I have an MPMoviePlayerController named myMoviePlayer; I allocate and initialize it when my app loads:
NSString *moviePath = [bundle pathForResource:[movieName uppercaseString] ofType:#"mov" inDirectory:#"Videos"];
if(moviePath)
{
NSURL *movieURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:moviePath];
myMoviePlayer=[[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:movieURL];
[**myUI.view** setFrame:CGRectMake(80, 80, 600, 350)];
[self.view addSubview:myMoviePlayer.view];
myMoviePlayer.shouldAutoplay=NO;
}
There are two views in my app named imageView and videoView. I need to hide myMoviePlayer in imageView and display it again when my UI view is videoView.
Each time I show a movie, movieName will be different.
Right now, I am allocating and initializing myVideoPlayer each time my view changes to the movie view. Is it possible to set a new video url to myMoviePlayer without allocating it again?
Yes there is:
[myMoviePlayer setContentURL:[NSURL URLWithString:aMovieUrl]];
Just set the contentURL property of the MPMoviePlayerController instance.
Sharmain i got your problem...
you need to set the contentURL and then call Play method of mpmovieplayercontroller:
[myPlayer setContentURL:xyz];
[myPlayer play];
enjoy..!!
NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"myVideo" ofType:#"mp4"];
self.myPlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] init];
self.myPlayer.view.frame = CGRectMake(0, 124, 768, 900);
self.myPlayer.shouldAutoplay = YES;
self.myPlayer.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleNone;
self.myPlayer.repeatMode = MPMovieRepeatModeOne;
self.myPlayer.fullscreen = YES;
self.myPlayer.movieSourceType = MPMovieSourceTypeFile;
self.myPlayer.scalingMode = MPMovieScalingModeAspectFit;
[self.view addSubview:myPlayer.view];
[myPlayer setContentURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:path]];
[myPlayer play];
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I am having trouble getting my NSString to read my string that I have set. The play action is hooked to a UIButton OnTouchDown if it matters.
- (IBAction)play {
if (audioPlayer.playing == NO) {
urlSong = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#/k.mp3", [[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath]]];
[audioPlayer release];
audioPlayer = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:urlSong error:&error];
audioPlayer.numberOfLoops = 0;
//if i set this line to stringSong = #"k"; then comment out the next line everything works fine
stringSong = [[urlSong lastPathComponent] stringByDeletingPathExtension];
label.text = stringSong;
AVAudioSession *audiosession = [AVAudioSession sharedInstance];
[audiosession setCategory:AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient error:nil];
[audioPlayer play];
[start setTitle:#"Stop" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
}
else
if ([stringSong isEqualToString:#"k"]){
label.text = #"audio stopped";
[audioPlayer stop];
}
}
When I run the code on my iPhone Xcode returns
EXC_BAD_ACCESS
on this line
if ([stringSong isEqualToString:#"k"]){
I know this is due to me trying to set the string from the url because when I plainly set my string to 'k' the code executes just fine.
If anybody is wondering the overall point of this, I am trying to have my audio buttons set to stop all other audio when this button is pressed and start the audio assigned to this button which in this case is 'k.mp3'. But if this audio is already playing just to stop playing all audio. Thank you.
You aren't retaining stringSong.
This line:
stringSong = [[urlSong lastPathComponent] stringByDeletingPathExtension];
Should be:
stringSong = [[[urlSong lastPathComponent] stringByDeletingPathExtension] retain];
At some point this needs to be released.
i want to take a screenshot of a video on my ipad app.
I searched on SO, and i found a lot of sample code. I tried everything but nothing seem to work.
I tried all of this methods:
1) Try with : MPMoviePlayerController
- (void) previewWithPlayer:(NSString*)path image:(UIImageView*)imView
{
MPMoviePlayerController *player = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:[NSURL URLWithString:path]];
UIImage *thumbnail = [player thumbnailImageAtTime:1.0 timeOption:MPMovieTimeOptionNearestKeyFrame];
[player stop];
[player release];
imView.image = thumbnail;
}
2) Try with : AVAssetImageGenerator - v1
- (void) generateImage:(NSString*)path image:(UIImageView*)imView
{
AVAsset *asset = [AVAsset assetWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:path]];
AVAssetImageGenerator *imageGenerator = [[AVAssetImageGenerator alloc]initWithAsset:asset];
CMTime time = CMTimeMake(1, 1);
UIImage *thumbnail = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:[imageGenerator copyCGImageAtTime:time actualTime:NULL error:NULL]];
imView.image = thumbnail;
}
13) Try with : AVAssetImageGenerator - v2
- (void) generateImage:(NSString*)path image:(UIImageView*)imView
{
AVURLAsset *asset = [[AVURLAsset alloc] initWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:path] options:nil];
AVAssetImageGenerator *generator = [[AVAssetImageGenerator alloc] initWithAsset:asset];
generator.appliesPreferredTrackTransform=TRUE;
[asset release];
CMTime thumbTime = CMTimeMakeWithSeconds(2,30);
AVAssetImageGeneratorCompletionHandler handler = ^(CMTime requestedTime, CGImageRef im, CMTime actualTime, AVAssetImageGeneratorResult result, NSError *error){
if (result != AVAssetImageGeneratorSucceeded) {
NSLog(#"couldn't generate thumbnail, error:%#", error);
}
UIImage *thumbImg = [[UIImage imageWithCGImage:im] retain];
imView.image = thumbImg;
[generator release];
};
CGSize maxSize = CGSizeMake(320, 180);
generator.maximumSize = maxSize;
[generator generateCGImagesAsynchronouslyForTimes:[NSArray arrayWithObject:[NSValue valueWithCMTime:thumbTime]] completionHandler:handler];
}
But nothig works.
