How to play m3u audio stream in iOS app

Question

I\'m trying to create an iOS/iPhone radio app using Xcode 4.5.2.

I wanted to stream @\"http://xx.xxxxxxx.com/8111/radio.m3u\" with play, pause, volume control and ab

Answer 1

There are Two way to achieve this.

1. You can directly load you URL in UIWebView and it will properly.
2. You can also use MPMoviePlayerController.

Answer 2

Create a "MPMoviePlayerController *player" as a strong object in your ViewController.

So you code would look something like below:

@interface ViewController ()
{
    UISlider *volumeSlider;
    MPMoviePlayerController *player;
}

@end


- (IBAction)playButtonPressed;
{
    NSString *urlAddress = @"http://xxxxxxx.com/8111/listen.m3u";
    NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:urlAddress];

    if(nil != player)
    {
      player = nil; // Alternatively you can stop and restart with the different stream.
    }

    player = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc]initWithContentURL:url];
    player.movieSourceType = MPMovieSourceTypeStreaming;
    [player prepareToPlay];
    self.myPlayer = player;
    [self.view addSubview:self.myPlayer.view];
    [self.myPlayer play];
}