iMovie playback only showing first frame on iPhone

I just created a small iMovie on my iPhone 16 pro but it doesn’t display correctly when I play the video. It stays on the first photo only. I’ve previously created large videos on this phone and played them back without any problem. What is going wrong here?

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iPhone 16 Pro, iOS 18

Posted on Mar 13, 2025 3:37 PM

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