I tried with MOV, MP4, nothing.
Path is correct, video is working.
NSString *fPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"VideoA" ofType:#"mp4"];
NSLog(#"%#", fPath);
[self generateImage:fPath image:_ImgA];
What's could be the problem? My image view show nothing and no error are returned.
iOS is 6.0/5.1, on iPad simulator/device.
Video is 854×480 pixels, H.264, AAC. About 30Mb of size.
please help me because i'm going crazy with this issue.
thanks.
edit
on device return this error:
couldn't generate thumbnail, error:Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain
Code=-1 "unknown error" UserInfo=0x1e0a2f30
{NSUnderlyingError=0x1e0a3900 "The operation couldn’t be completed.
(OSStatus error -12935.)", NSLocalizedDescription=unknown error}
Solved.
The trick: use fileURLWithPath:, not URLWithString:. Apparently the difference is really, really significant.
thanks to Noah. https://stackoverflow.com/a/4201419/88461
am trying to do a simple AVAudioPlayer based application to play 2 different music upon button pressed, there is 2 views, the first is the home view contains 2 buttons,each button set a song which is named as integer(1.mp3, 2.mp3.....etc)and here'e the code
#import "podHome.h"
#import "podMusic.h"
#import "ArabAppDelegate.h"
#implementation podHome
#synthesize song1;
#synthesize tabi;
int CurrentPlay;
NSString *Currenttxt;
-(IBAction)uae{
CurrentPlay=1;
Currenttxt=#"uae";
podMusic *newContro=[[podMusic alloc] init];
[newContro setCurrentPlay1:CurrentPlay setCurrentText:Currenttxt];
ArabAppDelegate *theDelegate = (ArabAppDelegate*)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
tabi = theDelegate.tabcontrolPod;
tabi.selectedIndex = 1;
[newContro release];
}
-(IBAction)libya{
CurrentPlay=2;
Currenttxt=#"uae";
podMusic *newContro=[[podMusic alloc] init];
[newContro setCurrentPlay1:CurrentPlay setCurrentText:Currenttxt];
ArabAppDelegate *theDelegate = (ArabAppDelegate*)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
tabi = theDelegate.tabcontrolPod;
tabi.selectedIndex = 1;
[newContro release];
}
these tow (IBActions) are linked to the two buttons when pressing on one of them it will change to the other view and start playing the song
- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated {
if((played == 1)&&(isBacked==FALSE)){
NSString *filePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:texting
ofType:#"txt"];
NSString *filenameString = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:filePath usedEncoding:nil error:nil];
CurrentTex.text = filenameString;
AudioSessionInitialize(NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
UInt32 sessionCategory = kAudioSessionCategory_MediaPlayback;
AudioSessionSetProperty(kAudioSessionProperty_AudioCategory,sizeof(sessionCategory), &sessionCategory);
AudioSessionSetActive(YES);
playBtnBG = [[UIImage imageNamed:#"play-pod.png"] retain];
pauseBtnBG = [[UIImage imageNamed:#"pause-pod.png"] retain];
[playButton setBackgroundImage:pauseBtnBG forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[self registerForBackgroundNotifications];
updateTimer = nil;
duration.adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth = YES;
currentTime.adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth = YES;
progressBar.minimumValue = 0.0;
NSString *path=[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%d",CurrentPlay] ofType:#"mp3"];
self.player=[[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:path] error:NULL];
[player stop];
//self.player = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:fileURL error:nil];
if (self.player)
{
[self updateViewForPlayerInfo:player];
[self updateViewForPlayerState:player];
player.numberOfLoops = 0;
player.delegate = self;
}
[self startPlaybackForPlayer:player];
fileName.text= [[NSString alloc]initWithFormat:#"%#", songName];
// [fileURL release];
// CurrentPlay = 0;
isBacked = TRUE;
}
[super viewWillAppear:animated];
}
- (void)setCurrentPlay1:(int)varP setCurrentText:(NSString *)varT{
CurrentPlay = varP;
texting = varT;
played = 1;
isBacked = FALSE;
}
but the problem is that when the song is playing and am back to home view and pressing on the other song's button, it starts to play with the first one at the same time, i think the first should stop to begin the other, what should i release to do that???
