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Dev Maran
Dev Maran

Reputation: 51

MP4 video on playing in xamarin.ios

I am using code: video is not playing 

moviePlayer = new MPMoviePlayerController(new NSUrl("http://clips.vorwaerts-gmbh.de/big_buck_bunny.mp4"));
//set appearance of video player
moviePlayer.View.Frame = new RectangleF(10, 80, 300, 200);
moviePlayer.View.BackgroundColor = UIColor.Clear;
moviePlayer.SourceType = MPMovieSourceType.File;
// Set this property True if you want the video to be auto played on page load
moviePlayer.ShouldAutoplay = true;
// If you want to keep the Video player on-ready-to-play state, then enable this
// This will keep the video content loaded from the URL, untill you play it.
moviePlayer.PrepareToPlay();
// Enable the embeded video controls of the Video Player, this has several types of Embedded controls for you to choose
moviePlayer.ControlStyle = MPMovieControlStyle.Default;
View.AddSubview(moviePlayer.View);

the moviePlayer will play this video at this URL: http://devimages.apple.com/iphone/samples/bipbop/bipbopall.m3u8 but not this one: http://clips.vorwaerts-gmbh.de/big_buck_bunny.mp4

Upvotes: 1

Views: 724

Answers (1)

Iain Smith
Iain Smith

Reputation: 9703

I ran your code and got this error:

Transport security has blocked a cleartext HTTP (http://) resource load since it is insecure. Temporary exceptions can be configured via your app's Info.plist file.

So I added this exception in the Info.plist :

<key>NSAppTransportSecurity</key>
<dict>
    <key>NSAllowsArbitraryLoads</key>
    <true/>
    <key>NSExceptionDomains</key>
    <dict>
        <key>clips.vorwaerts-gmbh.de</key>
        <dict>
            <key>NSExceptionAllowsInsecureHTTPLoads</key>
            <true/>
            <key>NSIncludesSubdomains</key>
            <true/>
        </dict>
    </dict>
</dict>

and it will run like this: enter image description here

Think when you go to release your app you should aim to use https for all links.

Update Using MPMoviePlayerViewController

var moviePlayer = new MPMoviePlayerViewController(new NSUrl("http://clips.vorwaerts-gmbh.de/big_buck_bunny.mp4"));
//set appearance of video player
moviePlayer.View.Frame = new RectangleF(10, 80, 300, 200);
moviePlayer.View.BackgroundColor = UIColor.Blue;
moviePlayer.MoviePlayer.SourceType = MPMovieSourceType.File;
// Set this property True if you want the video to be auto played on page load
moviePlayer.MoviePlayer.ShouldAutoplay = true;
// If you want to keep the Video player on-ready-to-play state, then enable this
// This will keep the video content loaded from the URL, untill you play it.
moviePlayer.MoviePlayer.PrepareToPlay();
// Enable the embeded video controls of the Video Player, this has several types of Embedded controls for you to choose
moviePlayer.MoviePlayer.ControlStyle = MPMovieControlStyle.Default;
View.AddSubview(moviePlayer.View);

If this doesnt work then I would ask another question so others can see it.

Upvotes: 1

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