Memory leak from looping SKVideoNode (only on actual device) - objective-c

Question

I have a memory leak that I cannot diagnose. I have tried multiple approaches to creating a seamlessly looped video - Besides AVPlayerLooper, all of the approaches I've encountered and tried involve creating an observer to watch AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification and then either seeking to the beginning of the video (in the case of AVPlayer) or inserting the video to be looped into the video queue (in the case of AVQueuePlayer). Both seem to have similar performance, but both also have a consistent memory keep related to the seekToTime method (in the case of AVPlayer) and the insertItem method (in the case of AVQueuePlayer). My end goal is to create a subclass of SKVideoNode that loops by default. Below is my code for the subclass:
#import "SDLoopingVideoNode.h"
#import <AVFoundation/AVFoundation.h>
#interface SDLoopingVideoNode()
#property AVQueuePlayer *avQueuePlayer;
#property AVPlayerLooper *playerLooper;
#end
#implementation SDLoopingVideoNode
-(instancetype)initWithPathToResource:(NSString *)path withFiletype:(NSString *)filetype
{
if(self == [super init])
{
NSString *resourcePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:path ofType:filetype];
NSURL *videoURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:resourcePath];
AVAsset *videoAsset = [AVAsset assetWithURL:videoURL];
AVPlayerItem * videoItem = [AVPlayerItem playerItemWithAsset:videoAsset];
self.avQueuePlayer = [[AVQueuePlayer alloc] initWithItems:#[videoItem]];
NSNotificationCenter *noteCenter = [NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter];
[noteCenter addObserverForName:AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification
object:nil
queue:nil
usingBlock:^(NSNotification *note) {
AVPlayerItem *video = [[AVPlayerItem alloc] initWithURL:videoURL];
[self.avQueuePlayer insertItem:video afterItem:nil];
NSLog(#"Video changed");
}];
self = (SDLoopingVideoNode*)[[SKVideoNode alloc] initWithAVPlayer: self.avQueuePlayer];
return self;
}
return nil;
}
#end
And here is how the subclass is initialized in didMoveToView:
SDLoopingVideoNode *videoNode = [[SDLoopingVideoNode alloc]initWithPathToResource:#"147406" withFiletype:#"mp4"];
[videoNode setSize:CGSizeMake(self.size.width, self.size.height)];
[videoNode setAnchorPoint:CGPointMake(0.5, 0.5)];
[videoNode setPosition:CGPointMake(0, 0)];
[self addChild:videoNode];
[videoNode play];

Answer 1

Short answer is, you will not be able to get that working with AVPlayer. Believe me, I have tried. Instead, it is possible to do seamless looping by using the H264 hardware to decode and then re-encode each video frame as a keyframe, github link here. I have also built a seamless looping layer that supports a full alpha channel. Performance even for full screen 1x1 video on and iPad or iPad pro is great. Also, no memory leaks with this code.