loading video to a view from Library/Caches - ios

Question

for my app I want the user to record a video which will be stored in the caches directory for repeated use throughout the application.
NSString *DestFilename = # "output.mov";
//Set the file save to URL
NSLog(#"Starting recording to file: %#", DestFilename);
NSString *DestPath;
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSCachesDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
DestPath = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
DestPath = [DestPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:DestFilename];
NSURL* saveLocationURL = [[NSURL alloc] initFileURLWithPath:DestPath];
[MovieFileOutput startRecordingToOutputFileURL:saveLocationURL recordingDelegate:self];
The NSLog says:
url = file:///var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/BD41ABB0-77BA-4872-B447-07906A3C6FA7/Library/Caches/output.mov
How can I load or possibly embed this video into one of the ViewControllers in my storyboard?

Answer 1

Basically, your video URL is there, so you can load the video into your view controller and play it in 2 possible approaches: using MPMoviePlayerController or AVPlayer
For example from your view controller
//The first approach
self.moviePlayerController = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:saveLocationURL];
[self.moviePlayerController.view setFrame: CGRectMake(0, 0, 1024, 768)];
[self.view addSubview:self.moviePlayerController.view];
[self.moviePlayerController play];
//The second approach
self.playerItem = [AVPlayerItem playerItemWithURL:saveLocationURL];
self.player = [AVPlayer playerWithPlayerItem:playerItem];
AVPlayerLayer *layer = [AVPlayerLayer playerLayerWithPlayer:self.player];
layer.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 1024, 768);
[self.view.layer addSublayer:layer];
[self.player play];
Hope this will help you.