I'm interested in creating an iPhone app that can stream video from a central server, YouTube style. I was wondering if anyone has ever tried to do this before, what is the path of least resistant, existing APIs, etc? I really know nothing about how this is generally done. Would I be working with sockets? Just looking for some direction here. Thanks!
If you have the streaming server up and ready, it is quite easy to implement a video controller that pops up youtube-style.
NSString *videoURLString = #"http://path-to-iphone-compliant-video-stream";
NSURL *videoURL = [NSURL URLWithString:videoURLString];
MPMoviePlayerController moviePlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:videoURL];
[moviePlayer prepareToPlay];
[moviePlayer play];
[self.view addSubview:moviePlayer.view];
You need to handle the controller that display the video player's view (which is self in this case).
In iOS 3.2+ MPMoviePlayerViewController make it even easier:
NSString *videoURLString = #"http://path-to-iphone-compliant-video-stream";
NSURL *videoURL = [NSURL URLWithString:videoURLString];
MPMoviePlayerViewController *moviePlayerView = [[[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc] initWithContentURL:videoURL] autorelease];
[self presentMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated:moviePlayerView];
presentMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated is a MediaPlayer's additional method to FWViewController that you will find in iOS 3.2+ and it takes care of creating a view controller and pushing it on the stack, animating it with a slide-from-bottom animation, as in youtube.app.
Apple has a detailed article about setting up server side for media streaming:
https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/NetworkingInternet/Conceptual/StreamingMediaGuide/Introduction/Introduction.html
and Best Practices Note:
https://developer.apple.com/library/content/technotes/tn2224/_index.html
Not only it contains info about streaming service architecture and tools used to build it but also has some requirements to such kind of service that must be fulfilled and references to live test streams.
Use this code to use low memory. On streaming video....
-(IBAction)playMovie:(NSURL *) theURL
{
NSURL *fileURL = theURL;
MPMoviePlayerController *moviePlayerController = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:fileURL];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:#selector(moviePlaybackComplete:)
name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
object:moviePlayerController];
[self.view addSubview:moviePlayerController.view];
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];
}
QuickTime videos already stream to the phone. The path of least resistance would be to use the media player controller and point it to a streaming media file on a streaming server.
While the existing answers are good, if you need to use non HTTP streams (mms or rtmp for example) or non Apple supported audio / video codecs, things get a bit more complicated.
I'm not an expert myself, but I've been using this VideoStreaming SDK to solve those problems, and it makes customizing the client much easier (background streaming, pausing streams, etc). Might be worth a look if you have those requirements as well.
2018 answer You can use AVPlayerViewController since MPMoviePlayerController is deprecated since iOS 9
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:videoUrl];
_playerViewController = [[AVPlayerViewController alloc] init];
_playerViewController.player = [AVPlayer playerWithURL:url];
_playerViewController.player.volume = 1;
_playerViewController.showsPlaybackControls = YES;
_playerViewController.view.frame = CGRectMake(....);
[self.view addSubview:_playerViewController.view];
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I searching a lot but cant find coding part. HTTP LIVE VIDEO STREAMING INTRO.
In this Link i want to know how to make index file and '.ts' file and how to implement in iPhone. I have done that coding.
-(void)replayVedio
{
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:#"http://www.cwtmedia.se/cwtiphone/cwtvideo.mp4"];
moviePlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:url];
[moviePlayer setControlStyle:MPMovieControlStyleDefault];
moviePlayer.scalingMode = MPMovieScalingModeAspectFit;
CGRect frame;
if(self.interfaceOrientation ==UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait)
frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 320,400);
// else if(self.interfaceOrientation ==UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft || self.interfaceOrientation ==UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight)
// frame = CGRectMake(0,0, 210, 170);
[moviePlayer.view setFrame:frame]; // player's frame must match parent's
[self.view addSubview: moviePlayer.view];
[self.view bringSubviewToFront:moviePlayer.view];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:#selector(moviePlayBackDidFinish:)
name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
object:moviePlayer];
[moviePlayer prepareToPlay];
[moviePlayer play];
}
but i dont want that. I want This
It is really a difficult part first you have to download http live streaming tool from apple developing site. Then it will install some tools you can use media file segmenter to convert mp4 or any video to .ts and .m3u8 file by ( In terminal write-> mediafilesegmenter -t 10 fileName.mp4) that will convert ts file and m3u8 file. Then you can use in html and in vlc to check your index file. and check out this link
i made a video playing when my app loads however it doen't quit after playing even if you prees "Done". What am i doing wrong?
- (void)viewDidLoad {
NSBundle *bundle=[NSBundle mainBundle];
NSString *moviePath = [bundle pathForResource:#"Video Logo Final" ofType:#"mp4"];
NSURL *movieURL=[[NSURL fileURLWithPath:moviePath] retain];
MPMoviePlayerController *theMovie = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:movieURL];
theMovie.scalingMode = MPMovieScalingModeAspectFill;
theMovie.view.frame = CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, 320.0, 480.0);
[self.view addSubview:theMovie.view];
[theMovie play];
[super viewDidLoad]; }
Also, i made a try to put the same code in "application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions" but i get a warning at "[self.view addSubview:theMovie.view];"
Ay ideas about that?
p.s. As you probably guessed i am very new to programming, any help would be really appreciated...
Basically you need to register for a notification.
