MPMoviePlayerController Not playing Local file - ios

NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"PTCL" ofType:#"mp4"];
NSURL *videoURL = [NSURL URLWithString:path];
MPMoviePlayerController *moviePlayerController = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:videoURL];
[moviePlayerController.view setFrame:self.view.frame];
[self.view addSubview:moviePlayerController.view];
moviePlayerController.controlStyle=MPMediaTypeAnyVideo;
moviePlayerController.fullscreen = YES;
[moviePlayerController prepareToPlay];
[moviePlayerController play];
NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"PTCL" ofType:#"mp4"];
path=[NSString stringWithFormat:#"file:/%#",path];
NSURL *videoURL = [NSURL URLWithString:path];
MPMoviePlayerController *moviePlayerController = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:videoURL];
[moviePlayerController.view setFrame:self.view.frame];
[self.view addSubview:moviePlayerController.view];
moviePlayerController.shouldAutoplay=YES;
moviePlayerController.controlStyle=MPMediaTypeAnyVideo;
moviePlayerController.fullscreen = YES;
[moviePlayerController prepareToPlay];
[moviePlayerController play];
file:///Users/utkal/Library/Application%20Support/iPhone%20Simulator/7.0.3/Applications/F0B3AD63-7E46-4069-8845-8B0C05425CD2/CosMos.app/PTCL.mp4
I am getting this videURL path for first code
file:///Users/utkal/Library/Application%20Support/iPhone%20Simulator/7.0.3/Applications/F0B3AD63-7E46-4069-8845-8B0C05425CD2/CosMos.app/PTCL.mp4
I am getting this videURL path for second code.
I have alos use
NSURL *videoURL = [[NSURL alloc]init];
videoURL = [[NSBundle mainBundle] URLForResource:#"PTCL" withExtension:#"mp4"];
But my video player always show that file is loading and nothing happen.
I know some where I am doing mistake,but hard luck of mine.
please correct my mistake or tell me if any another way to play local video file.Please.

maybe is too late but i would try something like:
MPMoviePlayerViewController *movieVC = [[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc] initWithContentURL:file.location];
movieVC.moviePlayer.movieSourceType = MPMovieSourceTypeFile;
movieVC.moviePlayer.fullscreen = YES;
movieVC.moviePlayer.allowsAirPlay = YES;
movieVC.moviePlayer.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleFullscreen;
[self presentMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated:movieVC];
notice the "movieVC.moviePlayer.movieSourceType = MPMovieSourceTypeFile;"

I used this simple solution instead:
NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"video" ofType:#"mp4"]];
MPMoviePlayerViewController* viewController = [[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc] initWithContentURL:url];
[self presentMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated:viewController];

NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory,NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *dataPath = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"CapturedMedia"];
NSString *filePath = [dataPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"/itemVideo.mp4"];
_moviePlayer =[[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc] initWithContentURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:filePath]];
[[_moviePlayer view] setFrame:[[self view] bounds]];
[[_moviePlayer moviePlayer] prepareToPlay];
[[_moviePlayer moviePlayer] setShouldAutoplay:YES];
[[_moviePlayer moviePlayer] setControlStyle:2];
[[_moviePlayer moviePlayer] setRepeatMode:MPMovieRepeatModeNone];
[self presentMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated:_moviePlayer];
you set the property of the MPMoviePlayerViewController in .h file.

MPMoviePlayerController is Deprecated Now. So I have used AVPlayerViewController. and written the following code:
NSURL *videoURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:filePath];
AVPlayer *player = [AVPlayer playerWithURL:videoURL];
AVPlayerViewController *playerViewController = [AVPlayerViewController new];
playerViewController.player = player;
//[playerViewController.player play];//Used to Play On start
[self presentViewController:playerViewController animated:YES completion:nil];
Please do not forget to import following frameworks:
#import <AVFoundation/AVFoundation.h>
#import <AVKit/AVKit.h>
Hope this Helps..

Your code for movie player is looking fine . There is something wrong with the path . Just try to go to the path explicitly . And check whether that file is present there or not. You can see following SO question for your reference :
How to play video using MPMoviePlayerController?

A little late in the game but here's my complete code
In *.h
#interface v1SupportTable : UITableViewController
{
MPMoviePlayerController *moviePlayer1;
}
In *.m
- (IBAction) playVideoBtn
{
NSURL *videoURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"sample_movie" ofType:#"mp4"]];
NSLog(#"videoURL: %# ...", videoURL);
moviePlayer1 =[[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:videoURL];
[[moviePlayer1 view] setFrame: [self.view bounds]]; // frame must match parent view
[self.view addSubview: [moviePlayer1 view]];
[moviePlayer1 setFullscreen:YES];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(doneButtonClicked) name:MPMoviePlayerWillExitFullscreenNotification object:nil];
[moviePlayer1 play];
}
-(void)playMediaFinished:(NSNotification*)theNotification
{
moviePlayer1=[theNotification object];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification object:moviePlayer1];
[moviePlayer1.view removeFromSuperview];
//when finished dimiss window
[moviePlayer1 stop];
[moviePlayer1.view removeFromSuperview];
}
-(void)doneButtonClicked
{
//[self.navigationController setNavigationBarHidden:NO animated:NO];
[moviePlayer1 stop];
[moviePlayer1.view removeFromSuperview];
}

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NSURL *fileURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:filepath];
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// .....
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