How to make MPMoviePlayerController ignore the mute switch

Question

I want to play a video using MPMoviePlayerController but I want it to ignore the mute switch, similar to the behavior of Youtube's video player.

Any ideas?

This question should be protected by community. – JJ86 May 07 '14 at 09:19 — JJ86, May 07 '14 at 09:19

score 49 · Accepted Answer · edited May 29 '13 at 20:52

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Use the AVAudioSession category AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback and your app will ignore the mute switch like the Youtube app.

For example (inspired by Ken Pletzer in the comments):

#import <AVFoundation/AVFoundation.h>

// note: you also need to add AVfoundation.framework to your project's 
// list of linked frameworks
NSError *error = nil;
BOOL success = [[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] 
                setCategory:AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback 
                error:&error];
if (!success) {
    // Handle error here, as appropriate
}

edited May 29 '13 at 20:52

mgrandi

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answered Feb 08 '11 at 22:33

Carl Veazey

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More specifically NSError* error; [[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setCategory: AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback error: &error]; if( error ) { } – Ken Pletzer Apr 10 '12 at 13:44
Also need to add AVFoundation framework and #import "AVFoundation/AVAudioSession.h" – Ken Pletzer Apr 10 '12 at 14:11
@KenPletzer Thanks Ken, I appreciate your comment. I made a small tweak to your code (check success value rather than error's existence) and put it in the answer. – Carl Veazey Mar 01 '13 at 22:44

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered May 02 '12 at 12:53

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_player.useApplicationAudioSession = NO;

answered May 02 '12 at 12:53

Andrey

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This is deprecated as of iOS6 – tassock Jun 08 '13 at 17:59
Any other alternative for property useApplicationAudioSession? I found that apple has no any replacement property for useApplicationAudioSession :( – Vaibhav Limbani Mar 28 '14 at 10:20

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 26 '16 at 12:39

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in Swift: Do this once before you play sound/video (for example at the beginning of your application)

do{
  try AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setCategory(AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback)
} catch {
  //Didn't work
}

answered Jul 26 '16 at 12:39

drpawelo

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score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 27 '17 at 13:02

For anyone in the future, I know this has been answered already, but I had an issue with playing a video in my app which caused apps like spotify, youtube etc. to stop playing it's audio, so I ending up using this:

NSError *silentSwitcherror = nil;
BOOL silentSwitchSuccess = [[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setCategory:AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback withOptions:AVAudioSessionCategoryOptionMixWithOthers error:&silentSwitcherror];
if (silentSwitchSuccess)
{
//put whatever video code you are trying to play
}
else
{
//put how to handle failed instances.
}

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 14 '12 at 08:43

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After you import AVFoundation just put this in your delegate:

[[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setCategory: AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback error: nil];

answered Nov 14 '12 at 08:43

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