I tried selecting a screen transition after the video was done playing but it immediately went to a black screen. I have tried to comment out lines 147-193 on the At_54_video_player.m file but when the video is finished playing, nothing else happens and completely crashes...I can't even hit the done button on the video. Is there a way I can get it to just go back to the tab where the play button is? Here is a screenshot of the commented out code and the output section once the video is done playing http://screencast.com/t/HcoWLni47cCv Am I commenting out the wrong section? Anyone know of a solution to fix the way the video ends?

Hi WaYsTiiD TIME, You might want to post this in the forum for this plugin. You can find it by navigating to the Plugin Market, clicking on this (At_53 video player) plugin, and the the "Discussions" link on the left hand side. That will take you to a forum specifically for this plugin and any issues that may arise with it. Plugin developers will be notified when you post there and they can then respond to your issue. If you post it here in the general forum, it might be days, if ever, that the developer sees this post. This applies for all plugins in the market. They should each have their own forums. No worries about any of this though, as the Plugin Market is new, not a whole lot of people realize this feature even exists.

Thanks Parker :) Waystid - the screen transition definately seems to be an issue with this thing. not the first report, still trying to hammer it out... Seems to me that it could be iOS6 related as it worked well when I first wrote/tested this code on iOS 4,5 months ago. The transition works in my projects, but I'm not running iOS6 yet or developing on Xcode 4.5 yet. Will upgrade soon, but still XCode 4.2 and iOS 5 great screen shot, totally helps I can see why this is crashing completely if you have all that commented out. We need lines 148-157, that's the MoviePlaybackComplete method. But lines 159-191 are the extra "transition" code that removing might fix this and return to the Banner/Play screen. Try that and let me know. also what deployment target you have set? I build for 3.0 for sure want to populate that discussion forum with any fixes. even hacks.. Lots of folks trying to use this plug-in to stream videos and it's not so good at that either.

@atrain53.. Thanks for getting back to me. I commented out the lines you recommended and here are the results: 1. Deployment target 4.3 simulator 4.3: worked like a charm, the video played and returned back to the menu screen. Screenshot of output section http://screencast.com/t/fwXEeLX4hw 2. Deployment target 4.3 simulator 6.0: video would play, but would get stuck at the end of the video. The video buttons would still remain on the screen but with a black button and none of the buttons would function. Here is a screenshot of the output section. http://screencast.com/t/WVl13PI0MgLj It seems to be disabling all the features for some reason and not allowing the end user to control the app any longer. Any suggestions? 3. Deployment targot 6.0 simulator 6.0: Similar issue to #2 above. screenshot of output section http://screencast.com/t/slsKKi2v . It's as if the video stops with 1 second left and doesn't do anything after that.

I think I've got the culprit identified- Seems to be an iOS 6 "AutoPlay" issue. Your post and others all seem to have the same error output related to MPAVController and isues with disabling autoplay. some people have been fixing it by adding 'preparetoplay' to the code as noted here- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12099393/cannot-play-video-with-mpmovieplayerviewcontroller busy weekend but i'll dig into the code over the next few days and see @ adding that code and testing, resubmitting an update to BT for approval. how come not building for ios3? every BT plugin i've used works so far if you set target to 3.0. "iphone 3G" is always the top device model in my flurry reports.

I was under the impression that I had to build for 4.3 or higher now in order to submit a binary to apple. I've tried working with the preparetoplay code but no luck. I tried using a dismiss code rather than the remove from super view which worked for iOS6. It would end the video at the very end, allowing the end user to hit the done button. But when I tested on 4.3 simulator, it didnt work. If you find a solution, please keep me informed. And I'll post any results as well

@Atrain Have you been able to tinker around with this? I haven't gotten anything to work

