Question

I want to play a video by the URL. I see some sample,the codes like below:

NSString *movieFile= [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"android" ofType:@"mp4"];
videoURL=[[NSURL alloc] initFileURLWithPath:movieFile];
moviePlayer=[[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:videoURL];

It play only the local resource.I write some code like:

NSString* strurl =@"https://s3.amazonaws.com/adplayer/colgate.mp4";
videoURL=[NSURL fileURLWithPath:strurl];
moviePlayer=[[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:videoURL];

but there is nothing … why..and how to play video by the url ?

Answer 1

Try

NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString: strurl];