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iOS Build a Self-Destructing Message iPhone App Retrieving and Viewing Data from Parse.com Viewing Videos Using MPMoviePlayerController

Szymon Kadłuczka
Szymon Kadłuczka
8,762 Points
Posted by Szymon Kadłuczka
Szymon Kadłuczka
8,762 Points

Ribbit video not playing in iOS7 using XCode 6

I am using Xcode 6 and iOS7. I have successfully followed the tutorial to display Images. When I added video code, it'd being shown in the Messages list, but when I click on it, the row is selected and nothing happens. The video is 3 seconds long and takes only 300kb, yet it's not playing. No error, too. Any help please?

My .h file has:

@property (nonatomic, strong) MPMoviePlayerController *moviePlayer;

My .m file has:

PFFile *videoFile = [self.selectedMessage objectForKey:@"file"];
NSURL *fileUrl = [NSURL URLWithString:videoFile.url];
self.moviePlayer.contentURL = fileUrl;
[self.moviePlayer prepareToPlay];
[self.view addSubview:self.moviePlayer.view];
[self.moviePlayer setFullscreen:YES animated:YES];

When I test it using NSLog I get the URL to the .mov file. Yet, it's not playing.

Erion Vlada
Erion Vlada
13,496 Points

Could you upload your project on dropbox and I can have a look for you. If you have already fixed it, what was the issue?

1 Answer

danh nguyen
danh nguyen
33 Points
danh nguyen
danh nguyen
33 Points

insert: [self.moviePlayer play];

:)