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Summary:
Looping an MP4 video file infinitely with AVPlayer, AVPlayerItem and AVPlayerLayer pauses the video playback after a random count of loops. I was able to reproduce this issue on iPhone 4 (with iOS 6.1.3). I was not able to reproduce it on iPhone 4S or iPhone 5. I did not try to reproduce it on other devices.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Configure an AVPlayer with the default option AVPlayerActionAtItemEndPause
2. Observe the AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification notification
3. In the configured invocation for the notification, call [playerItem seekToTime:kCMTimeZero]; and [player play];

Expected Results:
The movies loops infinitely.

Actual Results:
The movie stops after a random count of loops.

Regression:

Notes:
When using the option AVPlayerActionAtItemEndNone and omitting the call [player play];, the movie loops infinitely without any problems. Please see the attached project. The class FGMMoviePlayerController encapsulates all the AV Foundation logic.