…. also keen to see this one resolved @Atrain. As another iOS 6.0 user, I am also experiencing the black screen problem with this plugin. Many thanks

still looking into it - my 'plug-in' doesn't seem to be the only piece of code suffering from this glitch. This 'disable autoplay' seems to be a problem for a lot of ios 6.0 users using the MediaPlayer class. I've read a handful of different 'fixes' hacks but none seem to be a vaible solution. I'm following a few threads but beginning to feel like this might just be an iOS6 bug with video that lots of folks would like to see fixed. the question is 'dice up and remove code' from the plug-in and then find out ios "6.1" resolves it's own 'autoplay' bug. am i trying to make a workaround for an Apple bug or is there an issue with the code? The amount of posts/issues i see with 'disable autoplay' in the new ios 6 make it hard to tell....

Well on my side, I’m not in a big hurry to have a solution. I can wait a couple of months before I submit my app to the App Store for approval and hopefully by then, the problem will have been resolved. If I can’t embed my video, though, it is problem. Streaming video on these crappy European networks, is just not an option. I suppose if the plugin doesn’t work and the problem doesn’t get resolved by Apple anytime soon, the alternative is to go self-hosted and use a different plugin? Are there any apps out there yet that use iOS 6.0 and the MediaPlayer class?

http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/Oct2012/ios-6-0-1-to-be-released-in-next-few-weeks.html iOs 6.0.1 due to be released in a few weeks and 6.1 start of next year. The article doesn’t refer specifically to our MediaPlayer problem being resolved but here’s hoping….

I believe this is really the core of the problem which i found on the Apple site a few days ago: In iOS 6, the viewWillUnload and viewDidUnload methods of UIViewController are now deprecated. I know the plugin uses those, so that means it'll have to be modified. I've been checking some ios 6 articles too to see if anything was mentioned about mediaplayer. autoplay for sure seems to be a hot topic on the Apple forums. this thread here has some really good insight. a couple possible fixes and folks using the word 'bug'. <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12414717/ios-6-streaming-player-com-apple-coremedia-networkbuffering-bug" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12414717/ios-6-streaming-player-com-apple-coremedia-networkbuffering-bug</a> check out the RELATED links on the left too.... so likely going to wait until this first 'bug fix' release and then re-examine it...

OK Atrain.. sounds like a plan.

@Atrain53, when you said "so likely going to wait until this first 'bug fix' release and then re-examine it..." did that mean you are hoping an upgrade release of IOS will fix? I'm also having the same problem.

That's a great question. I'm needing this functionality really bad for a client. I found a web work around but I'd rather use native functionality

I looked at the links above, but I didn't get very far, it is more on the level for those who write plugins, not so much for those of us that buy them (well me anyway). I could go into xcode and modify a line or two of code, but only if somebody can say "go to this line line in this file and make this change"! If anyone has made a work-around this work, please let us know. I only bought this yesterday and I was hoping to submit my app on Monday with this in.

Yes, I do want to to wait until this first ios 6.0.1 comes out to see if it addresses this at all. That many threads/issues on stackoverflow discussing ios6 'autoplay' issues is enough for me to deduct there is some pattern occurring. Lots of folks there looking for fixes/answers to the same problem. The only users reporting problems with the plug-in are ios6 and xcode 4.5.

I think another point is that not everyone who has 6.0 would necessarily upgrade it, so we do need a 6.0 compatible solution please. Even if it is just a work-around for now, it would help. My findings are it is only a problem on 6.0.

Got this worked out. We worked with @ATRAIN53 to get iOS 6 supported - works great. If you're interested, have a look at the methods used to load / unload the player, it's a different approach that's better suited for all the devices. I tested this on several gadgets, all work. iPod, iPhone, iPad through iO6. Sweet!

Wow, that was quick, I'm glad we didn't have to wait for Apple! I am looking forward to trying this out. Thanks @David & @Atrain53.

very cool guys!

Works very nicely now! Anyone use this plugin with android yet, any problems?

On IOS, is anyone using a local file? I've dropped my mp4 into the xcode build under BT_Video and it doesn't seem to load. Works great for me from URL.

