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iosmpmovieplayercontroller

multiple MPMoviePlayerController on a tableview

I have multiple MPMoviePlayerController on a UITableView (on different sections).

I know that only one can play on a specific time, but the thing is that if a different player was in "pause" mode, it gets stuck and I need to re-init it.

I can do a sophisticated [tableview reload] on everything else but me - but it seems cycle consuming and idiotic (and not that simple to reload all but me)

Is there a better way? Maybe a 3rd party OS package that does handle this nicely?

Solution

  • Ok, first of all, why you need multiple MPMoviePlayerController instances if you play only one video at a time? You could create one instance of MPMoviePlayerController to play all videos one by one.

    And, I think, AVPlayer with AVPlayerLayer would be more extensible solution for playing videos on iOS. Take a look at the AVFoundation framework reference for more information about the AVPlayer here.

    Good Luck!