I am struggling to play a video which is a url of the video file on a server. I have a view in which I display url from the web service. When I click the url(contained in a table cell) I want that a new view should appear with movie player on it playing the video. I have tried MPMoviePlayerViewController and also MPMoviePlayerController and various combinations of the two but I could not play the video on simulator. Currently I don't have a device so please consider simulator as well as device while answering. Currently i am using:
NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:filePath];
self.player= [[ MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc] initWithContentURL:url];
//self.player.navigationController.navigationBar.hidden = YES;
[self.player.moviePlayer prepareToPlay];
//self.player.moviePlayer.scalingMode = MPMovieScalingModeAspectFit;
self.player.moviePlayer.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleNone;
self.player.moviePlayer.movieSourceType = MPMovieSourceTypeFile;
self.player.moviePlayer.fullscreen = NO;
[self presentModalViewController:self.player animated:NO];
[self.player.moviePlayer play];
filepath is a nsstring containing the video url.
Replace your this line : NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:filePath];
with this: NSURL *url=[NSURL URLWithString:filePath]; & then try.
My Code I am using MPMOVIEPLAYERVIEWCONTROLLER:
NSData *geturl = [[videoparsing objectAtIndex:btntag]objectForKey:#"iurl"];
myString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:geturl encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
NSLog(#"myString..%#",myString);
NSURL *fileURL=[NSURL URLWithString:myString];
NSLog(#"fileURL..%#",fileURL);
moviePlayerController = [[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc] initWithContentURL:fileURL];
[self presentMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated:moviePlayerController];
[moviePlayerController.moviePlayer prepareToPlay];
moviePlayerController.moviePlayer.shouldAutoplay=YES;
[moviePlayerController.moviePlayer play];
If video file is on server then
NSURL *url=[NSURL URLWithString:filePath];
other should be change movieSourceType to MPMovieSourceTypeStreaming :
self.player.moviePlayer.movieSourceType = MPMovieSourceTypeStreaming;
Also
self.player.moviePlayer.fullscreen = YES;
EDIT : Add :
self.player.moviePlayer.shouldAutoplay=YES;
remove :
[self.player.moviePlayer play];
Related
I got this piece of code:
theMoviPlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:#"/Resources/disc.mp4"]];
theMoviPlayer.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleFullscreen;
theMoviPlayer.view.transform = CGAffineTransformConcat(theMoviPlayer.view.transform, CGAffineTransformMakeRotation(M_PI_2));
UIWindow *backgroundWindow = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] keyWindow];
[theMoviPlayer.view setFrame:backgroundWindow.frame];
[backgroundWindow addSubview:theMoviPlayer.view];
[theMoviPlayer play];
But i really dont know how to add the video to my project. In which folder do i have to put the video file!? Or do i have to do something else to add it to my project?
EDIT:
It looks like this in xcode, is it correct?
Because i do get a playback error right now.
Previously i used an url to play this video and this worked quite well, but with this file locally not :(
Ok your bundle path looks jacked, below should work.
NSBundle *bundle = [NSBundle mainBundle];
NSString *moviePath = [bundle pathForResource:#"disc" ofType:#"mp4"];
NSURL *movieURL = [[NSURL fileURLWithPath:moviePath] retain];
theMoviPlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:movieURL];
theMoviPlayer.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleFullscreen;
theMoviPlayer.view.transform = CGAffineTransformConcat(theMoviPlayer.view.transform, CGAffineTransformMakeRotation(M_PI_2));
UIWindow *backgroundWindow = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] keyWindow];
[theMoviPlayer.view setFrame:backgroundWindow.frame];
[backgroundWindow addSubview:theMoviPlayer.view];
[theMoviPlayer play];
Add MediaPlayer Framework
import it to your file
#import <MediaPlayer/MediaPlayer.h>
Create an object of MPMoviePlayerController
MPMoviePlayerController * moviePlayer;
write this code where you wants to play video
NSString *filepath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"spacetest.mp4" ofType:nil];
NSURL *fileURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:filepath];
moviePlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:fileURL];
[self.view addSubview:moviePlayer.view];
moviePlayer.fullscreen = YES;
[moviePlayer play];
Using HTML5 as I promised above:
NSString *videoTitle = #"disc.mp4";
NSURL *baseURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:[[NSBundle mainBundle] bundlePath]];
NSString *playPath = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"<center><video width=\"640\" height=\"480\" controls><source src=\"%#\" media=\"all and (max-width:1024px)\"></video></center>",videoTitle];
[webView loadHTMLString:playPath baseURL:baseURL];
This will play in 640x480, but if you are familiar with HTML5 video tags, you can customize pretty heavily.
Since you are using MPMoviePlayerController and not UIWebView you can place your mp4 or file in your Resources and XCode/iOS will find it. Be sure that the directory/group that the file is under is yellow not blue. You don't want it to be a relative path.
Just drag the resource into your project. Copy items into destination is selected, First option of Folders is selected, and most importantly, add to target!
