title: Replacing AVPlayer with MPMoviePlayerController
body: <p>I am trying to replace AVPlayer with MPMoviePlayerController as I want to be able to add an animation with transparent background to a view. The problem is the animation is not displaying with MPMoviePlayerController.</p>
  
  <p>Please find my lines below. The first portion is with AVPlayer and it's work. The second is with MPMoviePlayerController and doesn't.</p>
  
  <p>What the code does is it plays an animation and when this is done it is launching an action.</p>
  
  <p>Code with AVPlayer (that works):</p>
  
  <pre><code>NSString *filepath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:theAnimationFileName ofType:theString;
  
  //NSURL *fileURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:filepath];
  // First create an AVPlayerItem
  
  AVPlayerItem* playerItem = [AVPlayerItem playerItemWithURL:fileURL];
  
  // Subscribe to the AVPlayerItem's DidPlayToEndTime notification.
  [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(itemDidFinishPlaying) name:AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification object:playerItem];
  
  // Pass the AVPlayerItem to a new player
  controlledPlayer = [[AVPlayer alloc] initWithPlayerItem:playerItem];
  
  AVPlayerLayer *animatedLayer = [AVPlayerLayer playerLayerWithPlayer:controlledPlayer];
  
  
  [animatedLayer setFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 1024, 1024)];
  [thisReplacementView.layer addSublayer: animatedLayer];
  
  
  // Begin playback
  [controlledPlayer play];
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Code with MPMoviePlayerController (does not display anything):</p>
  
  <pre><code>NSString *moviePath = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath] stringByAppendingPathComponent:theString];
  
  MPMoviePlayerController *moviePlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:moviePath]];
  
  moviePlayer.controlStyle = MPMovieControlModeDefault;
  
  moviePlayer.view.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 1024, 1024);
  
  [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(itemDidFinishPlaying) name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification object:moviePlayer];
  
  
  [thisReplacementView addSubview:moviePlayer.view];
  
  [moviePlayer play];
  </code></pre>