Multiple video playing issue in UITableViewCell

Question

In my app I am trying to play multiple videos in UITableViewCell for this I am using MPMoviePlayerController it plays the video without any issue. but it play one video at a time and in other cell I get black screen suppose at first time one cell is visible it play the video but as soon as I scroll for second row the first cell video view disappear with black screen. I am not getting how to make all video view visible even if I scroll the table view. this is the code I am using for play video in custom cell :

Custom Cell initialization :

- (id)initWithStyle:(UITableViewCellStyle)style reuseIdentifier:(NSString *)reuseIdentifier
{
    self = [super initWithStyle:style reuseIdentifier:reuseIdentifier];
    if (self){
        NSArray *nibArray=[[NSBundle mainBundle]loadNibNamed:@"CustomCell" owner:self options:nil];
        self=[nibArray objectAtIndex:0];

        _player = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] init];
        _player.view.frame = CGRectMake(0,0,320,300);
        _player.movieSourceType = MPMovieSourceTypeStreaming;
        [_player setContentURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://files.parse.com/ef5649ee-75c6-4c76-ba3b-37be4d281125/b35589f7-c0aa-4ca8-9f7c-fd31b2dc8492-vedioTeaser.mov"]];
        [_player prepareToPlay];
        [_player play];
        [self addSubview:_player.view];
    }
    return self;
}

CellForRowAtIndexPath method

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell";

    CustomCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
    if(cell == nil){
        cell = [[CustomCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
        cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryDisclosureIndicator;
    }else{
        [self.tableView reloadRowsAtIndexPaths:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:[NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:indexPath.row inSection:indexPath.section], nil] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationAutomatic];
    }

    cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone;
    return cell;
}

Any help would be highly appreciated.

Hey @vinod - did you find an elegant solution for this eventually? I'm struggling with this too (I need controls so raw AVFoundation is no good) — Boaz

Nishant Tyagi Nishant Tyagi · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-07T05:58:11

You can use AVFoundation framework for playing multiple videos simultaneously . A step by step and full source code on how to do this: multiple-video-playback-on-ios

You can't use MPMoviePlayerController. The documentation states that clearly..

Although you can create multiple MPMoviePlayerController objects and present their views in your interface, only one movie player at a time can play its movie.

hope it helps you.

Multiple video playing issue in UITableViewCell

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