MPMoviePlayerController on large videos causes massive memory spike

[lvillarino]

Hi :

Using the code below, I can't play large video files, my app crash and I received this message "level 1 memory warning". The video files (mp4) are 205MB

Note: this is only happen in iphone

-(IBAction)playVideoid)sender {
NSBundle *bundle = [NSBundle mainBundle];
NSString *moviePath = [bundle pathForResource:@"FUTURAMA_S1D1-11-6" ofType:@"mp4"];

NSURL *movieURL;

if (moviePath)
{
movieURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:moviePath];
}

if (movieURL != nil) {
moviePlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc] initWithContentURL:movieURL];

moviePlayer.moviePlayer.scalingMode=MPMovieScaling ModeAspectFit;
moviePlayer.moviePlayer.shouldAutoplay = YES;
moviePlayer.moviePlayer.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleEmbedded;



[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:@selector(moviePlayBackDidFinish
name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
object:moviePlayer];

[self presentMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated:moviePlay er];
}

}

Thanks

[kieran12]

Originally Posted by lvillarino

Hi :

Using the code below, I can't play large video files, my app crash and I received this message "level 1 memory warning". The video files (mp4) are 205MB

Note: this is only happen in iphone

-(IBAction)playVideoid)sender {
NSBundle *bundle = [NSBundle mainBundle];
NSString *moviePath = [bundle pathForResource:@"FUTURAMA_S1D1-11-6" ofType:@"mp4"];

NSURL *movieURL;

if (moviePath)
{
movieURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:moviePath];
}

if (movieURL != nil) {
moviePlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc] initWithContentURL:movieURL];

moviePlayer.moviePlayer.scalingMode=MPMovieScaling ModeAspectFit;
moviePlayer.moviePlayer.shouldAutoplay = YES;
moviePlayer.moviePlayer.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleEmbedded;



[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:@selector(moviePlayBackDidFinish
name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
object:moviePlayer];

[self presentMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated:moviePlay er];
}

}

Thanks

Please, did you ever solve this issue? I am having the exact same problem.