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ahmad
ahmad

Reputation: 1252

MPMoviePlayerController not working on iOS 5

I'm using MPMoviePlayerController to play a ".3gp" video , i get the data from the server and save it in NSData object then i write it to a file inside the Document directory here's my code

in .h i defined videoPlayer as

@interface MainViewController : UIViewController {
   MPMoviePlayerController* videoPlayer;   }
@property (strong, nonatomic) MPMoviePlayerController* videoPlayer;

in .m file 

-(void)videoWillStartPlayWithUrl:(NSData *)d
{

    NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory,NSUserDomainMask,      YES);
    NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
    NSString *path = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"myMove.3gp"];

    [d writeToFile:path atomically:YES];


    NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:path];
    adBannerView.hidden = YES;
    self.videoPlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc]initWithContentURL:url];
    self.videoPlayer.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleEmbedded;  
    self.videoPlayer.shouldAutoplay = YES;  

    [self.videoPlayer.view setFrame: self.view.bounds];

    [self.view addSubview:self.videoPlayer.view];  

    [self.videoPlayer setFullscreen:YES animated:YES];
    [self.videoPlayer prepareToPlay];
    [self.videoPlayer play];

}

it's working perfectly in iOS < 5 but in iOS 5 it just shows a black screen and quit directly and i can't seem to figure the problem that prevent the video from playing in iOS 5 any help is much appreciated

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2032

Answers (2)

ahmad
ahmad

Reputation: 1252

After many hours of searching and debugging the problem turned out to be related to the codecs of the videos i was trying to play ,

while they worked perfectly in iOS 4 , iOS 5 requires the special codecs of the .3GP videos as mentioned in the MPMoviePlayerController. programming guide , so the solution was to change the codec of my videos and the code worked perfectly on iOS 5

Upvotes: 1

Abhishek Singh
Abhishek Singh

Reputation: 6166

In Your header file do this :-

MPMoviePlayerController *myPlayer;

and change your property to :-

@property(nonatomic, strong) MPMoviePlayerController *myPlayer;

Initiate the moviePlayer as follows :-

MPMoviePlayerController *player = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:Url];
self.myPlayer= player;

You might have your arc enabled.

Upvotes: 0

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