iPhone SDK: How do you download video files to the Document Directory and then play them?
- by Jessica
I've been fooling around with code for ages on this one, I would be very grateful if someone could provide a code sample that downloaded this file from a server http://www.archive.org/download/june_high/june_high_512kb.mp4, (By the way it's not actually this file, it's just a perfect example for anyone trying to help me) and then play it from the documents directory. I know it seems lazy of me to ask this but I have tried so many different variations of NSURLConnection that it's driving me crazy.
Also, if I did manage to get the video file downloaded would I be correct in assuming this code would then successfully play it:
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *path = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"june_high_512kb.mp4"];
NSURL *movieURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:path];
self.theMovie = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:movieURL];
[_theMovie play];
If the above code would work in playing a video file from the document directory, then I guess the only thing I would need to know is, how to download a video file from a server. Which is what seems to be my major problem. Any help is greatly appreciated.
