macOS QTMovie not playing in new window

[paolomac]

I have a MAC OSX application in which I would like to press a button in the main window and open a new window in which a movie is played. This is my IBAction code;

- (IBAction) playButtonClicked: (id) sender
{
  MoviePlayerController *moviePlayerWindow = [[MoviePlayerController alloc] initWithWindowNibName:@"MoviePlayer"]; 
  [moviePlayerWindow showWindow:self];

  NSError *error;
  NSString *moviePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"sample_iTunes" ofType:@"mov"];
  QTMovie *movie = [QTMovie movieWithFile:moviePath error:&error];
  if (error) {
      NSLog(@"%@", [error localizedDescription]);
  } else {
      [movie gotoBeginning];
      [moviePlayerWindow.movieViewer setMovie:movie];
      [moviePlayerWindow.movieViewer play:nil]; 
  }

}

movieViewer is a QTMovieViewer outlet inside the new window.

The window opens but no movie is played; can someone understand what I am doing wrong ? I can send the complete project (it is a test one, very small) if needed.

Thank you very much for any help.

Paolo

 

[jiminaus]

Because you didn't mention it I need to ask, are you getting a log message in the debug area or debugger console because movieWithFile:error: is failing? Is anything nil, include the result of moviePlayerWindow.movieViewer?

 

[paolomac]

I didn't get any error in movie loading; the movie seems to be properly loaded (I can see the structure properly populated into the debugger).

What do you mean by "include the result of moviePlayerWindow.movieViewer"?

Thanks

 

[kainjow]

Double check that the outlets are setup properly (movieViewer).