MPMoviePlayerController gives me a black empty view,no video playing

Question

iOS 5.1 ,here is the code:

 MPMoviePlayerController *player =
    [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL: [NSURL URLWithString:@"map.mp4"]];
    [player prepareToPlay];
    [player.view setFrame: self.view.bounds];  // player's frame must match parent's
    [self.view addSubview: player.view];
    // ...
    [player play];

in fact ,this is just the same as the apple reference say,but when I click the button to use this function,there is just a black Rectangle stay there,no vedio playing ,no sound happening,and no crush,so I want to know how to make this work

Answer 1

Sorry for very late reply. The Solution is kind of wierd. But it helped me keep going while facing the same issue.

MPMovieSourceTypeStreaming is the thing you have missed.

MPMoviePlayerController *player =
[[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL: [NSURL URLWithString:@"map.mp4"]];
[player prepareToPlay];
[player.view setFrame: self.view.bounds];  // player's frame must match parent's
player.movieSourceType    = MPMovieSourceTypeStreaming;
[self.view addSubview: player.view];
// ...
[player play];