On Android, I have noticed on my old ZTE Blade, when the phone i in landscape, the width of the image is stretched and the image is distorted. Could it be to do with the fact it is running Android 2.2? On IOS it doesn't distort.

When you drop the file into Xcode you have to make sure the project name box is checked on that pop up otherwise its not going to show up. I play mine locally with no oroblem

I'm glad it is just me, what pop-up are you referring to please?.

When you drag the video into the videos folder for the first time, a pop up appears with a few options. There is an option at the bottom that says "add to targets"..you want to make sure that the box is checked when you add a video other wise the video won't play locally. If the video is already in xcode, then you can go click on the project name>click targets>choose build phases>copy bundle resources>scroll all the way to the bottom of the drop down list and click the plus sign> find the video file in the video folder and click add. Then build and run and the video should play

Aah, thanks @WaYsTiiD TIME, I'll give that a go

Spot on @WaYsTiiD TIME, thank you for the tip. Cheers, Alan

Yes!!! It works! Thanks to you both!

Glad I could help @alanmac, @atrain53, is there a way to lock the screen in portrait mode only and allow the video to play in landscape mode?

@WaYxTiiD Time: You could try to override the shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation method in the video players class file. File At53_video_player.m, paste this in that file... //only allow portrait orientation -(BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation { return (interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait); } Run the app, see what happens? Of course you could always lock all the screens to portrait (on iPhone) using the Core settings in your control panel. Lastly, iOS will "take over" the video player while it's playing. This means the video should allow user to rotate to landscape even though the underlying viewController does not. Test, test, test :-)

@David, any idea why the effect is so different on Android? In portrait I only see the video over the lower half of the screen, in landscape, the image is stretched. Thanks, Alan

@AlanMac: Yup, Android is very very different in the way it handles the "size" of the video (dimensions, not file size). It's related to tons of different things that Android "calculates" for you, the app developer. In most cases it's not what you would expect. I say this because the Android operating system won't allow you to easily control the frame / dimensions of the player, it tries to figure this out using the dimensions of the video itself and scale accordingly. I don't like this approach but it's an Android thing. You could experiment with different video files to see if it Android changes it behavior. More info here too (worth the read): http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2068242/does-android-support-scaling-video

Thanks @David, will do. Cheers, Alan

I have spotted a problem on Android. I have an MP4 file loaded into my project build in Eclipse, but as a test I tried loading from a URL, with the same effect. The video starts and plays nicely all the way through. When the video completes, an error message is displayed :- Title is "Cannot Play Video", message is "There was a problem loading the video file or stream" and there is an OK button. Press OK and then the app carries on. This is on a friends Google Nexus 7 tablet, running Android ver 4.1.2. Oddly, this does not happen on my ZTE Blade running Froyo 2.2. Any suggestions please?

Must be some differences in the code, thanks for the device and os specs. Does it work any differently with local videos? Are you using a screen transition in the Control Panel? Will have to look closer at it and try to do some testing. I don't have a Nexus 7 to test on so this will have to be worked out on a simulator first and will probably result in some type of update to the plug-in after BT approves any code changes. Then tested on a real device.

Hi @Atrain53, - Same effects on load via URL or in a local video file. - I am using a curl transition for a couple of pages. It does not have any effect on Android but works nicely on IOS - the same app supports both OS. If you have any suggestions for commenting or editing the code as a quick fix or test I can try them out with the Nexus 7 - PM me if you'd prefer. Cheers, Alan

hi Guys, We have a Nexus 7 here, I'll do some lab-work later and see where we end up. Should not be tough to isolate this. Nexus 7 is turning out to behave much different (in many regards, not just videos) in tons of ways, as compared to other modern Android devices. Bummer but a reality. I'll figure it out and report to this thread.

