MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification is called immediately

Question

I\'m trying to play video with the following code:

UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(CGSizeMake(1,1));

self.player = [[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc] initWith         


        

Answer 1

If the video plays on your desktop machine, but not iOS (either in-app or in Safari), it's most likely because the HTTP server does not support byte-range requests. If the HTTP server does not support byte-range requests, iOS will not play the video. This differs from Safari on OS X, which plays the video regardless.

From the Safari Web Content Documentation:

HTTP servers hosting media files for iOS must support byte-range requests, which iOS uses to perform random access in media playback. (Byte-range support is also known as content-range or partial-range support.) Most, but not all, HTTP 1.1 servers already support byte-range requests.

Also, the HTTP server must provide a valid Content-Type header (the URL above also enumerates the valid MIME types). iOS will not play the video if the MIME type is invalid or missing.