mpmovieplayer

iPhone SDK:How do you play video inside a view? Rather than fullscreen

As of the 3.2 SDK you can access the view property of MPMoviePlayerController, modify its frame and add it to your view hierarchy. MPMoviePlayerController *player = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:url]]; player.view.frame = CGRectMake(184, 200, 400, 300); [self.view addSubview:player.view]; [player play]; There’s an example here: http://www.devx.com/wireless/Article/44642/1954

How to receive NSNotifications from UIWebView embedded YouTube video playback

There are no documented notifications sent by the UIWebView embedded movie player. In fact, the closed implementation used within the UIWebView does differ from the public MPMoviePlayerController in many aspects (e.g. DRM). The most important classes used for playing video content within that UIWebView are called MPAVController and UIMoviePlayerController. The latter one makes the player … Read more