPad Mini Retina, and ever since upgrading to iOS 10.0.01, a short period of use causes all video playback to stop working.


Videos in Safari, Chrome, YouTube etc. appear to cache (progress bar at the top saturates), but will not proceed to play. The first frame of a video is displayed, but solely as a static image. I am able to change the static frame being displayed by scrubbing to any point in the video, but playback will not take place.


The only thing that allows video playback again is rebooting the device (force-closing apps, locking and unlocking etc. does not help).

Posted on Sep 25, 2016 1:19 AM

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Oct 5, 2016 11:10 PM in response to Sunkai

my ipad mini 4 got the same thing, every time i reboot the video works fine, but don't know at exactly what moment it will stop again. also don't know if it's a separate issue, the alarm doesn't work, it plays notifications but no sound, rebooting also fixes. the sound of other gaming apps works fine though

Nov 21, 2016 5:13 PM in response to Sunkai

I have had this same problem for some time on my iPad mini 4. I don't remember what version it started on, but it is still there with the latest version. It happens sporadically, so it can't be recreated on demand to see if anything I might try works. Now today my wife complained of the same thing for the first time on her iPad mini 4 as well. Really hoping for a fix soon.

Dec 6, 2016 8:41 PM in response to colinmp

Since updating to 10.1.1 on iPad Air 2, the videos act like they are corrupted. Flashes of green, distortion, sound but video stops, and more. I've tried rebooting and also backing up and restoring. Nothing works. The videos are stored in cloud and play fine on iPhone and Mac. They also changed dimension..narrower and won't go to full screen.

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