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Lack of API to access scrubber preview time in AVPlayerViewController (scrubbingTime)

Hi everyone,

I'm working with AVPlayerViewController in a tvOS/iOS app and ran into a limitation that I believe some developers face.

When using player.currentItem?.currentTime(), we only get the playback time—which is fine while the video is playing. But when the player is paused and the user drags the scrubber, there's no public API to get the time that is currently being previewed under the scrubber thumb (stick), but there's no way to read it programmatically.

This becomes a problem when trying to show thumbnail previews or display metadata tied to the scrubbed position.

Lack of API to access scrubber preview time in AVPlayerViewController (scrubbingTime)
 
 
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