How can i play video (By Name) from document directory ? - iphone

Question

In my application i store my video in document directory with name is 'video2.MOV' and i want to play it.
Here problem is that i am not able to get this video (name is 'video2.MOV') from document directory.
My Code :
-(void)playVideo:(NSTimer *)theTimer
{
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *filePath = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"video2.MOV"];
NSLog(#"filePath - %#",filePath);
NSString *content = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:filePath encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:NULL];
NSLog(#"contentPath - %#",content);
MPMoviePlayerViewController *videoPlayerView = [[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc] initWithContentURL:[NSURL URLWithString:content]];
[[CCDirector sharedDirector] presentMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated:videoPlayerView];
[videoPlayerView.moviePlayer play];
}
In console, each time i got contentPath is NULL, so may be i am not able to play video.
Here, What is my mistake. please give me suggestion on this issue.

Answer 1

Try this:
- (NSString*)GetDocumentFilePath:(NSString*)filename
{
NSLog(#"%#",filename);
// NSError *error;
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES); //1
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0]; //2
NSString* file = [[NSString alloc]initWithFormat:#"%#",filename];
NSString* path = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:file];
NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
if (![fileManager fileExistsAtPath: path]) //4
{
//NSString *bundle = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:filename ofType:#"plist"]; //5
//[fileManager copyItemAtPath:bundle toPath:path error:&error]; //6
}
return path;
}
and get file path like this:
NSURL *URL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:[self GetDoucmentPath:path]];
MPMoviePlayerController* theMovie=[[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:pptURL];
theMovie.scalingMode=MPMovieScalingModeAspectFill;
theMovie.view.frame = CGRectMake(60, 20, 700, 500);
theMovie.view.center = self.view.center;
//[self.view addSubview:theMovie.view];
// Register for the playback finished notification.
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:#selector(onStop)
name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
object:theMovie];
// Movie playback is asynchronous, so this method returns immediately.
[self.view addSubview:theMovie.view];
[theMovie play];
Hope it Helps!!

Answer 2

Instead of using content use filePath instead to get to the movie file:
MPMoviePlayerViewController *videoPlayerView = [[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc] initWithContentURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:filePath]];