My guess is that you have two instances of the AVAudioPlayer, and when you set them both to play, they both do!
One solution would be to tell other players to stop when you activate a new one, but that will quickly become troublesome as the number of players increases.
Instead you;'d be better of just setting up one player, and change it's song in accordance to what button was pressed. That way, there is no chance that two music tracks will play at the same time.
In your first button action write like this.
if(player2.isPlaying)
{
[player2 stop];
}
in the same way do the same thing in second button action like this.
if(player1.isPlaying)
{
[player1 stop];
}
I recently stumbled upon the following interesting feature: Instagram iPhone Hooks
I was wondering if one is able to open an app through the documentinteractioncontroller immediately, WITHOUT having to show a preview (– presentPreviewAnimated:) or an action sheet (– presentOpenInMenuFromRect:inView:animated:). Seems to me that it's the only way, but I might be missing something.
-(void) saveToInstagram {
NSURL *url;
UIDocumentInteractionController *dic;
CGRect rect = CGRectMake(0 ,0 , 0, 0);
UIImage *i = imageView.image;
CGRect cropRect = CGRectMake(i.size.width - 306 ,i.size.height - 306 , 612, 612);
NSString *jpgPath = [NSHomeDirectory() stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"Documents/Test.ig"];
CGImageRef imageRef = CGImageCreateWithImageInRect([imageView.image CGImage], cropRect);
UIImage *img = [[UIImage alloc] initWithCGImage:imageRef];
CGImageRelease(imageRef);
[UIImageJPEGRepresentation(img, 1.0) writeToFile:jpgPath atomically:YES];
url = [[NSURL alloc] initFileURLWithPath:jpgPath];
dic = [self setupControllerWithURL:url usingDelegate:self];
[dic presentOpenInMenuFromRect:rect inView:self.view animated:YES];
[dic retain];
[img release];
[url release];
}
- (UIDocumentInteractionController *) setupControllerWithURL: (NSURL*) fileURL usingDelegate: (id <UIDocumentInteractionControllerDelegate>) interactionDelegate {
UIDocumentInteractionController *interactionController = [UIDocumentInteractionController interactionControllerWithURL: fileURL];
interactionController.delegate = interactionDelegate;
return interactionController;
}
- (void)documentInteractionControllerWillPresentOpenInMenu:(UIDocumentInteractionController *)controller {
}
First save your JPEG with a .ig or .igo extension instead of .jpg or .jpeg then create a NSURL with a file:// directive. Also I used the .igo extension and the UTI com.instagram.exclusivegram for exclusivity to Instagram but you can use the .ig extension and the UTI com.instagram.gram
For Example:
// URL TO THE IMAGE FOR THE DOCUMENT INTERACTION
NSURL *igImageHookFile = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:[[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:#"file://%#", jpgPath]];
docInteractionController.UTI = #"com.instagram.exclusivegram";
[self setupDocumentControllerWithURL:igImageHookFile];
// OPEN THE HOOK
[docInteractionController presentOpenInMenuFromRect:self.frame inView:self animated:YES];
The only way to do it would be if Instagram registers a custom URL handler (e.g. igram://) and can accept data either as part of that URL (e.g. base64 encoded) or via the pasteboard.
Basically the limitations that UIDocumentInteractionController (and this technique) workaround are:
Apps are not allowed to query for or directly launch other apps.
Apps cannot generally open files from the sandboxed user directory of other apps.
I want to play the music from internet by url.
I create a simply project that has one button with the following code:
NSURL *url = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:#"http://someURL.mp3"];
NSError **err;
QTMovie *movie = [[QTMovie alloc] initWithURL:url error:err];
[movie play];
It works but with some delay (I think because it waits while file has been fully downloaded).
So what I need to do that the music starts to play immediately (when, for example, 10% of file has been downloaded)?
Use -[QTMovie autoplay] to automatically play the music once enough data has been downloaded.
In your case:
NSURL *url = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:#"http://someURL.mp3"];
NSError **err;
QTMovie *movie = [[QTMovie alloc] initWithURL:url error:err];
[movie autoplay];
From the QTMovie class reference:
The autoplay method configures a QTMovie object to begin playing as soon as enough data is available that the playback can continue uninterrupted to the end of the movie.
If you can consider displaying a Quicktime window over your app, you can use this code :
NSString *url = #"http://someURL.mp3";
UIWebView* tempAudioPlayer = [[UIWebView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 0, 0)];
[tempAudioPlayer loadHTMLString:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"<iframe frameborder=\"0\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" src=\"%#\"></iframe>", url] baseURL:nil];
[self addSubview:tempAudioPlayer];
I first create a UIWebView which will not be displayed. Then I loadHTMLString a <iframe> in it, with the URL of my file as the src value. And I add it to my view. Quicktime appears immediately.