Movie is played with some delay after calling play on MPMoviePlayerController

Question

I am developing an iPhone application in which I play videos using MPMoviePlayerController.

Sometimes, some of the videos don't play immediately after I call play on MPMoviePlayerController.

I have called prepareToPlay and in the notified method of MPMediaPlaybackIsPreparedToPlayDidChangeNotification, I am calling play on MPMoviePlayerController.

Could someone help in identifying the problem here?

Thanks, Laxmilal

Are the videos local or are they on a server somewhere? – csano Jul 11 '11 at 05:41 — csano, Jul 11 '11 at 05:41
Videos are local i..e In Resource. – Laxmi Lal Menaria Jul 11 '11 at 06:35 — Laxmi Lal Menaria, Jul 11 '11 at 06:35

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

From my answer in a similar thread (reducing-the-initial-delay-when-playing-remote-video-content) - Note this fragment of the solution is valid for both, remote and local video content.

Use theMPMoviePlayerController.movieSourceTypeproperty when initializing your player to cut down the media recognition delay.

From the MPMoviePlayerController Class Reference:

The default value of this property is MPMovieSourceTypeUnknown. This property provides a clue to the playback system as to how it should download and buffer the movie content. If you know the source type of the movie, setting the value of this property before playback begins can improve the load times for the movie content. If you do not set the source type explicitly before playback, the movie player controller must gather this information, which might delay playback.

Movie is played with some delay after calling play on MPMoviePlayerController

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