movie alpha fades through black

[hermonir]

Hello,

I'm adding a video as a subview and fading it in. Even though the background image and the video's first frame are identical, the screen darkens for a little while as the video fades in. Here's the code:

-(void) playMovie:(NSString *)movie
{
    NSArray *movieElements = [movie componentsSeparatedByString:@"."];
    
    NSString *url = [[NSBundle mainBundle] 
					 pathForResource:[movieElements objectAtIndex:0]
					 ofType:[movieElements objectAtIndex:1]];
	
	MPMoviePlayerController *player = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL: [NSURL fileURLWithPath:url]];
	CGRect frame = [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds];
    [[player view] setFrame:CGRectMake(frame.origin.x, frame.origin.y, frame.size.height, frame.size.width)];  // play in landscape mode
    player.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleNone;

    player.view.alpha = 0;
    [self.view addSubview: player.view];
    [UIView beginAnimations:nil context:NULL];
    [UIView setAnimationDuration:0.5];
    player.view.alpha = 1;
    [UIView commitAnimations];
    
	[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] 
	 addObserver:self
	 selector:@selector(movieFinishedFadeOut:)                                                 
	 name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
	 object:player];
    
	player.fullscreen = NO;
	[player play];
    
}

I'm losing my hair. Not over this, but it sure doesn't help.

Thanx in advance,
Nir.