How to dismiss MPMoviePlayerController after stopping video - iphone

Question

I have successfully stopped a video within 30 seconds. But I am not able to dismiss the MP MovieViewController and I want to stop activity for buffering. I have used this code.....
Video Play Code :
NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"Pungi" ofType:#"mp4"]];
self.movie = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:url];
self.movie .controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleEmbedded;
[ self.movie play];
[self.view addSubview:self.movie.view];
[self.movie setFullscreen:YES animated:YES];
self.movie.initialPlaybackTime = 0.5;
[NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:15.0
target:self
selector:#selector(stopVideo)
userInfo:nil
repeats:NO];
stopVideo :
[self.movie stop];
[self.movie.view removeFromSuperview];
[self.movie release];

Answer 1

Put your MPMoviePlayerController in a separate class and load it:
MoviePlayerViewController.h
#import <MediaPlayer/MediaPlayer.h>
#interface MoviePlayerViewController : UIViewController
#end
MoviePlayerViewController.m
#import "MoviePlayerViewController.h"
MPMoviePlayerViewController *movieController;
#interface MoviePlayerViewController ()
#end
#implementation MoviePlayerViewController
- (void)willEnterFullscreen:(NSNotification*)notification {
NSLog(#"willEnterFullscreen");
}
- (void)enteredFullscreen:(NSNotification*)notification {
NSLog(#"enteredFullscreen");
}
- (void)willExitFullscreen:(NSNotification*)notification {
NSLog(#"willExitFullscreen");
}
- (void)exitedFullscreen:(NSNotification*)notification {
NSLog(#"exitedFullscreen");
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self];
}
- (void)playbackFinished:(NSNotification*)notification {
NSNumber* reason = [[notification userInfo] objectForKey:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishReasonUserInfoKey];
switch ([reason intValue]) {
case MPMovieFinishReasonPlaybackEnded:
[self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
break;
case MPMovieFinishReasonPlaybackError:
break;
case MPMovieFinishReasonUserExited:
[self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
break;
default:
break;
}
}
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(willEnterFullscreen:) name:MPMoviePlayerWillEnterFullscreenNotification object:nil];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(willExitFullscreen:) name:MPMoviePlayerWillExitFullscreenNotification object:nil];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(enteredFullscreen:) name:MPMoviePlayerDidEnterFullscreenNotification object:nil];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(exitedFullscreen:) name:MPMoviePlayerDidExitFullscreenNotification object:nil];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(playbackFinished:) name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification object:nil];
NSString *videoName = #"Videoname";
NSString *filepath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:videoName #"movietype"];
NSURL *fileURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:filepath];
movieController = [[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc] initWithContentURL:fileURL];
[movieController.view setFrame:CGRectMake(0, -20, 320, 480)];
[self.view addSubview:movieController.view];
[movieController.moviePlayer play];
}
ViewController.m
MoviePlayerViewController *player = [[MoviePlayerViewController alloc] initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];
[self presentModalViewController:player animated:YES];
What it does:
MoviePlayerViewController is a custom class which loads an MPMoviePlayerController with a Video. in the viewDidLoad method (or wherever you want it) you LOAD the MoviePlayerViewController.
([self presentModalViewController:animated])....
This has the advantage, that your main class isn't overloaded with moviecrap/definitions and you can EASILY dismiss the MoviePlayerViewController when it is finished using Notifications to check wether it has stopped or not.
if it has stopped:
[self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
Hope this Helps!

Answer 2

As code below shows, you should pause and set initialPlaybackTime to -1 before actual stop. This is one of tricky things that MPMoviePlayerController provides.
[_moviePlayerController pause];
if ([_moviePlayerController isKindOfClass:[MPMoviePlayerController class]]) {
((MPMoviePlayerController*)_moviePlayerController).initialPlaybackTime = -1;
}
[_moviePlayerController stop];
if ([_moviePlayerController isKindOfClass:[MPMoviePlayerController class]]) {
((MPMoviePlayerController*)_moviePlayerController).initialPlaybackTime = -1;
}
[_moviePlayerController.view removeFromSuperview];

Answer 3

You need to add notification observer in viewDidLoad:
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(moviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification:) name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification object:nil];
Then add the method:
- (void)moviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification:(NSNotification*)notification
{
[self dismissMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated];
}

Answer 4

Import the some headers in your header:
#import <MediaPlayer/MediaPlayer.h>
#import <MediaPlayer/MPMoviePlayerViewController.h>
You may also need to balance your "presentMoviePlayer" call with the dismiss somewhere:
[self dismissMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated];
if you are finished with the resource early, you may be able to release it sooner by using NotificationManager to watch for MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification.
and also
- (void)dealloc {
[movie release],
movie = nil;
[super dealloc];
}

Answer 5

try this.......
self.movie.initialPlaybackTime = -1;
[self.movie stop];
[self.movie release];