AVAssetWriterInputPixelBufferAdaptor returns null pixel buffer pool

Question

I'm sure something's wrong with my buffer attributes, but it's not clear to me what -- it's not well documented what's supposed to go there, so I'm guessing based on CVPixelBufferPoolCreate -- and Core Foundation is pretty much a closed book to me.

    // "width" and "height" are const ints
    CFNumberRef cfWidth = CFNumberCreate(kCFAllocatorDefault, kCFNumberIntType, &width);
    CFNumberRef cfHeight = CFNumberCreate(kCFAllocatorDefault, kCFNumberIntType, &height);

    CFStringRef keys[] = {
        kCVPixelBufferWidthKey,
        kCVPixelBufferHeightKey,
        kCVPixelBufferCGImageCompatibilityKey
    };
    CFTypeRef values[] = {
        cfWidth,
        cfHeight,
        kCFBooleanTrue
    };
    int numValues = sizeof(keys) / sizeof(keys[0]);

    CFDictionaryRef bufferAttributes = CFDictionaryCreate(kCFAllocatorDefault, 
                                                          (const void **)&keys, 
                                                          (const void **)&values,
                                                          numValues,
                                                          &kCFTypeDictionaryKeyCallBacks,
                                                          &kCFTypeDictionaryValueCallBacks
                                                          );

    AVAssetWriterInputPixelBufferAdaptor *adaptor = [[AVAssetWriterInputPixelBufferAdaptor 
                                                      assetWriterInputPixelBufferAdaptorWithAssetWriterInput:writerInput
                                                      sourcePixelBufferAttributes:(NSDictionary*)bufferAttributes] retain];
    CVPixelBufferPoolRef bufferPool = adaptor.pixelBufferPool;
    NSParameterAssert(bufferPool != NULL); // fails

Answer 1

When the pixelBufferPool returns null, check the following:

1. the output file of the AVAssetsWriter doesn't exist.

2. use the pixelbuffer after calling startSessionAtTime: on the AVAssetsWriter.

3. the settings of AVAssetWriterInput and AVAssetWriterInputPixelBufferAdaptor are correct.

4. the present times of appendPixelBuffer uses are not the same.