Question

MPMoviePlayerController *player 
    = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:video_url];

[[player view] setFrame : [ib_image_base_view bounds]];

[ib_image_base_view addSubview : [player view]];

[player play];

Above are the 5 statements I am using to play a video file. The video_url has value :
“Intro_00.mp4 — file://localhost/” as echoed by a NSLog statement. Its value is initialized as : video_url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath: @”Intro_00.mp4″];

The problem is the MoviePlayer is not having any response, there is no error or warning message from Xcode either. The 5 lines of code are part of an iPhone project.

Hope somebody can give some hints.

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Comments are added below …

Have tried the following as suggested, but still no response.

[player setControlStyle: MPMovieControlStyleEmbedded];

Update 1 :

Have found out that the video_url is “null” all along. So I find and download a related sample project from Apple. But the same problem seems to persist. For details please refer to here.

Update 2 :

@Eduardo has found the solution to both questions. So this question should be closed. Thanks for the kind assistance and response from all who have look into my post 🙂

Answer 1

Use [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:"Intro_00.mp4"] and remember to add the file to the bundle (Project Build Steps > Copy Resources)