Ok try the code below:
NSBundle *bundle = [NSBundle mainBundle];
NSString *moviePath = [bundle pathForResource:#"disc" ofType:#"mp4"];
NSURL *movieURL = [[NSURL fileURLWithPath:moviePath] retain];
theMoviPlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:movieURL];
theMoviPlayer.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleFullscreen;
theMoviPlayer.view.transform = CGAffineTransformConcat(theMoviPlayer.view.transform, CGAffineTransformMakeRotation(M_PI_2));
UIWindow *backgroundWindow = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] keyWindow];
[theMoviPlayer.view setFrame:backgroundWindow.frame];
[backgroundWindow addSubview:theMoviPlayer.view];
[theMoviPlayer play];
I'm trying to play an MP4 file with the MPMoviePlayerController (also tried two m4v files, same problem), and finally got the video player to come up, but it just stays loading. Here's my code, executed on a button press:
NSString *videoFile = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"attn8" ofType:#"mp4" inDirectory:#""];
NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:videoFile isDirectory:NO];
player = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:url];
player.movieSourceType = MPMovieSourceTypeFile;
//put on a whim from another answer, made no difference
[self.view addSubview:[player view]];
player.fullscreen = true;
[player prepareToPlay];
[player play];
I am trying to play an mp4 video under iPhone Simulator 5.1 using some sample code from Xcode. I created both MPMovieViewController and MPMovieController, supply a local path which contains the mp4 and add it as subview to my root controller.
When I run it under iPhone Simulator, only back screen shown. I've tried a couple of suggestions of the same problem in SO but still it doesn't work.
Here's the code:
NSURL *myURL = [[NSURL alloc] initFileURLWithPath:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"VIDEO_CX75_01" ofType:#"mp4"]];
MPMoviePlayerViewController *moviePlayerViewController = [[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc] initWithContentURL:myURL];
MPMoviePlayerController *player = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL: myURL];
[self presentMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated:moviePlayerViewController];
[player.view setFrame: self.view.bounds]; // player's frame must match parent's
[self.view addSubview: player.view];
player.view.frame = self.view.frame;
player.initialPlaybackTime = -1.0;
[player prepareToPlay];
[player play];
Where I am doing it wrong?
PS: I am on Xcode 4.3.2
I had the same problem, and I what I did was made player a strong property and synthesize it. It worked.
Should work in your case as well.!
Decide and use either MPMoviePlayerViewController or MPMoviePlayerController but not both.
NSURL *myURL = [[NSURL alloc] initFileURLWithPath:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"VIDEO_CX75_01" ofType:#"mp4"]];
MPMoviePlayerViewController *moviePlayerViewController = [[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc] initWithContentURL:myURL];
[self presentMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated:moviePlayerViewController];
or
NSURL *myURL = [[NSURL alloc] initFileURLWithPath:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"VIDEO_CX75_01" ofType:#"mp4"]];
MPMoviePlayerController *player = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL: myURL];
player.view.frame = self.view.bounds;
[self.view addSubview:player.view];
player.initialPlaybackTime = -1.0;
[player prepareToPlay];
[player play];
I am trying to play a video that is stored in an NSData object. I save the file to my applications temp folder and then try to play it, but all I get is a black screen. I can later browse to that folder and play the file, so I know that the file gets written and is supported.
This is my code:
NSString *urlString = [NSTemporaryDirectory() stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"test.m4v"];
NSURL *url = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:urlString];
moviePlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL: url];
[moviePlayer prepareToPlay];
moviePlayer.view setFrame: self.view.bounds];
[self.view addSubview: moviePlayer.view];
[moviePlayer play];
The only thing I can think of is that it takes some time for the file to get written, and the player tries to access it before it is done. Is that possible, and if so, how do I fix it?
When working with files you should tell the NSURL that the URL should point to a
file:
NSString *urlString = [NSTemporaryDirectory() stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"test.m4v"];
NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:urlString];
moviePlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL: url];
[moviePlayer prepareToPlay];
moviePlayer.view setFrame: self.view.bounds];
[self.view addSubview: moviePlayer.view];
[moviePlayer play];
I'm trying to play a video file from the resource folder on iPhone with iOS 4.1. The MPMoviePlayerViewController displays the view but it only says "Loading Movie..." forever with the activity indicator rotating. Anyone knows the cause of this? I've tried with various video formats that are supposed to work on iPhone, same result every time.
The movie player responds to actions like showing and hiding the controls.
My code:
-(void) playVideoNamed:(NSString *)videoName
{
// I get the path like this so the user can enter extension in the filename
NSString *path = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#/%#",
[[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath], videoName];
NSLog(#"Path of video file: %#", path);
RootViewController *rootController = [(DerpAppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate] viewController];
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:path];
MPMoviePlayerViewController *vc = [[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc] initWithContentURL:url];
vc.moviePlayer.movieSourceType = MPMovieSourceTypeFile;
[rootController presentMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated:vc];
[vc.moviePlayer prepareToPlay]; // Not sure about this... I've copied this code from various others that claims this works
[vc.moviePlayer play];
}
Found out the issue:
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:path];
Must be replaced with:
NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:path];
Hard to spot that one...
I was performing the lines of code on a different thread, first dispatching to the main thread fixed it:
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^(void){
MPMoviePlayerViewController* theMovie = [[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc] initWithContentURL: videoURL];
[self presentMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated:theMovie];
});