MPMoviePlayerController not playing local video - ios

Question

My video did not start to play in simple project
So I tried some examples to incorporate in the project.
First of all I added two frameworks MediaPlayer and MobileCoreService and imported .h file
#import <MediaPlayer/MediaPlayer.h>
#import <MobileCoreServices/MobileCoreServices.h>
Then added properties
#property (copy, nonatomic) NSURL *movieURL;
#property (strong, nonatomic) MPMoviePlayerController *player;
And last step was adding to viewDidLoad next code
_movieURL = [NSURL URLWithString:#"Movie.m4v"];
_player = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:_movieURL];
_player.view.frame = CGRectMake(0 , 0, 400, 300);
_player.controlStyle=MPMovieControlStyleNone;
_player.scalingMode = MPMovieScalingModeAspectFill;
[self.view addSubview:_player.view];
[_player play];
Movie.m4v file in my root folder of application.
Also I'm trying to start it with help of action button, but code is working with
[_player play];
but I get a black rectangle, and if I understand right my addSubview part is working
Searching another examples but almost find same realisation.
http://photokarma.bl.ee/ios/VideoTest.zip archive with src code and file

Answer 1

Try This code..
NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"Movie" ofType:#"m4v" inDirectory:nil];
NSURL *movieURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:path];
player= [[ MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc] initWithContentURL:movieURL];
player.view.frame = CGRectMake(184, 200, 400, 300);
[self.view addSubview:player.view];
[player play];
Source Code:http://ishare-edu.blogspot.in/2012/10/how-to-play-audio-and-video-in-iphone.html
Hope it works...

Answer 2

Please resolve this line in Your code.
_movieURL = [NSURL URLWithString:#"Movie.m4v"];
if this is an http url then write complete like http://www.yourserver.com/../../Movie.m4v
or you accessing this video from locally within your iOS App then provide the full path like
NSBundle *bundle = [NSBundle mainBundle];
NSString *moviePath = [bundle pathForResource:#"Movie" ofType:#"m4v"];
NSURL *movieURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:moviePath];
then after finding the movie url you can init your player like
MPMoviePlayerController *player = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:movieURL];
player.view.frame = CGRectMake(184, 200, 400, 300);
[self.view addSubview:player.view];
[player play];
As per your Comment do you have any idea why i get urlpath nil?
Check that:
The Movie file exists in your copy of the source code.Also review that Xcode project has a reference to that file (if it's red, it means the file isn't actually present)
In your target in Xcode, look at "Build Phases" and reveal the "Copy Bundle Resources" build phase. That file should be present. If it isn't, press the + button and select it.
As per your given code i resolved and found this bug as i also discussed.
Tick both
Add To Targets Your Project Name
Copy item into your destination group
So you need to remove the video file and add it again with these both tick.

Answer 3

Try in Simple steps:
Step 1: Import MediaPlayer framework #import <MediaPlayer/MediaPlayer.h>
Step 2: Set delegate in .h file UIViewController<MPMediaPlayback>
Step 3:
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
NSBundle *bundle = [NSBundle mainBundle];
NSString *fileLocation= [bundle pathForResource:#"file_video" ofType:#"m4v"];
NSURL *vedioURL =[NSURL fileURLWithPath:fileLocation];
MPMoviePlayerViewController *videoPlayerView = [[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc] initWithContentURL:vedioURL];
[self presentMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated:videoPlayerView];
[videoPlayerView.moviePlayer play];
}
-(void)endSeeking
{
[self.navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:NO];
}
-(void)stop
{
[self.navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:NO];
}