Video File Not Playing file Objective C - ios

Question

hello I have a function to download file save to Docs Dir and then play it . The File is download and saved .. the path are the same but the message is that can not player.
Here is
My Download Function code.
-(void)URLSession:(NSURLSession *)session downloadTask:(NSURLSessionDownloadTask *)downloadTask didFinishDownloadingToURL:(NSURL *)location
{
NSLog(#"Temporary File :%#\n", location);
NSError *err = nil;
NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
NSString *docsDir = [NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) objectAtIndex:0];
NSURL *docsDirURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:[docsDir stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"welbi.mp4"]];
if ([fileManager moveItemAtURL:location toURL:docsDirURL error: &err])
{
//NSLog(#"File is saved to =%#",docsDir);
NSLog(#"File path is ----> %#",[docsDirURL absoluteString]);
[self playVideo:[docsDirURL absoluteString]];
}
else
{
NSLog(#"failed to move: %#",[err userInfo]);
}
}
and this is my Video Player Function.
- (void) playVideo:(NSString *)fileName
{
NSFileManager *filemgr;
filemgr = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
NSString *appDir = [NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) objectAtIndex:0];
NSURL *fileDirURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:[appDir stringByAppendingPathComponent:fileName]];
NSLog(#" URL Video ===> %#", [fileDirURL absoluteString]);
//MPMoviePlayerViewController *playerViewController;
playerViewController = [[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc] initWithContentURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:[fileDirURL absoluteString]]];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]
addObserver:self
selector:#selector(movieFinishedCallback:)
name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
object:[playerViewController moviePlayer]];
[self.view addSubview:playerViewController.view];
//play movie
MPMoviePlayerController *player = [playerViewController moviePlayer];
player.shouldAutoplay = YES;
player.movieSourceType = MPMovieSourceTypeFile;
[player play];
}
- (void) movieFinishedCallback:(NSNotification*) aNotification
{
MPMoviePlayerController *player = [aNotification object];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]
removeObserver:self
name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
object:player];
[player stop];
[player.view removeFromSuperview];
}
I checked and the file paths are exactly the same... but it gives me this error message
2014-08-01 12:13:30.972 training[16793:90b] File path is ----> file:///Users/Russelius/Library/Application%20Support/iPhone%20Simulator/7.1/Applications/D92411C3-EBEA-4CEA-B1EB-DAC8AB986599/Documents/welbi.mp4
2014-08-01 12:13:30.973 training[16793:90b] URL Video ===> file:///Users/Russelius/Library/Application%20Support/iPhone%20Simulator/7.1/Applications/D92411C3-EBEA-4CEA-B1EB-DAC8AB986599/Documents/file:/Users/Russelius/Library/Application%2520Support/iPhone%2520Simulator/7.1/Applications/D92411C3-EBEA-4CEA-B1EB-DAC8AB986599/Documents/welbi.mp4
2014-08-01 12:13:31.539 training[16793:90b] _itemFailedToPlayToEnd:
{
kind = 1;
new = 2;
old = 0;
}
any help is welcome.

Answer 1

Problem
Looking at the log you will see your path start with file// your player expect the path to your file not the absolute path.
Solution
Solution is to replace absoluteString with path
NSLog(#"absolute path is ----> %#",[docsDirURL absoluteString]);
NSLog(#"File path is ----> %#",[docsDirURL path]);
[self playVideo:[docsDirURL path]];