The way I do it is:
// Register for the playback finished notification
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver: self
selector: #selector(myMovieFinishedCallback:)
name: MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
object: theMovie];
Change the parameters to fit however it should in your app.
Here's the documentation for the MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification.
Also, if it's not "quitting" after playing (even when hitting the "Done" button), it sounds like you need to remove the theMovie MPMoviePlayerController and associated view from the view you originally added it to.
I have a class that plays a repeating background music loop with an AVAudioPlayer, and on specific occasion, plays a full-screen video with its own sound track using MPMoviePlayerController. In order to to have only one track at a time, I stop the background music before launching the video:
-(void)startVideo{
[backgroundMusic stop];
MPMoviePlayerViewController *mp = [[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc] initWithContentURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"videofile" ofType:#"m4v"]]];
[self presentMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated:mp];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(videoOver) name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification object:nil];
[mp.moviePlayer play];
[mp release];
}
-(void)videoOver{
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification object:nil];
if(![backgroundMusic play]){
NSLog(#"bad: can't resume bg music!");
[backgroundMusic release];
backgroundMusic = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"videofile" ofType:#"m4v"]] error:NULL];
backgroundMusic.delegate = self;
backgroundMusic.numberOfLoops = -1;
[backgroundMusic play];
}
}
The resumption worked fine without recreating the AVAudioPlayer object (i.e. the play method returned YES) on analogous code on os versions up to and including 3.2. But on iOS4, the play method always returns NO, and has to recreate the object. Why is that, and can I get to resume the background track properly (I have cases where the solution used above is unacceptable.)?
Figured this out. It turns out that in iOS 3.2 and above, when a video finishes playing, it goes into MPMoviePlaybackStatePaused state rather than MPMoviePlaybackStateStopped, and in order to make it release the hardware, you have to explicitly call the stop method on MPMoviePlayerController after it finishes playing before trying to resume AVAudioPlayer.
Edit: if you come across this and want to know how I eventually solved it I gave up on that code below eventually and did this:
-(void)playMovieAtURL:(NSURL*)theURL{
mediaPlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc] initWithContentURL:theURL];
[self presentMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated:mediaPlayer];
mediaPlayer.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];
}
Original post:
This is my code - I took it off the apple site so shouldn't be a problem.
It runs in a UITableViewController on the didSelectRowAtIndexPath method.
When you select the row the video starts playing - the sound outputs at least - but there's no picture. Any idea why this is? I have included the framework.
The video is one off the apple website (a facetime video) that I used for testing.
-(void)playMovieAtURL:(NSURL*)theURL{
MPMoviePlayerController* theMovie =
[[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL: theURL];
theMovie.scalingMode = MPMovieScalingModeAspectFill;
theMovie.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleNone;
// 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];
}
The behaviour of MPMoviePlayerController changed in OS 3.2 - you need to explicitly add the movie player's view to your view hierarchy now - using something like:
[aView addSubview:moviePlayerController.view];
moviePlayerController.view.frame = aView.frame;
Alternatively you can use an MPMoviePlayerViewController (new in 3.2) to manage the view.
If you're targetting both pre- and post-3.2 devices (e.g. iOS 3.1 and 4.0) then you'll need some conditional code to determine the OS the code is running on and handle accordingly. I've used this in previous projects:
if ([moviePlayerController respondsToSelector:#selector(setFullscreen:animated:)]) {
// Running on OS 3.2 or above
// Code to add to a view here...
}
I would like to write an app that downloads (or streams) a video (encoded as required) in a view. I dont want to use the MPVideoPlayer from the SDK as it opens the video in full screen. I would like to place another UIView (transparent) over the video so that my users can annotate over the video.
Anyone have any idea or can point me to some code that will play video in a UIView?
If you want to do this you will need to include your own (software) video decoder, which will not have access to the hardware acceleration on the system. Even if you can get it working with acceptable performance it will be a huge battery drain.
If you wish to play a video in portrait mode, I have solution for that.
If you think that -MPMovie Player can run under a view, according to me it's not possible.
MP Movie player will work as Apple has designed.
So, MP Movie player will always / almost run in full screen.
Solution for portrait mode.
#interface MPMoviePlayerController (extend)
-(void)setOrientation:(int)orientation animated:(BOOL)value;
#end
moviePlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:movieUR];
[moviePlayer setOrientation:UIDeviceOrientationPortrait animated:NO];
if (moviePlayer)
{
[self.moviePlayer play];
}
Hope that will help to you.
See, My question is very similar like yours.
playing video in custom size screen - view in iphone
Try this:
UIViewController *v = [[UIViewController alloc] init];
v.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor orangeColor];
NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"demo" ofType:#"mp4"];
if (![[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:path])
{
NSLog(#"cannot find %# in bundle or doctuments", path);
}
NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:path];
MoviePlayerViewController *mpvc = [[MoviePlayerViewController alloc] initWithContentURL:url];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:#selector(movieFinishedCallback:)
name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
object:mpvc.moviePlayer];
mpvc.moviePlayer.fullscreen = NO;
[mpvc.moviePlayer setControlStyle:MPMovieControlStyleNone];
mpvc.moviePlayer.view.frame = CGRectMake(10, 100, 300, 300);
[v.view addSubview:mpvc.moviePlayer.view];
[mpvc.moviePlayer play];
[self presentModalViewController:v animated:YES];
[v release];
Maybe you should check the MediaPlayer's private headers, and simply add the video's view as your view's subview.