How To play Server URL Video in Iphone ?
how to play video from url using MPMoviePlayer ?
(void)loadVideo {
videoUrl = [NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"http://movies.apple.com/media/us/mac/getamac/2009/apple-mvp-biohazard_suit-us-20090419_480x272.mov"]];
if(videoUrl) {
if([videoUrl scheme]) {
[self playVideoStream:videoUrl];
}
}
}
-(void)playVideoStream:(NSURL *)movieFileURL {
MPMovieSourceType movieSourceType = MPMovieSourceTypeUnknown;
/* If we have a streaming url then specify the movie source type. */
if ([[movieFileURL pathExtension] compare:#"mov" options:NSCaseInsensitiveSearch] == NSOrderedSame)
{
movieSourceType = MPMovieSourceTypeStreaming;
}
[self createAndPlayMovieForURL:movieFileURL sourceType:movieSourceType];
}
-(void)createAndPlayMovieForURL:(NSURL *)movieURL sourceType:(MPMovieSourceType)sourceType {
/* Play the video! */
[moviePlayer setMovieSourceType:sourceType];
moviePlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:movieURL];;
moviePlayer.view.frame = CGRectMake(10, 20, 280, 210);
[customVideoView addSubview:moviePlayer.view];
[moviePlayer play];
}
You need to set contentURL property at fisrt
moviePlayer.contentURL = urlVideo;
[moviePlayer prepareToPlay];
[moviePlayer play];
try this:
{
NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"//name of your video here" ofType:#"//format e.g. mp4, m4v"]];
MPMoviePlayerViewController *playerController = [[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc] initWithContentURL:url];
[self presentMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated:playerController];
playerController.moviePlayer.movieSourceType = MPMovieSourceTypeFile;
[playerController.moviePlayer play];
// When movie finished loading you can have a notification and do extra code
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(MovieDidLoad:) name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification object:nil];
[playerController release];
playerController = nil;
}
-(void)MovieDidLoad:(NSNotification *)notification {
NSLog(#"logged and notification is %#", notification);
// extra code if needed
}
One of the easy way is to load that video url into a UIWebview.
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Here I use the MPMoviePlayerViewController, and works great display the recorded video. But the problem is, it doesn't repeating.
Here the currently using code is,
NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:videoPath];
playerController = [[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc] initWithContentURL:url];
[self presentMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated:playerController];
[playerController.moviePlayer prepareToPlay];
playerController.view.frame = CGRectMake(200, 402, 300, 200);
playerController.moviePlayer.movieSourceType = MPMovieSourceTypeFile;
playerController.moviePlayer.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleNone;
playerController.moviePlayer.scalingMode = MPMovieScalingModeAspectFill;
playerController.moviePlayer.repeatMode = MPMovieRepeatModeOne;
[self.view addSubview: playerController.view];
[playerController.moviePlayer play];
NSLog(#"repeatMode: %d",playerController.moviePlayer.repeatMode);
[playerController.view addSubview:customview];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:#selector(movieFinishedCallback:)
name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
object:[playerController moviePlayer]];
And the NSNotification code,
- (void) movieFinishedCallback:(NSNotification*) aNotification
{
NSLog( #"myMovieFinishedCallback: %#", aNotification );
MPMoviePlayerController *movieController = aNotification.object;
NSLog( #"player.playbackState = %d", movieController.playbackState );
}
Can anyone please give the solution..
Note:
I'm using the XCode 4.5.2 tool and ios simulater 6.0
Try this code. It is working.
NSURL *fileUrl = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"Video" ofType:#"mp4"]];
MPMoviePlayerViewController *moviePlayerController = [[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc]initWithContentURL:fileUrl];
[moviePlayerController.moviePlayer prepareToPlay];
[moviePlayerController.moviePlayer setRepeatMode:MPMovieRepeatModeOne];
[moviePlayerController.moviePlayer setControlStyle:MPMovieControlStyleEmbedded];
[self.view addSubview:moviePlayerController.view];
you can try this code
-(void) movieFinishedCallback:(NSNotification *) aNotification
{
if (aNotification.object == self.moviePlayer) {
NSInteger reason = [[aNotification.userInfo objectForKey:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishReasonUserInfoKey] integerValue];
if (reason == MPMovieFinishReasonPlaybackEnded)
{
[playerController play];
}
}
}
You have to keep the MPMoviePlayerController object as a member, otherwise the app would lose context to it and the movie will not loop.
