MPMoviePlayerController fullscreen quirk in iPad

Question

I want to show a MPMoviePlayerController in a view controller and let the user toggle full screen with the default controls, like the YouTube app. I\'m using the following c

Answer 1

Had the same problem, just spent half a day sorting it out. With the iPad in portrait orientation, whenever I started a video using the sample code (or any I could find on the net) the video and control bar were formatted for portrait, and hence all over the place on the screen.

Anyway, the following works for me.

  /* Call the code like below:
        int iLandscape;
        if( newOrientation==UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft || newOrientation==UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight )
             iLandscape=1;

        [self PlayVideo:iLandscape fullscreen:1]
    */
        //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        - (void)PlayVideo:(int)iLandscape fullscreen:(int)iFullScreen 
        {
            NSString *url = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"myvideofile" ofType:@"m4v"];

        if( iFullScreen==0 )
        {
            MPMoviePlayerController *player2 = 
                [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] 
                    initWithContentURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:url]];

            [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] 
                addObserver:self
                   selector:@selector(movieFinishedCallback:)
                       name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
                     object:player2];

            //---play partial screen---
            player2.view.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, m_iScreenWidth, m_iScreenHeight);
            [self addSubview:player2.view];
            //---play movie---
            [player2 play];
        }   
        else
        {
            MPMoviePlayerViewController *playerViewController = [[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc] 
                initWithContentURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:url]];

            [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] 
                addObserver:self
                   selector:@selector(movieFinishedCallback:)
                       name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
                     object:[playerViewController moviePlayer]];

            if( iLandscape )
            {
                playerViewController.view.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, m_iScreenWidth, m_iScreenHeight);
            }
            [self addSubview:playerViewController.view];
            //play movie
            MPMoviePlayerController *player = [playerViewController moviePlayer];
            player.scalingMode=MPMovieScalingModeAspectFit;
            [player play];
        }
    }


    //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    - (void) movieFinishedCallback:(NSNotification*) aNotification 
    {
        MPMoviePlayerController *player = [aNotification object];
        [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification object:player];    
        [player autorelease];    
        [player.view removeFromSuperview];
    }