How to play mp4 video from URL over HTTPS on iOS - ios

Question

I'm trying to play a video in mp4 format from URL over HTTPS using MPMoviePlayerController, but video is not playing and I receive an error in logs:
_itemFailedToPlayToEnd: {
kind = 1;
new = 2;
old = 0;
}
Is any way to play this kind of video on iOS?
Here's my code:
#import "FirstViewController.h"
#import <MediaPlayer/MediaPlayer.h>
#interface FirstViewController ()
#property (nonatomic, strong) MPMoviePlayerController *moviePlayer;
#end
#implementation FirstViewController
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
[self playBtnPressed];
}
-(void)playBtnPressed
{
NSURL *url=[[NSURL alloc] initWithString:#"https://....mp4"];
_moviePlayer=[[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:url];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(moviePlayBackDidFinish:) name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification object:_moviePlayer];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(moviePlayBackDonePressed:) name:MPMoviePlayerDidExitFullscreenNotification object:_moviePlayer];
_moviePlayer.controlStyle=MPMovieControlStyleDefault;
//moviePlayer.shouldAutoplay=NO;
[_moviePlayer play];
[self.view addSubview:_moviePlayer.view];
[_moviePlayer setFullscreen:YES animated:YES];
}
- (void) moviePlayBackDonePressed:(NSNotification*)notification
{
[_moviePlayer stop];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:MPMoviePlayerDidExitFullscreenNotification object:_moviePlayer];
if ([_moviePlayer respondsToSelector:#selector(setFullscreen:animated:)])
{
[_moviePlayer.view removeFromSuperview];
}
_moviePlayer=nil;
}
- (void) moviePlayBackDidFinish:(NSNotification*)notification
{
[_moviePlayer stop];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification object:_moviePlayer];
if ([_moviePlayer respondsToSelector:#selector(setFullscreen:animated:)])
{
[_moviePlayer.view removeFromSuperview];
}
}
#end

Answer 1

Probably video aspect ratio issue try setting aspect ratio
[player setScalingMode:MPMovieScalingModeAspectFit];
player.view.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth|UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight;
Or check if the video file is there in the specified URL location

Answer 2

It seems to be an iOS 7 issue.
Apparently, moviePlayer.movieSourceType = MPMovieSourceTypeStreaming; does not work anymore.
For me, replacing it with MPMovieSourceTypeFile solved this error.
Use following code it will work for you. Be sure that you have the notification observer declared before playing movie, as follows:
[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:#selector(moviePlayBackDidFinish:)
name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
object:moviePlayerController.moviePlayer];
moviePlayerController.moviePlayer.movieSourceType = MPMovieSourceTypeFile;
[moviePlayerController.moviePlayer prepareToPlay];
[self presentMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated:moviePlayerController];
[moviePlayerController.moviePlayer play];