can we add mpmovieplayerviewcontroller as a subview?

Question

I want to play a video on a same view on a button click.

NSURL *movieUrl = @"Some Url";
            CGRect frame;
            frame =CGRectMake(10,10,100,100);
            MPMoviePlayerViewController *player = [[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc] initWithContentURL:movieUrl];
            [self.view addSubview:player.view];
            player.view.frame = frame;
            [player release];

when I run this, it shows a frame with black background but does not play the video. I am not using youtube video.

score 8 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 22 '13 at 15:29

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NSURL* videoURL = [NSURL URLWithString:url];
MPMoviePlayerController* mPlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:videoURL];
[mPlayer prepareToPlay];
[mPlayer play];

//For viewing partially.....
[mPlayer.view setFrame:CGRectMake(50, 200, (self.view.frame.size.width)-100 , 400)];
mPlayer.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor grayColor]; 
[self.view addSubview:mPlayer.view];

edited Oct 22 '13 at 15:29

John Riselvato

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answered Aug 03 '12 at 05:22

Furqi

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 17 '11 at 18:44

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First of all, you need to call:

[player play];

Second, releasing the player will most likely stop playback immediately. You need to hang onto that player elsewhere and release it when the movie finishes playing.

answered Jun 17 '11 at 18:44

hundreth

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Thank for the reply.When i write [player play] the app crashes.give me solution.Please – Saad Ur Rehman Jun 18 '11 at 05:37
i found the answer here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2218158/using-mpmovieplayerviewcontroller-in-sdk-3-2-for-ipad – Saad Ur Rehman Jun 18 '11 at 06:17

can we add mpmovieplayerviewcontroller as a subview?

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