[SOLVED] Download movie using WWW and play using Handheld.PlayFullScreenMovie does not work on iOS but works on Android

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I am downloading a video from web using WWW. Then I save the file using:

path = Application.persistentDataPath + "/" + filename;
File.WriteAllBytes(path, www.bytes);

It works well in both android and ios devices. Then I use the same path to play the video:

Handheld.PlayFullScreenMovie(path, Color.black, FullScreenMovieControlMode.Full, FullScreenMovieScalingMode.AspectFill);

In Android the video plays normally, but in iOS the player opens and closes in less than one sec. How can I download this video, save in the device memory, and then play de fullscreen video from memory?

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Answer by hugamer_ · Oct 20, 2015 at 11:17 PM

I solved the problem! When useing Handheld.PlayFullScreenMovie on iphone you need to use "file://" before the path.

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akeplinger · Oct 29, 2015 at 06:32 PM 0

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Still having issues on iOS, playing a downloaded video.

The persistent data path appears to be:

 /var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/8EEC5B83-CE1A-479F-BC12-14B8458500B2/Documents

Entire path to the file:

 filepath = "file:///var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/8EEC5B83-CE1A-479F-BC12-14B8458500B2/Documents/fileData/Company%20Info/company_info.mp4"

I tell it to play:

 Handheld.PlayFullScreenMovie ( filepath,Color.black);

I get a black screen for 1/2 second and no console message. I've tried a few other variations of the file path. FileExists() returns true. No idea why this doesn't work. Possibly doesn't want the file in a subfolder or something along those lines.

teexiii · Jan 02, 2018 at 11:18 AM 0

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Answer by Jon-Huhn · Feb 29, 2016 at 01:39 AM

And I've just confirmed that subfolders won't work. You need to dump your movies into the root folder.

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IvanQuirino · Mar 22, 2016 at 05:45 PM 0

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they work, but you should create the folders you want first with Directory.CreateDirectory

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Answer by akeplinger · Mar 23, 2016 at 01:30 PM

At the time this bug was created trying to view a movie contained in a subfolder did not work. Verified by checking "FileExists()" and downloading app device image showing working file.
Also tested using one version of code which saved same movie file with the file path with the filename concatenated to place the movie file at the root. We were using code to generate a folder structure which was working for other media, like Jpgs, so Directory.CreateDirectory() was working properly for displaying that media, just not movie files.

Now, maybe it's fixed at this point, but at the time it definitely wasn't working.

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IvanQuirino · Mar 23, 2016 at 02:00 PM 0

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It works, I just did it yesterday. I am using this solution to place my videos in subdirectories.

magnusfox · Dec 08, 2016 at 03:25 PM 0

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I can confirm this is still not solved, as of this date. I'm using Unity 5.5.0f3, and playing video on a Samsung S6 does not work from any subfolders. As stated by others, loading other content such as music and image files does work.

Playing directly from the root of Application.persistentDataPath does work. Has this been reported as a bug, anyone knows?

[SOLVED] Download movie using WWW and play using Handheld.PlayFullScreenMovie does not work on iOS but works on Android

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