ipad movie paused rather play when page is loaded - ipad

Question

I have a movie that loads fine and plays fine but it plays as soon as the page loads. I would like it to load in a paused state requiring the user to hen press play to watch.
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
NSString *moviePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"iobserve1" ofType:#"mov"];
NSURL *movieURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:moviePath];
moviePlayerController = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:movieURL];
moviePlayerController.view.frame = CGRectMake(60, 44, 900, 656); // player's frame must match parent's
[self.movieView addSubview:moviePlayerController.view];
moviePlayerController.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleEmbedded;
[moviePlayerController prepareToPlay];
[moviePlayerController pause];
}
The pause on the last line does not seem to do anything. Any help? Thanks

Answer 1

Put your code blurb you've written above in viewwillappear.
Then add play at the end like so:
-(void) viewWillAppear: (BOOL) animated {
NSString *moviePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"iobserve1" ofType:#"mov"];
NSURL *movieURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:moviePath];
moviePlayerController = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:movieURL];
moviePlayerController.view.frame = CGRectMake(60, 44, 900, 656); // player's frame must match parent's
[self.movieView addSubview:moviePlayerController.view];
moviePlayerController.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleEmbedded;
[moviePlayerController prepareToPlay];
[moviePlayerController play];
}
at the end of it.
In a viewdidappear do a
-(void) viewDidAppear: (BOOL) animated {
[moviePlayerController pause];
}
Remember to remove code from viewDidLoad

Answer 2

You might want to try setting the MPMoviePlayerController property shouldAutoplay to NO.
Add the following line before your prepareToPlay call;
moviewPlayerController.shouldAutoplay = NO;
From the reference:
shouldAutoplay
A Boolean that indicates whether a movie should begin playback automatically.
#property (nonatomic) BOOL shouldAutoplay
Discussion
The default value of this property is YES. This property determines
whether the playback of network-based content begins automatically
when there is enough buffered data to ensure uninterrupted playback.
Availability
Available in iOS 3.2 and later.
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