how to play video in iphone, xcode

Question

i am creating a movie application in iphone . i want to play a video in my application. My Video url is located locally. Please anybody help me in how can i play a video in my application

Answer 1

Where is it located locally? In the application bundle? If so, the URL is like this:

NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"videoname" ofType:@"mov" inDirectory:@""]];

You can play most videos with Apple's MediaPlayer-framework.

Add the framework (MediaPlayer) to your project and import it in the .h-file, and create an instance of the MediaPlayer like this:

// .h:
#import <MediaPlayer/MediaPlayer.h>

// .m:
MPMoviePlayerController *player = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:videoURL];
[[player view] setFrame:[self.view bounds]]; // Frame must match parent view
[self.view addSubview:[player view]];
[player play];
[player release];

MPMoviePlayerController-documentation