I have a MPMoviePlayerViewController to play Movies in fullscreen. I checked the movies they play fine via Quicktime.
The Problem is, that using the MPMoviePlayerViewController (Simulator and device) the Movie doesn't start playing(it's a video that is stored locally on the iPad btw).
NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle]pathForResource:resource ofType:#"mov"];
self.mpviewController = [[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc] initWithContentURL:[NSURL URLWithString:path]];
[self.mpviewController.moviePlayer prepareToPlay];
self.mpviewController.moviePlayer.movieSourceType = MPMovieSourceTypeFile;
self.mpviewController.moviePlayer.controlStyle = [self presentModalViewController:self.mpviewController animated:YES];
NSLog(#"%d",self.mpviewController.moviePlayer.loadState);
[self.mpviewController.moviePlayer play];
Any Ideas what I am missing ?
tia
well, I dont know what it was. I ended up writing a new view controller with this code - that worked:
NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:self.urlPath];
self.playerController = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL: url];
CGRect bounds = CGRectMake(0, 0, 1024, 748);
self.playerController.scalingMode = MPMovieScalingModeNone;
[self.playerController.view setFrame:bounds];
[self.view addSubview:self.playerController.view];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:#selector(moviePlayerDidExitFullscreenCallback:)
name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
object:self.playerController];
self.playerController.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleFullscreen;
[self.playerController setFullscreen:YES animated:YES];
[self.playerController play];
I have a problem with my video content. I want to load a video from my viewcontroller and I get this error:
[NSURL initFileURLWithPath:]: nil string parameter
When I try to load the video from a url the video wont show up.
I am sure that my variable targetURN is not nil.
From here I load my viewcontroller:
- (void)actionSheet:(UIActionSheet *)actionSheet clickedButtonAtIndex:(NSInteger)buttonIndex
{
switch (buttonIndex) {
case 0:
[self openVideoView:#"Video"];
break;
case 1:
[self openWebview:#"About"];
break;
case 2:
[self openWebview:#"http://www.url.com"];
break;
}
}
- (void)openVideoView:(NSString *)url{
IDPVideoView *vv = [[IDPVideoView alloc] initWithURN:url];
[self presentModalViewController:vv animated:NO];
}
In my viewcontroller:
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
NSURL *videoURL = nil;
if ([self.targetURN hasPrefix:#"http"])
{
videoURL = [NSURL URLWithString:targetURN];
}
else
{
videoURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:targetURN ofType:#"mp4"]];
}
if(videoURL != nil) {
MPMoviePlayerController *moviePlayer =
[[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:videoURL];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(moviePlayBackDidFinish:) name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification object:moviePlayer];
moviePlayer.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleDefault;
moviePlayer.shouldAutoplay = YES;
[moviePlayer prepareToPlay];
[self.view addSubview:moviePlayer.view];
[moviePlayer setFullscreen:YES animated:YES];
}
}
have you tried allocating the url first?
NSURL *vidURL = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:self.targetURN];
as a general advice, try using self.targetURN all the time, or synchronize it to a different name like
#synchronize targetURN = _targetURN
and then use _targetURN in your code.this makes sure that you (in any case) use the right property.
(of course this goes for all your properties)
I solved the error part by adding this line
NSString *urlString = [NSString stringWithFormat:url];
- (void)openVideoView:(NSString *)url{
NSString *urlString = [NSString stringWithFormat:url];
IDPVideoView *vv = [[IDPVideoView alloc] initWithURN:url];
[self presentModalViewController:vv animated:NO];
}
But the video is still not showing up.
I am recording the video in my application. I am saving that video inside Documents directory. After taking the video if I try to play the video using the following code. The player opens and quits in one seconds. However if I Quit and then open my app fresh the video I took earlier is playing.
