MoviePlayer with .mp4/youtube

[nightfox500]

Hello,

I'm trying to stream a .mp4 movie/youtube movie in MPMoviePlayerController. I've found an example from stanford university but the movie does start, I can hear the sound play, but the movie itself isn't visible.

The first test was with an .mp4 movie but actually I want the MoviePlayer to play a youtube movie that I export from my xml feed.

I don't want to open the youtube app so I want to use MoviePlayer for that, does anyone has the solution for this viewing problem or an example for how to play the youtube movie in the app itself?!

Here is the code that play's the movie:

- (void)playVideoWithURL:(NSURL *)url showControls:(BOOL)showControls {
	if (!player) {
		player = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:url];
		
		[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(didFinishPlaying:) name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification object:player];
		
		NSLog(@"Play video");
		if (!showControls) {
			player.scalingMode = MPMovieScalingModeAspectFill;
			player.movieControlMode = MPMovieControlModeHidden;
		}
		
		[player play];
	}
}

- (IBAction)playVideoWithControls {

	NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:@"*/yamaha_r6.mp4"];

	[self playVideoWithURL:url showControls:YES];
}

[MozyMac]

Originally Posted by nightfox500

Hello,

I'm trying to stream a .mp4 movie/youtube movie in MPMoviePlayerController. I've found an example from stanford university but the movie does start, I can hear the sound play, but the movie itself isn't visible.

The first test was with an .mp4 movie but actually I want the MoviePlayer to play a youtube movie that I export from my xml feed.

I don't want to open the youtube app so I want to use MoviePlayer for that, does anyone has the solution for this viewing problem or an example for how to play the youtube movie in the app itself?!

Here is the code that play's the movie:

- (void)playVideoWithURL:(NSURL *)url showControls:(BOOL)showControls {
	if (!player) {
		player = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:url];
		
		[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(didFinishPlaying:) name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification object:player];
		
		NSLog(@"Play video");
		if (!showControls) {
			player.scalingMode = MPMovieScalingModeAspectFill;
			player.movieControlMode = MPMovieControlModeHidden;
		}
		
		[player play];
	}
}

- (IBAction)playVideoWithControls {

	NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:@"*/yamaha_r6.mp4"];

	[self playVideoWithURL:url showControls:YES];
}

This problem is when you use MPMoviePlayerController, because it only works with 3.0, from 3.2+ you must use mpmovieplayerviewcontroller

[MozyMac]

There are some examples of how to use mpmovieplayerviewcontroller on apple developer forum, just search for "mpmovieplayerviewcontroller"

[Chessin]

Originally Posted by MozyMac

There are some examples of how to use mpmovieplayerviewcontroller on apple developer forum, just search for "mpmovieplayerviewcontroller"

Or just copy the needed code from my tutorial.. (this works on 4.0 or later) YouTube - Xcode Tutorial 1 - How to play videos in 4.0 or lower

[nightfox500]

Originally Posted by Chessin

Or just copy the needed code from my tutorial.. (this works on 4.0 or later) YouTube - Xcode Tutorial 1 - How to play videos in 4.0 or lower

The weird thing is, when I use your code it does exactly the same. The audio starts but the video isn't visible. Also the debugger gets this message:

AddRunningClient starting device on non-zero client count

[Chessin]

Originally Posted by nightfox500

The weird thing is, when I use your code it does exactly the same. The audio starts but the video isn't visible. Also the debugger gets this message:

AddRunningClient starting device on non-zero client count

My code is proven working, it must be your part of the code then

[dinu_1987]

Originally Posted by Chessin

My code is proven working, it must be your part of the code then

Hi Chessin,

I am new to ios development.
I was searching for the same information.
Your code helped me at the right time.

Thank you very much!

Dinesh Kumar P