Streaming to iphone via m3u8

Question

Hi: I've been reading around about streaming on the iphone via m3u8 but I'm not sure if I'm missing something.

It is well documented that MPMoviePlayerController will only play full-screen in OS 3.1, so iPhone users are stuck watching the video (listening to audio, in my case) and can't navigate in the application. I haven't found a way to stream via m3u8 like you can, for example, using Matt Gallagher's code and an mp3...

any ideas on how to include a m3u8 player that will play embedded?

thanks!

Answer 1

If I got it right you want to play an mp3 playlist on OS 3.1 using the standard media player without having it on screen.

If this is right I suggest you to move your application window on top of the video screen with this:

appDelegate.window.windowLevel = 2

If your main window is opaque you will not see the player, never. I don't know if the native player supports M3U files, in the worst case you have to intercept the MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification event and then play the next file.

Hope this helps.