MPMusicPlayerController with AVAudioPlayer

[akki2010]

Hi All,

I am trying to play an in app audio with ipod the code I am using to play the audio file is:

[[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setCategory: AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback error: nil];
		UInt32 doSetProperty = 1;
		AudioSessionSetProperty (kAudioSessionProperty_OverrideCategoryMixWithOthers, sizeof(doSetProperty), &doSetProperty);
		[[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setActive: YES error: nil];
		
		if(error)
		{
			NSLog(@"Some error happened");
		}
	
		NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:effect ofType:type];
		myPlayer = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:path] error:NULL];
		myPlayer.delegate = self;
		myPlayer.numberOfLoops = -2;
		myPlayer.volume = 1.0f;
		[myPlayer play];

and to play the ipod music I am using

player = [MPMusicPlayerController iPodMusicPlayer];

My ipod plays fine until the audio starts playing but once the audio stops I am not able to get back to the ipod to play. I am using

NSString *value = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] stringForKey:@"sound"];
	
	if([value compare:@"ON"] == NSOrderedSame && myPlayer != nil)
	{
		[myPlayer stop];
		[myPlayer release];
		myPlayer = nil;
	}
	
	NSError *error = nil;
	
	[[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setCategory:AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient error:&error];
	
	if(error)
	{
		NSLog(@"Some error happened");
	}

to stop the audio and then just call

[player play]

to play the ipod music but it does not play the music, it says the title to be null.

I would really appreciate if some one could help me with this.

Regards,
Ankur

[Jeepston]

I'm using this lines to set up audio session:

[[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setDelegate: self];
	[[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setCategory: AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient error: nil];
	[[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setActive: YES error: nil];

And my in-app AVPlayer doesn't stop iPod.

[akki2010]

Originally Posted by Jeepston

I'm using this lines to set up audio session:

[[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setDelegate: self];
	[[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setCategory: AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient error: nil];
	[[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setActive: YES error: nil];

And my in-app AVPlayer doesn't stop iPod.

that is just because you are using ambient category. I am using playback as I don't want my sound to be silent even when the phone ringer is turned to silent. but with playback category the ipod stops.