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MPMoviePlayerController issue

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Started 1 year ago by pepinator
Latest reply from mscarafo

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pepinator
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Hi
I have a game in the app store (Agony Brain). I programmed it using SDK 3.1 and cocos2d 0.8x
This game has got some videos. Now, once I have downloaded and installed the SDK 4.0, followed the instructions from this and other forums in order to adapt the video to the new SDK format, I get:
the video works fine, so you can watch it, forward it, rewind it but when you touch the 2 arrow-icon it crashes and shows up the following error message:
Loading 43654 frames ... (x %)

Could anybody help me with this issue?

thanks

Posted 1 year ago #
Mad Brahmin Disease
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How did you adapt the code for iOS4.0?
I've tried both approaches with MPMoviePlayerController and MPMoviePlayerViewController and they do not fix it, I still only hear the video sound in the background but the video is not brought to the foreground.

Also I tried adding the view to both the openGLView ([[[CCDirector sharedDirector] openGLView] addSubview:theMovie.view]; ) and the keyWindow ([[[UIApplication sharedApplication] keyWindow] addSubview: movieView]) and neither works. It's driving me nuts.

Attempted approaches:
http://www.dbuggr.com/leothenerd/cocos2d-movie-class/

http://www.smashworx.com/2010/06/movieplayer-in-ios-4/

http://iphonedevelopertips.com/video/getting-mpmovieplayercontroller-to-cooperate-with-ios4-3-2-ipad-and-earlier-versions-of-iphone-sdk.html

Help, please. :(

Posted 1 year ago #

This is what I did: (I took a part from : "http://www.cocos2d-iphone.org/forum/topic/7742" and the rest from another one I cannot remember)

NSString * intro = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"videoIntro"
												  ofType:@"m4v"];
	presentacio = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:intro]];
	[presentacio setMovieControlMode:MPMovieControlModeDefault];

	if ([presentacio respondsToSelector:@selector(loadState)])
	{	

	  [presentacio prepareToPlay];
	  [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
												 selector:@selector(moviePlayerLoadStateChanged:)
													 name:MPMoviePlayerLoadStateDidChangeNotification
												   object:nil];}
	else {
		[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]addObserver:self
												selector:@selector(moviePreloadDidFinish:)
													name:MPMoviePlayerContentPreloadDidFinishNotification
												  object:nil];
	}

	[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
											 selector:@selector(myIntroFinishedCallBack:)
												 name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
											   object:presentacio];
	}
-(void)moviePreloadDidFinish:(NSNotification*)notification
{
	//remove observer
	[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]removeObserver:self
												   name:MPMoviePlayerContentPreloadDidFinishNotification
												 object:nil];
	[presentacio play];
}
-(void)moviePlayerLoadStateChanged:(NSNotification*)notification
{
	if ([presentacio loadState] != MPMovieLoadStateUnknown)
	{

		[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]removeObserver:self
													   name:MPMoviePlayerLoadStateDidChangeNotification
													 object:nil];

		[presentacio.view setTransform:CGAffineTransformMakeRotation((float)M_PI/2)];
		CGSize winSize = [[Director sharedDirector] winSize];
		presentacio.view.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, winSize.height, winSize.width);
		[[[Director sharedDirector] openGLView] addSubview:presentacio.view];
		[presentacio play];

	}
}
-(void)myIntroFinishedCallBack:(NSNotification*)aNotification
{
	presentacio = [aNotification object];
	[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self
													name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
												  object:presentacio];
	[[presentacio view] removeFromSuperview];

	[presentacio release];
}

As I said before, the video works fine as long as I do not press the 2-arrow icon on the video controller.
I hope this helps you

Posted 1 year ago #

pepinator
Member

I sorted it out, though it is not an smart solution, it does the job and after spending 4 days with it I decided to do this:

On top of the 'presentacio.view' I added a transparent subview of the size of the 2-arrow icon and locate it on top of the icon, so the user can not interact with this icon.

It works fine but I donot really like the solution.

If anybody can improve this, please let me know

thanks

Posted 1 year ago #
crmagicxxx
Member
I didn't try this on iPhone as I am working on iPad application for the client. And as I don't have actual iPad, here are results from the simulator, so please check if same behavior is on device:

When I click that 2 arrow button in simulator, I get same notification MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification but movie continues playing in background. So what I did in selector for finished movie is calling -stop on movie:
```
-(void)myMovieFinishedCallback:(NSNotification*)aNotification {

MPMoviePlayerController *myMovie = [aNotification object];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification object:myMovie];

[myMovie stop];
[myMovie.view removeFromSuperview];
[myMovie release];
}
```
So please test this on actual device and tell me if it's working as that would help me also. One thing though, when you finish move this way, sound doesn't work in simulator (iPad) anymore. But I am sure it will work on actual device.

Best
Posted 1 year ago #
pepinator
Member

I don't have IPad either, but I tried it with iphone simulator and iphone device and it doesn't work.
At the end of the day is normal that doesn't work as when you press the button or icon to maximise the video size you are not calling 'myMovieFinishedCallback:' as long as I know.
What I am searching is actually a way of saying: 2-arrow icon.enable: FALSE. I don't know if this exists or not.
thanks

Posted 1 year ago #
crmagicxxx
Member

I know it shouldn't call MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification, but it calls it anyway for me on iPad simulator. Though, I've set movie in Full Screen mode before that

Posted 1 year ago #
mscarafo
Member

This is happening to me as well. It happens on the device. iPad 3.2

Posted 1 year ago #

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