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Asked: 2026-05-26T07:59:07+00:00

This code works perfectly on iPad 4.3 Simulator: NSString *source = [mediaObject objectForKey:@source]; NSString

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This code works perfectly on iPad 4.3 Simulator:

NSString *source = [mediaObject objectForKey:@"source"];
NSString *videoPath = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@/%@", path, source];
NSURL *videoUrl = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:videoPath];

MPMoviePlayerController *videoPlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:videoUrl];
videoPlayer.shouldAutoplay = NO;

videoPlayer.view.frame = CGRectMake(xPos, yPos, width, height);

[backgroundImageView addSubview:videoPlayer.view];

[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(videoPlaybackStateDidChange:) name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackStateDidChangeNotification object:videoPlayer];

but it doesn’t work on iPad 5 Simulator. I get a black frame with no movie nor playback controls.

I read the Apple changelog about MPMoviePlayerController, but I didn’t found anything about this problem. Can you help me?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I solved the problem in this way: in my header file I wrote:

    MPMoviePlayerController *moviePlayer;

    with this property:

    @property(nonatomic, strong) MPMoviePlayerController *moviePlayer;

    and in the method in which I init the moviePlayer:

    MPMoviePlayerController *player = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:movieUrl];
self.moviePlayer = player;

    It seems that assigning the player to a property “saves” the player. But don’t ask me why…

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