iOS Streaming Video using MPMoviePlayerController

Fontano said:

I was able to access Movies via HTTP progressive download.
I have not returned to accessing a true streaming server, the files I have been able to access where complete video files on the server.

IIRC, I posted this when I was having a problem with the player.
Which ultimately ended up being an incompatibility issue with the DiVX codec/player being installed (The actual one from http://www.divx.com)

The other Problem I was having at the time, is that I didn't change the URL building to use a URL link instead of a local file.

However, at the end of the work, it did work in the simulator, but not the device. And priorities have shifted, so I haven't returned to getting the streaming video to play.

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Fontano said:

For the last week or so, I have been trying to get MPMoviePlayerController working with streaming video feeds...

No luck.

I am using the MoviePlayer sample as the base...
And I have been working with the movieURL function, to change the source video.

I have been successfully at access video outside of the package, on the local hard drive, and on network access drives... but not streaming to an HTTP or an RTSP.

My latest attempt, was altering the line in movieURL (in MyViewController.m) to
NSString *moviePath = @"http://www.itc.virginia.edu/network/videotest/when-lg.mov";

When the app plays, I get an on screen of:
This Movie Could Not Be Played

The Debug/Log reports:
2008-07-17 10:20:12.194 MoviePlayer[4395:20b] ERROR! Please file a bug report!
2008-07-17 10:20:12.195 MoviePlayer[4395:20b] Could not play the movie http://www.itc.virginia.edu/network/videotest/when-lg.mov. We received the AVController_ItemFailedToPlayNotification with info: Error Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=-12783 UserInfo=0x1083d20 "This movie could not be played."


Any ideas on how to go getting this to work?

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NSString *url = @"http://www.example.com/path/to/movie.mp4";
MPMoviePlayerController *moviePlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:[NSURL URLWithString:url]];
[moviePlayer play];

I think streaming video off a local network drive would be quite useful by itself...

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NSString *path = [bundle pathForResource:@"movie" ofType:@"mp4"];
NSString *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:path];

jnic said:

I'm not the original poster, but here's the code I'm using MPMoviePlayer to "stream" (progressive download) movies over HTTP. It's extremely simple:

Code:

NSString *url = @"http://www.example.com/path/to/movie.mp4";
MPMoviePlayerController *moviePlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:[NSURL URLWithString:url]];
[moviePlayer play];

This often does not work in the simulator, but is always fine on the device. MPMoviePlayer does not appear to support RTSP.



For local files, just substitute the remote URL for a local one:

Code:

NSString *path = [bundle pathForResource:@"movie" ofType:@"mp4"];
NSString *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:path];

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are you suggesting local is actually on the iPhone?

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If I take the MoviePlayer sample code, can I just supply it the network location like @"smb://NAS/media/videos/mytestvid.mov" or is it more complex than that?

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Fontano said:

I was able to access Movies via HTTP progressive download.
I have not returned to accessing a true streaming server, the files I have been able to access where complete video files on the server.

IIRC, I posted this when I was having a problem with the player.
Which ultimately ended up being an incompatibility issue with the DiVX codec/player being installed (The actual one from http://www.divx.com)

The other Problem I was having at the time, is that I didn't change the URL building to use a URL link instead of a local file.

However, at the end of the work, it did work in the simulator, but not the device. And priorities have shifted, so I haven't returned to getting the streaming video to play.

Click to expand...