MPMoviePlayerController in Swift

Question

I have this code but it doesn't show anything only a black frame.

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    // Do any additional setup after loading the view.

    var filepath: NSString = NSBundle.mainBundle().pathForResource("Akbar_ipad", ofType: "mp4")
    var fileURL: NSURL = NSURL(string: filepath)
    let moviePlayerController = MPMoviePlayerController(contentURL: fileURL)

    moviePlayerController.shouldAutoplay = true
    moviePlayerController.movieSourceType = MPMovieSourceType.File


    moviePlayerController.view.frame = CGRect(x: 200, y: 200, width: 500, height: 300)



    self.view.addSubview(moviePlayerController.view)

    moviePlayerController.prepareToPlay()
    moviePlayerController.play()

    ...

Have you got any idea how can i solve my problem? I am going crazy!

Thanks for your time.

Answer 1

I have a similar problem: How to load MPMoviePlayerController contentUrl asynchronous when loading view?

But here some ideas for you:

1. Maybe the url is constructed incorrectly/not local. Try using: let fileURL = NSBundle.mainBundle().URLForResource("Akbar_ipad", withExtension: "mp4")

2. You might need a global variable to hold a reference to the movie player instance (as described in the documentation.