I need to build a super simple App for our aquarium exhibit space.

Basically we just need the iPad to play back a video full-screen, on a permanent loop, and not respond to any user input.

I have not been able to get the video playback to work. I tried creating a onComplete listener but the movie refuses to play again after the initial playback.

Here is some sample main.lua code:

local function playMyVideo()
media.playVideo( "sample.m4v", false, playMyVideo )
end

playMyVideo()

This of course causes a stack overflow on the Corona simulator because it does not provide native video feedback but should not be a problem on the Xcode simulator.

Any suggestions on what to do?

Someone else who was having this issue found that at present you should set a very brief delay using a timer between plays, I believe. :)

Thanks Peach.

I tried it and it is sill not working:

local function executeDelay()
timer.performWithDelay ( 10000, playMyVideo )
end

local function playMyVideo()
media.playVideo( "sample.m4v", false, executeDelay )
end

playMyVideo()

I'll keep trying stuff

Hey there,

I actually just tested this on .591 and it worked perfectly.

I believe the issue may be that you haven't done your code right, assuming you've done what is showing above - you need to use a forward declaration.

Try this;

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local playMyVideo
 
local function executeDelay (event)
timer.performWithDelay ( 10000, playMyVideo, 1)
end
 
playMyVideo = function()
media.playVideo( "sample.m4v", false, executeDelay )
end
 
playMyVideo()