MPMoviePlayer flips to Portrait!?

[harryvermeulen]

I have a table view to select audio or video. If I select 'video' I push a view to play the video.

if(indexPath.row == 1) {
	if(videoPlayer == nil) {
		videoPlayer = [[VideoPlayerViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"VideoPlayerViewController" bundle:[NSBundle mainBundle]];
	}	
	
	[self.navigationController pushViewController:videoPlayer animated:YES];
	videoPlayer = nil;
	[videoPlayer release];
}

The pushed view has these lines of code:

- (void)viewDidLoad {
	if(self.moviePlayer == nil) {
		NSBundle *bundle = [NSBundle mainBundle];
		NSString *moviePath = [bundle pathForResource:@"Movie" ofType:@"m4v"];
		self.movieURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:moviePath];
		
		self.moviePlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:self.movieURL];
		self.moviePlayer.scalingMode = MPMovieScalingModeNone;
		self.moviePlayer.movieControlMode = MPMovieControlModeDefault;
		self.moviePlayer.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];
		
		[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(moviePlayBackDidFinish:) name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification object:nil];
		
		[self.moviePlayer play];
	}
}

- (void) moviePlayBackDidFinish:(NSNotification*)notification {
	[self.navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}

- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated {
	[self.moviePlayer play];
}

- (void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated {	
	[self.moviePlayer stop];
}

The first time I load the movie it plays fine in landscape orientation. The second time I load the movie the screen stays black and the video controls are in portrait mode (see screenshots).

First time playing the movie:


Second time playing the movie:


I'm sure there's something wrong with my code, but I'm not able to figure out what exactly.. Any expert thoughts would be very much appreciated!

Cheers,
Harry

[fisch192]

Originally Posted by harryvermeulen

I have a table view to select audio or video. If I select 'video' I push a view to play the video.

if(indexPath.row == 1) {
	if(videoPlayer == nil) {
		videoPlayer = [[VideoPlayerViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"VideoPlayerViewController" bundle:[NSBundle mainBundle]];
	}	
	
	[self.navigationController pushViewController:videoPlayer animated:YES];
	videoPlayer = nil;
	[videoPlayer release];
}

The pushed view has these lines of code:

- (void)viewDidLoad {
	if(self.moviePlayer == nil) {
		NSBundle *bundle = [NSBundle mainBundle];
		NSString *moviePath = [bundle pathForResource:@"Movie" ofType:@"m4v"];
		self.movieURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:moviePath];
		
		self.moviePlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:self.movieURL];
		self.moviePlayer.scalingMode = MPMovieScalingModeNone;
		self.moviePlayer.movieControlMode = MPMovieControlModeDefault;
		self.moviePlayer.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];
		
		[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(moviePlayBackDidFinish:) name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification object:nil];
		
		[self.moviePlayer play];
	}
}

- (void) moviePlayBackDidFinish:(NSNotification*)notification {
	[self.navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}

- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated {
	[self.moviePlayer play];
}

- (void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated {	
	[self.moviePlayer stop];
}

The first time I load the movie it plays fine in landscape orientation. The second time I load the movie the screen stays black and the video controls are in portrait mode (see screenshots).

First time playing the movie:


Second time playing the movie:


I'm sure there's something wrong with my code, but I'm not able to figure out what exactly.. Any expert thoughts would be very much appreciated!

Cheers,
Harry

I have the same problem. Have you find a solution?