Here's what I did. Add NSNotification to notify you when preloading of the video finishes.
- (void)playVideoUrl:(NSString *)videoUrl {
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:videoUrl];
MPMoviePlayerController* theMovie=[[MPMoviePlayerController alloc]
initWithContentURL:url];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
//MPMoviePlayerContentPreloadDidFinishNotification
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:@selector(myMovieFinishedPreloading:)
name:MPMoviePlayerContentPreloadDidFinishNotification
object:theMovie];
// Movie playback is asynchronous, so this method returns immediately.
[theMovie play];
}
Callback selector:
-(void)myMovieFinishedPreloading:(NSNotification*)aNotification {
NSArray *windows = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] windows];
UIWindow *moviePlayerWindow = nil;
if ([windows count] > 1)
{
moviePlayerWindow = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] keyWindow];
}
CGAffineTransform transform = CGAffineTransformMakeScale(0.5, 0.5);
transform = CGAffineTransformRotate(transform, -90.0f*M_PI/180.0f);
[moviePlayerWindow setTransform:transform];
}