Just found another small bug on this plug-in (sorry). I tried setting a backgound image, - works great on iPhone, but I just get a white background for iPad. No background colour either. If you have a 'easy fix' suggestion, please advise. Thanks, Alan

@David, just wondering if you've had a chance to check out the bugs I found please?

I am also experiencing the iPad background issue. I set the background to a image I have located inside the xcode project but all I get is a white background and I cannot set the color of the background either.

I have not looked into this yet. But, you can help. I'll be the iPad XIB file's view is set to a white background. The View in Interface Builder can be set to Clear. 1) Open the .XIB (ipad) Interface Builder File 2) Click the "view" object on the screen 3) Open the Inspector Panel on the right of Xcode. 4) With the View still selected, see if it's background color is white (bet it is). Set it to clear 5) Compile, run. I'll bet it fixes it. If it does, this is an easy update and I'll make it right away. The idea is that each screen's "view" is sitting on top of the underlying background color and / or image. This means if the view isn't clear the underlying color and image wont' show through.

Bingo! That definitely fixed the problem!

Good news. Hopefully the Nexus issue will be just as easy!

Thanks David, those XIB's can be a bit tricky, but really make designing views a lot more fun IMO. Hope to see some Nexus devices on sale for Black Friday so I can pick one up cheap and use it for testing. I can't believe there isn't a good solid Nexus emulator out there for people to test this stuff. I can build these AVD's all day long, but there's no substitute for actual device testing.

I didn't want to start a new thread, so I figured I could post the error here. I am now getting around to using this plugin in android. I placed my video in the assests/BT_Video folder and named the video whoarewe.mp4 When I go to test it out on the simulator. I get an error message saying "There was a problem loading the video file or stream" http://screencast.com/t/6jPYjNXOjEvH Here is a screenshot of the LogCat when the error occured http://screencast.com/t/XsCbPvJK Is this a known issue or am I doing something wrong?

Hi @WaYsTiiD TIME...probably not something you're doing wrong. Android is rough on videos and acts funky sometimes for sure. There are a few things to check....(excuse these if you've already done this).. 1) The simulator almost NEVER plays videos. Different simulators on different machines have different Codec's installed, or not installed. It's always better to test on a device if you can. 2) The file you're trying to play. The file extension is only part of it. Different compression packages do different things and Android seems super finicky about the actual file format. Example: Your console output clearly shows a call to mediaPlayer.getMetadata then a red error message about it "not being able to determine the videos duration." This is a great example of something you could not have possibly known about when you provided the video. Android should be better at handling this type of thing. Without knowing more about your video, it looks like it does not have as much meta-data as Android needs. Meta data is the stuff that tells video players how long it is and other neat stuff (think "geo located images and videos" that's all meta data embedded in the video). It's looking like Android doesn't know what to do if it can't figure out the length of the video (by reading it's meta data)...just play the darned thing! Ha! Not sure where to point you other than to explore the different compression processes for videos maybe? Maybe try a different file and see if it crashes? If it doesn't, you'll know it's the movie?

I thought it would help for me to confirm the plugin can work on Android and you are placing the video in the same location that works for me. I do see an error on one of my Android test devices (as reported above), but it happens at the end of playing!

Hello David - just wondering, as you said "this is an easy update and I'll make it right away", I thought I'd ask if there is any news on a bug fix release?

Here is a link to a fixed ipad .xib with the clear background. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/73858894/At53_video_player~ipad.xib Until BT posts an update to the plug-in- If you replace this file on your server OR re-download the SH package and replace the existing file with this one and repackage the plug-in, you'll be set. I can't make an update for BT Hosted - but you can drag and replace the .xib in your project with this one and it *should* work.

Yikes, I thought this was done already. Looking now.... Yup, download server had "white" background set on .xib for iPad size. Fixed. Updated. The version number was not changed because of the simple change. "Unchecked" the white-background settings then saved.

Thanks, so if I re-download the plug-in, all will be good? I'm glad, because I did not understand the instructions on how to find an iPad xib. Did you have any luck with the Nexus issue?