How to play a video from a button

[ybrikeeg]

Hi there,
I was wondering if anyone could help me with playing a small movie from a button. Every tutorial/help about this topic plays a movie from a URL, which I don't want. All I want to do is put the .mov file in my xcode project, press a button, and have it play. Your help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[japaternoster]

Using the tutorials that you have seen, simply change the code that retrieves the remote video to the following. This will retrieve a local file.

NSString *rootPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath];
NSString *filePath = [rootPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"example.mov"];
NSURL *fileURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:filePath isDirectory:NO];
yourMoviePlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL: fileURL];

[ybrikeeg]

Originally Posted by japaternoster

Using the tutorials that you have seen, simply change the code that retrieves the remote video to the following. This will retrieve a local file.

NSString *rootPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath];
NSString *filePath = [rootPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"example.mov"];
NSURL *fileURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:filePath isDirectory:NO];
yourMoviePlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL: fileURL];

I don't know where to put it? I tried it and got 6 errors. Here's my code.

#import "VideoViewController.h"
#import <MediaPlayer/MediaPlayer.h>

@implementation VideoViewController
@synthesize moviePlayer;

-(void)viewDidLoad {
	if(!moviePlayer) {
		//moviePlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:[self bundleURL]];
		moviePlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:[self movieURL]];		
	}
}

-(IBAction)playVideo {
	[moviePlayer play];
	
	[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self 
											 selector:@selector(moviePlayBackDidFinish:) 
												 name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification 
											   object:nil];

	[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self 
											 selector:@selector(moviePreloadDidFinish:) 
												 name:MPMoviePlayerContentPreloadDidFinishNotification 
											   object:nil];
}

-(void) moviePlayBackDidFinish:(id)sender {
	NSLog(@"playback stop");
	[moviePlayer stop];
}

-(void) moviePreloadDidFinish:(id)sender {
	NSLog(@"preload");
}

- (NSURL *)movieURL {
	return [NSURL URLWithString: @"http://code.agilephil.com/fox.m4v"];
	//return [NSURL URLWithString: @"http://code.agilephil.com/video/iphone.m4v"];
}

- (NSURL *)bundleURL {
	NSString *moviePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"fox" ofType:@"m4v"];
	return [NSURL fileURLWithPath:moviePath];
}
	
- (void)dealloc {
	[moviePlayer release];
    [super dealloc];
}

@end

[kelvinkao]

Well, you are using
[self movieURL];

You need to first set up movieURL somehow before you use it.

[KennyChong]

Originally Posted by japaternoster

Using the tutorials that you have seen, simply change the code that retrieves the remote video to the following. This will retrieve a local file.

NSString *rootPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath];
NSString *filePath = [rootPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"example.mov"];
NSURL *fileURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:filePath isDirectory:NO];
yourMoviePlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL: fileURL];

Need help on this one as well.
Where should the example.mov file be located in the XCODE?
Thanks.

[Rudacb]

Originally Posted by KennyChong

Need help on this one as well.
Where should the example.mov file be located in the XCODE?
Thanks.

The Movie Files need to be located in the resources folder of your project. The same place you drop images and the like.

Now, I have a problem with this. My app works great on the simulator, but no video plays on the device... anyone have any ideas?

[Rudacb]

Originally Posted by Rudacb

The Movie Files need to be located in the resources folder of your project. The same place you drop images and the like.

Now, I have a problem with this. My app works great on the simulator, but no video plays on the device... anyone have any ideas?

Never mind. Found it...

Before anyone else gets bitten by this, remember, the iPhone file system is case sensitive, the simulator may not be depending on your OSX system settings. The simulator played the videos, the phone did not because I had a capital letter in the fileName var while the real file name was all lowercase. I hate it when problems are this simple.