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I have no problem playing the video, just cant seem to get my label to update with the video's duration. (entire video length).

The following method works fine using AVAudioPlayer:

- (void) updateDurationLabel {

    NSURL *url = /* not an issue */
    MPMoviePlayerViewController *video = [[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc] initWithContentURL:url];

    int duration = video.moviePlayer.playableDuration; /* not the same as AVAudioPlayer */
    int minutesDur = duration / 60;
    int secondsDur = duration % 60;
    NSString *minutesString2 = (minutesDur < 10) ?
              [NSString stringWithFormat:@"0%d", minutesDur] :
              [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d", minutesDur];
    NSString *secondsString2 = (secondsDur < 10) ?
              [NSString stringWithFormat:@"0%d", secondsDur] :
              [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d", secondsDur];

    lblDuration.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@:%@", minutesString2,
                                                            secondsString2];
}
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I think the duration property may not be accurate until MPMovieDurationAvailableNotification is sent...

Also you're using playableDuration which represents the duration of what have currently been buffered, not the total duration.

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  • You may be right, I NSLog'd `MPMovieDurationAvailableNotification ` but got no response, so that may be the issue. – WrightsCS Feb 04 '11 at 18:46