Playing a video file from server in an Iphone app

Question

Basically , I get a url from webserver.I want to play a movie file from that url in an iPhone app.Please help! i mean to say my movie file is stored on webserver

Answer 1

playing video from webserver from a url

viewDidLoad{
movieURL=[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://www.samkeeneinteractivedesign.com/videos/littleVid3.mp4"];


moviePlayer =  [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:movieURL];
if ([moviePlayer respondsToSelector:@selector(loadState)]) 
{
    // Set movie player layout
    [moviePlayer setControlStyle:MPMovieControlStyleFullscreen];
    [moviePlayer setFullscreen:YES];
    //  moviePlayer.view.frame = CGRectMake(10,10,1024,760);
    // May help to reduce latency
    [moviePlayer prepareToPlay];
}
}