ios MPMoviePlayerController can't play local files on simulator - iphone

Question

I'm new here. I'm already 2 days browsing for solutions, but unhappy.
Here is my code:
NSString *docPath = [NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains (NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *docaPathFull = [docPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"/IMG_0003.m4v"];
self.videoURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:docaPathFull];
MPMoviePlayerController *player = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:videoURL];
UIImage *thumbnail = [player thumbnailImageAtTime:4.0 timeOption:MPMovieTimeOptionExact];
player = nil;
self.imageView.image = thumbnail;
Problem is, i can't make video file visible for MPMoviePlayerController. I can't get thumbnail and I can't play it, just black player and loading infinity.
I did try:
NSString*thePath=[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"IMG_0003" ofType:#"m4v"];
self.videoURLtheurl=[NSURL fileURLWithPath:thePath];
and this
self.videoURL = [[NSBundle mainBundle] URLForResource:#"IMG_0005" withExtension:#"mov"];
and this
NSString *filePath = #"/Users/[user]/Documents/video/IMG_0004.mov";
self.videoURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:filePath];
If you have any ideas how to save my life, please do!!!
Many thanks for you time.

Answer 1

Actually this is my working example from my project. Make sure you added your m4v file to your project. The notification was a need for me, maybe it is not necessary for you.
theMovie = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:
[NSURL fileURLWithPath: [[NSBundle mainBundle]
pathForResource:#"yourmovie" ofType:#"m4v"]]];
theMovie.view.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 480);
[theMovie setControlStyle:MPMovieControlStyleNone];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:#selector(moviePlayBackDidFinish:)
name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
object:theMovie];
[self.view addSubview:theMovie.view];
[theMovie play];

Answer 2

You can use following method to get a thumbnail image for a given Video Url,
-(UIImage *) giveThumbofVideoUrl:(NSURL *) url{
NSString *urlString = [url absoluteString];
AVAsset *asset = [AVAsset assetWithURL:url];
AVAssetImageGenerator *imageGenerator = [[AVAssetImageGenerator alloc]initWithAsset:asset];
imageGenerator.appliesPreferredTrackTransform = YES;
//imageGenerator.maximumSize = CGSizeMake(320,480);
CMTime time = CMTimeMake(1, 1);
CGImageRef imageRef = [imageGenerator copyCGImageAtTime:time actualTime:NULL error:NULL];
UIImage *image = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:imageRef];
CGImageRelease(imageRef);
return image;
}
How you can use it ?,
NSString*thePath=[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"IMG_0003" ofType:#"m4v"];
NSURL *movieUrl=[NSURL fileURLWithPath:thePath];
UIImage *thumbnail = [self giveThumbofVideoUrl:movieUrl];

Answer 3

MPMoviePlayerController is Deprecated Now. So I have used AVPlayerViewController. and written the following code:
NSURL *videoURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:filePath];
//filePath may be from the Bundle or from the Saved file Directory, it is just the path for the video
AVPlayer *player = [AVPlayer playerWithURL:videoURL];
AVPlayerViewController *playerViewController = [AVPlayerViewController new];
playerViewController.player = player;
//[playerViewController.player play];//Used to Play On start
[self presentViewController:playerViewController animated:YES completion:nil];
Please do not forget to import following frameworks:
#import <AVFoundation/AVFoundation.h>
#import <AVKit/AVKit.h>
Hope this Helps..