Embedded Video in a UIView with iPhone

Question

Hi,

I would like to write an app that downloads (or streams) a video (encoded as required) in a view. I dont want to use the MPVideoPlayer from the SDK as it opens the video in full screen. I would like to place another UIView (transparent) over the video so that my users can annotate over the video.

Anyone have any idea or can point me to some code that will play video in a UIView?

Answer 1

If you want to do this you will need to include your own (software) video decoder, which will not have access to the hardware acceleration on the system. Even if you can get it working with acceptable performance it will be a huge battery drain.

Answer 2

Maybe you should check the MediaPlayer's private headers, and simply add the video's view as your view's subview.

Answer 3

If you wish to play a video in portrait mode, I have solution for that.

If you think that -MPMovie Player can run under a view, according to me it's not possible.

MP Movie player will work as Apple has designed.

So, MP Movie player will always / almost run in full screen.

Solution for portrait mode.

@interface MPMoviePlayerController (extend)
-(void)setOrientation:(int)orientation animated:(BOOL)value;
@end

moviePlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:movieUR];
[moviePlayer setOrientation:UIDeviceOrientationPortrait animated:NO];
if (moviePlayer)
{
        [self.moviePlayer play];
}

Hope that will help to you.

See, My question is very similar like yours.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1422930/playing-video-in-custom-size-screen-view-in-iphone