Can't play iOS screen recording

The problem

I’m trying to implement screen record on my tests and after implementing on Android with ease I’m facing some issues on iOS, namely I can’t play iOS screen record videos. File produced after stop recording seems to have data but can’t be played (maybe it is corrupted?).

Environment

• Appium version (or git revision) that exhibits the issue:
• Last Appium version that did not exhibit the issue (if applicable): /
• Desktop OS/version used to run Appium: MacOS 10.15.1
• Node.js version (unless using Appium.app|exe): v13.5.0
• Npm or Yarn package manager: Npm 6.13.4
• Mobile platform/version under test: iOS 13.2
• Real device or emulator/simulator: Real Device
• Appium CLI or Appium.app|exe: CLI v1.16.0 ffmpeg version 4.2.2 Java client 7.3.0

Details

Trying to open produced file on Quicktime returns error: The file isn’t compatible with QuickTime Player. Trying on VLC file contains 0 seconds. However, file has over 1mb, meaning that it contains data. I’ve tried tried using different VideoType codecs, with/out IOSStartScreenRecordingOptions and result is pretty much the same.

Link to Appium logs

https://gist.github.com/gfioretti/02c153c0f904cbcf205b7ebd3a546026

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[hbanafal]

This works for me

((CanRecordScreen) mobileDriver).startRecordingScreen(
                    new IOSStartScreenRecordingOptions().withTimeLimit(Duration.ofSeconds(1200)).withVideoType("h264")
                            .withVideoFilters("scale=trunc(iw/2)*2:trunc(ih/2)*2").enableForcedRestart());

[ajschwieterman]

Go to Issue #13113. Change the VideoType to “h264”. Worked for me.