Want to play video but there´s only sound, no visible content - iphone

i have a tabbar based application with 2 tabs. One to show images and the other to show videos. If i click on the video tab, different thumbnails are showing up. If i click on one of these images, i would like to push that videoviewController to play a video in another navigation view - if i turn the iphone around, it will play fullscreen. So, actually its the same functionality like the original "photo"- app.
What i´ve got so far is a scrollview with different buttons where i added a backgroundimage. By clicking on one of these buttons, i´ve added the button-functionality:
[myButton addTarget:nil action:#selector(buttonDown: ) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
And here´s my "buttonDown"-method:
-(void) buttonDown:(NSString*) sender {
moviePlayer = [[MoviePlayer alloc] init];
[self.view addSubview:moviePlayer.view];
NSLog(#"MoviePlayer: %#", moviePlayer);
[self.navigationController pushViewController:moviePlayer animated:YES];
[moviePlayer release];}
Here´s my "MoviePlayer.m"-file:
- (void)viewDidLoad {
UIView* imageView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 100 )];
imageView.backgroundColor = [UIColor greenColor];
[self.view addSubview:imageView];
[imageView release];
NSString *url = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"testmovie" ofType:#"mp4"];
MPMoviePlayerController *player = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:url]];
//player.scalingMode = MPMovieScalingModeAspectFill;
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(movieFinishedCallback:) name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification object:player];
[player play];
[super viewDidLoad];
}
- (void) movieFinishedCallback:(NSNotification*) aNotification {
MPMoviePlayerController *player = [aNotification object];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification object:player];
[player autorelease];
}
So the navigation works great - by clicking on a button, the view is pushed (and i get my green test-uiview) and the sound of that video file is been playing - but no video is visible, only that sound.
I´ve no idea - if i test that code in a new viewbased-project-template it works great. So i think there some problems with the views.
Any ideas on that?
Would be great. Thanks for your time.

Give this a go:
[player setFullscreen:YES];
[self presentMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated:player];
I believe that should resolve your woes! Please vote for answer if it assists!

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I have been able to successfully play a video on start of the app by calling a function that plays the video in the viewDidLoad method. But on doing so, i am unable to see the "Done" button. The "Done" button only seems to appear if i call that same function with the help of a button. I am posting the code below. How will I make this done appear by calling the same function in the viewDidLoad method? What have i been doing wrong? Thank you!
in my viewcontroller.m file
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
[self playMedia];
}
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//hide status bar first
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//resets again in playMediaFinished
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[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(playMediaFinished:) name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification object:moviePlayer];
moviePlayer.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleDefault;
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moviePlayer.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleDefault;
CGAffineTransform transform = self.view.transform;
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moviePlayer = [theNotification object];
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if ([moviePlayer
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Try doing this using viewDidAppear instead of viewDidLoad. I'm not surprised starting a video in viewDidLoad is causing unexpected behavior considering you're presenting the video before the main view appears on screen. Keep in mind, the view is done loading before it is actually visible.

How to get video player to NOT auto play while using MPMoviePlayerController

I'm trying to code a video into my iPhone app and the code below works perfectly but the only thing is that I rather the video not automatically start playing when the user opens the page. I want them to be able to push the play button. The code below is located in my viewcontroller.m file.
(void)viewDidLoad
{
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ofType:#"mov"];
player = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc]
initWithContentURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:url]];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]
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[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]
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[player play];
}
Never mind, I figured it out. I just added [player prepareToPlay] under player.shouldAutoplay = NO
Don't put it in your viewDidLoad. Just create an IBAction them link it up to your trigger button.

About MpMoviePlayerViewController

Hi Everyone Gud Evening
I have taken a view on which i had to play the video, the video is being played Perfectly, but very rarely i the video is not being appeared on the view, at that time i got a warning in the console like
WARNING: under normal conditions, _fillInQueueWithExtraSpace:ignoreExistingItems: should not be re-entered.
Could some one help me to sort out this problem
Thank You Everyone
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- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
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[bottomProgressView addSubview:timeCompletedCnlr.view];
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- (void)removeGivenWord
{
[bottomToolBar removeFromSuperview];
[self.view addSubview:bottomProgressView];
[timeCompletedCnlr play];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:#selector(helpVideoFinished:)
name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
object:timeCompletedCnlr];
UIButton *doneBtn = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
doneBtn.frame = CGRectMake(601, 940, 167, 43);
[doneBtn setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"done.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[doneBtn addTarget:self action:#selector(doneButtonClicked) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[self.view addSubview:doneBtn];
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[timeCompletedCnlr stop];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:#selector(helpVideoFinished:)
name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
object:timeCompletedCnlr];
}
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[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]removeObserver:self
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[smoothLineView completed5Sec];
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NSLog(#"Did finish with error: %#", error);
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}
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[mp pause];
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- (IBAction)startAnimation:(id)sender {
NSLog(#"Animation 1");
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[mp play];
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How can I avoid the black screen?
Greetz
You will not be able to entirely get rid of the pre buffering delay (black phase) between the videos when using MPMoviePlayerController.
Use AVQueuePlayer instead.
AVQueuePlayer is a subclass of AVPlayer you use to play a number of items in sequence.
See other questions and issues on that matter.

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[window addSubview:viewController.view];
[window makeKeyAndVisible];
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i dont know what i am missing here?
thanks for any help....
UPDATE i just found out that it plays sound but no video....is this obvious?pls help
As you're using MPMoviePlayerController over MPMoviePlayerViewController I think you need to be adding the player's view to your view hierarchy before calling play, as per the docs:
[player.view setFrame: myView.bounds]; // player's frame must match parent's
[myView addSubview: player.view]; //add the player' view
this might explain why you're hearing audio but not seeing anything, pretty sure you need to setup the app window first too ([window makeKeyAndVisible]; etc)