Video doesn't show up on screen - iphone

Question

I imported the MPMoviePlayerController in my VideosView.h.
In my VideosView.m i embed the following code:
NSString *path2 = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"myVideo" ofType:#"mp4" inDirectory:#"images"];
NSLog(#"%#", path2);
MPMoviePlayerController *myPlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] init];
myPlayer.shouldAutoplay = YES;
myPlayer.repeatMode = MPMovieRepeatModeOne;
myPlayer.fullscreen = YES;
myPlayer.movieSourceType = MPMovieSourceTypeFile;
myPlayer.scalingMode = MPMovieScalingModeAspectFit;
myPlayer.contentURL =[NSURL fileURLWithPath:path2];
myPlayer.view.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 500, 500);
myPlayer.scalingMode = MPMovieScalingModeFill;
myPlayer.controlStyle = MPMovieControlModeDefault;
[self addSubview:myPlayer.view];
[myPlayer play];
I've found this example on Stackoverflow, but can't get it working. The link to my video is correct (yes it's in the images folder). I get a 500 by 500px black rectangle on my screen (the frame ofcourse) but no video is playing.
Some help would be great.
W.

Answer 1

Define myPlayer object globally
in your code, the life of the myPlayer ends with the scope of the variable. If you have created inside a method. The player ends with the scope of that method.
#property(nonatomic, strong) MPMoviePlayerController *myPlayer;
then init from anywhere you want,
_myPlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] init];

Answer 2

self.moviePlayerView = [[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc]initWithContentURL:videoURL];
movie = [self.moviePlayerView moviePlayer];
movie.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleNone;
[movie setControlStyle:MPMovieControlStyleFullscreen];
self.moviePlayerView.moviePlayer.shouldAutoplay=YES;
[movie prepareToPlay];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:#selector(playbackStateChanged)
name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackStateDidChangeNotification object:nil];
self.moviePlayerView.view.frame = CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, 304.0f, 221.0f);
[[self.moviePlayerView moviePlayer]play];
add bewlow..
- (void) playbackStateChanged
{
self.moviePlayerView.moviePlayer.shouldAutoplay=YES;
MPMoviePlaybackState playbackState = [self.moviePlayerView.moviePlayer playbackState];
switch (playbackState)
{
case MPMoviePlaybackStateStopped :
break;
case MPMoviePlaybackStatePlaying :
break;
case MPMoviePlaybackStateInterrupted :
break;
}
}