diff --git a/apps/ios/VMC/Playback/VLCPlayerController.swift b/apps/ios/VMC/Playback/VLCPlayerController.swift
index 660ced1..3d5afa6 100644
--- a/apps/ios/VMC/Playback/VLCPlayerController.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/VMC/Playback/VLCPlayerController.swift
@@ -168,7 +168,11 @@ final class VLCPlayerController: NSObject, ObservableObject, VLCMediaPlayerDeleg
         media.addOption(":freetype-rel-fontsize=\(Self.subtitleRelFontSize)")
         media.addOption(":freetype-bold=1")
         mediaPlayer.media = media
-        _ = media.parse(options: VLCMediaParsingOptions(rawValue: 0x02 | 0x08)) // network + fetchLocal
+        // VLCKit 4: parse is on VLCMediaParser, not VLCMedia
+        _ = VLCMediaParser.shared().queue(
+            media,
+            options: VLCMediaParsingOptions(rawValue: 0x02 | 0x08) // network + fetchLocal
+        )
         mediaPlayer.play()
         applySubtitleStyle()
         if startMs > 2000 {
@@ -583,7 +587,6 @@ final class VLCPlayerController: NSObject, ObservableObject, VLCMediaPlayerDeleg
                 self.invalidatePipPlaybackState()
             }
             switch newState {
-            case .buffering: self.stateText = "Bufferen…"
             case .opening: self.stateText = "Openen…"
             case .playing:
                 self.stateText = "Afspelen"
diff --git a/apps/ios/VMC/UI/EventsScreen.swift b/apps/ios/VMC/UI/EventsScreen.swift
index 754b380..92a5f57 100644
--- a/apps/ios/VMC/UI/EventsScreen.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/VMC/UI/EventsScreen.swift
@@ -595,8 +595,11 @@ struct EventDetailScreen: View {
             now = date
             Task { await refreshEvent() }
         }
-        .fullScreenCover(item: Binding(
-            get: { playInfo.map { EventPlayItem(info: $0) } },
+        .fullScreenCover(item: Binding<EventPlayItem?>(
+            get: {
+                guard let playInfo else { return nil }
+                return EventPlayItem(info: playInfo)
+            },
             set: { playInfo = $0?.info }
         )) { item in
             if let url = URL(string: item.info.streamUrl) {