I have a problem with the MPMoviePlayerViewController: If the controller can't find the movie at the specified URL it displays a white screen and I can't make it go close.
This is how I start the movie player:
- (void) playVideo:(NSString*)path
{
NSURL* url = [NSURL URLWithString:path];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(moviePlayBackDidFinish:) name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification object:nil];
double osversion = [[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] doubleValue];
if (osversion >= 3.2)
{
mplayerVC = [[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc] initWithContentURL:url];
if (mplayerVC)
{
mplayerVC.moviePlayer.movieSourceType = MPMovieSourceTypeFile;
[mplayerVC.moviePlayer play];
mplayerVC.moviePlayer.shouldAutoplay = TRUE;
[self presentMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated:mplayerVC];
//[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(moviePlayerLoadStateChanged:) name:MPMoviePlayerLoadStateDidChangeNotification object:nil];
}
}
}
and this is how moviePlayBackDidFinish: method looks like this
- (void) moviePlayBackDidFinish:(NSNotification*)notification
{
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification object:nil];
NSError* error = [[notification userInfo] valueForKey:@"error"];
if (error != nil)
{
// Movie ended with an error
DLog(@"error=%@", error);
}
else
{
// Movie ended successfully
}
[self dismissMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated];
SAFE_DEL(mplayerVC);
}
The white screen only happens if the URL is pointing wrong