+ (void) playMovieAtURL: (NSURL*) theURL :(id)sender{
NSLog(#"playMovieAtURL");
//senderID = (id *)sender;
if ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] doubleValue] >= 3.2) {
NSLog(#"> 3.2");
MPMoviePlayerViewController *mp = [[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc] initWithContentURL:theURL];
if (mp)
{
// save the movie player object
//self.moviePlayerViewController = mp;
//[mp release];
[sender presentMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated:mp];
//mp.moviePlayer.movieSourceType = MPMovieSourceTypeFile;
mp.moviePlayer.movieSourceType = MPMovieSourceTypeStreaming;
[mp.moviePlayer play];
}
[mp release];
}
else if ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] doubleValue] < 3.2) {
NSLog(#"< 3.2");
MPMoviePlayerController* theMovie = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL: theURL];
theMovie.scalingMode = MPMovieScalingModeAspectFill;
// Register for the playback finished notification
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]
addObserver: self
selector: #selector(myMovieFinishedCallback:)
name: MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
object: theMovie];
// Movie playback is asynchronous, so this method returns immediately.
[theMovie play];
[theMovie release];
}
}
- (void) moviePlayBackDidFinish:(NSNotification*)notification {
MPMoviePlayerController *aMoviePlayer = [notification object];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self
name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
object:aMoviePlayer];
// If the moviePlayer.view was added to the view, it needs to be removed
if ([aMoviePlayer respondsToSelector:#selector(setFullscreen:animated:)]) {
[aMoviePlayer.view removeFromSuperview];
}
}
This is the code I use for storing the video inside documents.
NSURL *videoURL = [imageInfo objectForKey:UIImagePickerControllerMediaURL];
NSData *webData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:videoURL];
self.itsVideoName = fileName;
[webData writeToFile:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#/%#",dataPath,fileName] atomically:TRUE];
I finally figured out the answer after few hours of searching. This is the code I am using now..
-(IBAction)playMovie:(NSString *) theURL
{
NSURL *fileURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:theURL];
MPMoviePlayerController *moviePlayerController = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:fileURL];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:#selector(moviePlaybackComplete:)
name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
object:moviePlayerController];
[self.view addSubview:moviePlayerController.view];
//After putting the following line the problem solved.
moviePlayerController.useApplicationAudioSession = NO;
moviePlayerController.fullscreen = YES;
[moviePlayerController play];
}
- (void)moviePlaybackComplete:(NSNotification *)notification
{
MPMoviePlayerController *moviePlayerController = [notification object];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self
name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
object:moviePlayerController];
[moviePlayerController.view removeFromSuperview];
[moviePlayerController release];
}
the code moviePlayerController.useApplicationAudioSession = NO; is used to solve this problem. I am not sure how this problem solved I guess I am using session for audio I guess that was causing problem to this.
Also the code which I originally posted was taking lots of memory like if I opened 2 video it cost 104 mb allocation for me. This new code was perfect and it is taking only less memory. Hope this will help for some one..
*NSURL fileURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:theURL];
should use NSURL *fileURL = [NSURL URLWithString:theURL];
I have an app that allows the user to move from a list of media items to a specific item using the drill-down table view model.
Once the user is inside the detail view, another table view exists allowing the user to select a specific media item.
I am having an issue creating a modal media player to play the .mp4 items. The code below is what I have so far.
if (indexPath.section == SectionHeader && indexPath.row == SectionHeaderEnclosure) {
if (item.enclosures) {
for (NSDictionary *dict in item.enclosures){
NSString *url = [dict objectForKey:#"url"];
NSLog(#" url is : %#",url);
//EXPERIMENTAL
MPMoviePlayerController *moviePlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:url];
// Register to receive a notification when the movie has finished playing.
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(moviePlayBackDidFinish:) name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification object:moviePlayer];
if ([moviePlayer respondsToSelector:#selector(setFullscreen:animated:)]) {
// Use the 3.2 style API
moviePlayer.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleDefault;
moviePlayer.shouldAutoplay = YES;
[self.view addSubview:moviePlayer.view];
[moviePlayer setFullscreen:YES animated:YES];
} else {
// Use the 2.0 style API
moviePlayer.movieControlMode = MPMovieControlModeHidden;
[moviePlayer play];
}
}
}
}
I need help with this line:
MPMoviePlayerController *moviePlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:url];
It is giving me an NSInvaild Argument Exception. I need help with the video player creation and subsequent deletion from the view.
It looks like you have the URL stored as a plain NSString, whereas the player expects an NSURL. How about this?
MPMoviePlayerController *moviePlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc]
initWithContentURL:[NSURL URLWithString:url]];