Question

i’m pretty new to xcode and i’m using xcode4, constructing an app with the storyboards.
Now, this is my code to display a simple video taken from inside my project:

-(IBAction)playMoviePoliReel:(id)sender
{
NSString *filepath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@”SAMPLE” ofType:@”MOV”];
NSURL *fileURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:filepath];

moviePlayerController = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:fileURL];

[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
 selector:@selector(moviePlaybackComplete:)
 name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
 object:moviePlayerController];

moviePlayerController.shouldAutoplay = YES;
[self.view addSubview:moviePlayerController.view];
[moviePlayerController.view setFrame:CGRectMake(31, 130, 477, 360)]; 
moviePlayerController.fullscreen = YES; 
[moviePlayerController play];
setStatusBarOrientation:UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight animated:YES];
}
(void)moviePlaybackComplete:(NSNotification *)notification  
{  
MPMoviePlayerController *moviePlayerController = [notification object];  
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self  
                                                name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification  
                                              object:moviePlayerController];  
[moviePlayerController.view removeFromSuperview];  
}  

I have the video called SAMPLE.MOV in my project, in the directory resources, and created a button that onTouchDown make the function PlayVideoPoliReel go ahead… but, for a reason i cannot explain, in the player i see no video and no audio. The function seems to load the file cause in the player i see the time lasting to the end of the video and it’s correct. The video only plays totally black…

I controlled if the video is seen by the program with an if NSFileManager defaultManager]fileExistsAtPath:filepath] and the file exist…

Additionally if i use

NSURL *fileURL = [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://www.ebookfrenzy.com/ios_book/movie/movie.mov"];

using a video taken from the web, the player function perfectly. The video is loaded and i can see audio and video… I’m getting mad on this! Please help me.

Answer 1

If the movie is drm’d it will play all black as you described, is the sample movie drm’d? Movies and TV from the iTunes store can’t be played from your application.