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POIphone mpmediaplayerController, unable to restart video after user presses done
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copied!<p>I'm having trouble with Iphone's mediaplayercontroller.</p> <p>I'm able to play the video once, with no problems.</p> <p>When the user presses done, I close the mediaplayer, and move my user back to the previous screen. (I'm using a navigation based application).</p> <p>However, when I try to start the video again by pressing the play button, the mediaplayercontroller no longer works correctly.</p> <p>All I get is a black screen. No video, no sounds.</p> <p>I've already released the previous mediaplayper controller after getting the MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification or the MPMoviePlayerDidExitFullscreenNotification.</p> <p>Any advice would be greatly appreciated.</p> <p>More Info------- Here is a snippet of my code:</p> <pre><code>- (void) viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated { moviePlayerController = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:url]; [self.view addSubview:moviePlayerController.view]; [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(moviePlaybackComplete:) name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification object:nil]; [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(moviePlaybackComplete:) name:MPMoviePlayerDidExitFullscreenNotification object:nil]; // This is to deal with the user pressing the done button. [moviePlayerController setFullscreen:YES]; [moviePlayerController play]; } - (void)moviePlaybackComplete:(NSNotification *)notification { NSLog(@"movie playback ended"); int reason = [[[notification userInfo] objectForKey:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishReasonUserInfoKey] intValue]; if(reason == MPMovieFinishReasonPlaybackEnded) NSLog(@"Reason: MPMovieFinishReasonPlaybackEnded"); else if(reason == MPMovieFinishReasonPlaybackError) NSLog(@"Reason: MPMovieFinishReasonPlaybackError"); else if(reason == MPMovieFinishReasonUserExited) NSLog(@"Reason: MPMovieFinishReasonUserExited"); else NSLog(@"Reason: %d", reason); [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification object:nil]; [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:MPMoviePlayerDidExitFullscreenNotification object:nil]; [moviePlayerController.view removeFromSuperview]; moviePlayerController.initialPlaybackTime = -1; [moviePlayerController pause]; [moviePlayerController stop]; [moviePlayerController release]; moviePlayerController = nil; [[self navigationController] popViewControllerAnimated:YES]; } </code></pre>

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