How to play a movie in a app? - iphone

Question

i will like to play a short movie clips in the end of my game in the apps, how will i need to done it ? is there any tutorial on MPMovieplayer ?
thanks for answering my questions
cheers
i currently have these code, how do i play it in the app without poping out the youtube interface ?
NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:[[NSBundle mainBundle]pathForResource:#"EndVideo" ofType:#"m4v"]];
MPMoviePlayerViewController * playercontroller = [[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc] initWithContentURL:url];
[self presentMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated:playercontroller];
playercontroller.moviePlayer.movieSourceType = MPMovieSourceTypeFile;
[playercontroller.moviePlayer play];
[playercontroller release]; playercontroller = nil;

Answer 1

refer
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5015165/playing-a-video-file-from-server-in-an-iphone-app
I am playing a movie stored on server.Even if you have local file you can convert the path to NSURL & use it
Create a NSObject class CustomMoviePlayerViewController
In the .h file
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import <MediaPlayer/MediaPlayer.h>
#interface CustomMoviePlayerViewController : UIViewController
{
MPMoviePlayerController *mp;
NSURL *movieURL;
}
- (id)initWithPath:(NSString *)moviePath;
- (void)readyPlayer;
#end
In the .m file
//
// CustomMoviePlayerViewController.m
//
#import "CustomMoviePlayerViewController.h"
#pragma mark -
#pragma mark Compiler Directives & Static Variables
#implementation CustomMoviePlayerViewController
-(void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL) animated
{
if(mp) {
[mp stop];
}
}
- (id)initWithPath:(NSString *)moviePath
{
mp.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleNone;
// Initialize and create movie URL
if (self = [super init])
{
movieURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:moviePath];
[movieURL retain];
}
return self;
}
- (void) moviePlayerLoadStateChanged:(NSNotification*)notification
{
[mp setControlStyle:MPMovieControlStyleFullscreen];
#if __IPHONE_OS_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= 30200
NSString *deviceModel = [NSString stringWithFormat: #"Device Type: %#\n", [[UIDevice currentDevice] model]];
NSRange range = [deviceModel rangeOfString:#"iPad"];
if(range.location != NSNotFound){
if ([mp loadState] != MPMovieLoadStateUnknown)
{
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:MPMoviePlayerLoadStateDidChangeNotification object:nil];
[[self view] setBounds:CGRectMake(0, 0, 1024, 748)];
UIInterfaceOrientation interfaceOrientation = [self interfaceOrientation];
if(interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft ){
[[mp view] setFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 480, 320)];
}
else if(interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight ){
[[mp view] setFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 480, 320)];
}
[[self view] addSubview:[mp view]];
[mp play];
}
}
else
{
if ([mp loadState] != MPMovieLoadStateUnknown)
{
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:MPMoviePlayerLoadStateDidChangeNotification object:nil];
UIInterfaceOrientation interfaceOrientation = [self interfaceOrientation];
if(interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft || interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight){
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarOrientation:interfaceOrientation animated:NO];
}
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarOrientation:UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight animated:NO];
[[self view] setBounds:CGRectMake(0, 0, 1024, 768)];
[[self view] setCenter:CGPointMake(160, 240)];
[[mp view] setFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 1024, 748)];
[[self view] setTransform:CGAffineTransformMakeRotation(M_PI / 2)];
[[self view] addSubview:[mp view]];
[mp play];
}
}
#endif
}
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
* For 3.1.x devices
* For 3.2 and 4.x see moviePlayerLoadStateChanged:
*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
- (void) moviePreloadDidFinish:(NSNotification*)notification
{
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:YES];
//[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:MPMoviePlayerContentPreloadDidFinishNotification object:nil];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:MPMoviePlayerLoadStateDidChangeNotification object:nil];
[mp play];
}
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
- (void) moviePlayBackDidFinish:(NSNotification*)notification
{
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:YES];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification object:nil];
[self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:NO];
}
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
- (void) readyPlayer
{
//NSLog (#"readyPlayer");
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:YES];
mp = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:movieURL];
mp.scalingMode= MPMovieScalingModeAspectFit;
if ([mp respondsToSelector:#selector(loadState)])
{
// Set movie player layout
#if __IPHONE_OS_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= 30200
//[mp setControlStyle:MPMovieControlStyleFullscreen];
[mp setControlStyle:MPMovieControlStyleNone];
[mp setFullscreen:YES];
#endif
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// May help to reduce latency
[mp prepareToPlay];
// Register that the load state changed (movie is ready)
#if __IPHONE_OS_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= 30200
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(moviePlayerLoadStateChanged:) name:MPMoviePlayerLoadStateDidChangeNotification object:nil];
#endif
}
else
{
// Register to receive a notification when the movie is in memory and ready to play.
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(moviePreloadDidFinish:) name:MPMoviePlayerContentPreloadDidFinishNotification object:nil];
//[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(moviePreloadDidFinish:) name:MPMoviePlayerLoadStateDidChangeNotification object:nil];
}
// Register to receive a notification when the movie has finished playing.
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(moviePlayBackDidFinish:) name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification object:nil];
}
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
- (void) loadView
{
[self setView:[[[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] applicationFrame]] autorelease]];
[[self view] setBackgroundColor:[UIColor blackColor]];
self.view.clipsToBounds = YES;
self.view.autoresizesSubviews = YES;
if(mp) {
[mp stop];
}
UIInterfaceOrientation interfaceOrientation = [self interfaceOrientation];
if(interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft || interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight){
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarOrientation:interfaceOrientation animated:NO];
}
}
- (void)dealloc
{
[mp release];
[movieURL release];
[super dealloc];
}
#end
whenever you want to play the file
NSString *movieFile=[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"test" ofType:#"mp4"];
// Create custom movie player
moviePlayer = [[[CustomMoviePlayerViewController alloc] initWithPath:movieFile] autorelease];
[self presentModalViewController:moviePlayer animated:NO];
[moviePlayer readyPlayer];
Also add MediaPlayer.framework to your project