Autorotate in 1.04

[Robert McNamara]

Another review I received today:

Great new features but....... ★★★★
by Mythtv rocks - Version 1.04 - Mar 14, 2013

I have been using this app since your original release and have been
very happy. Unfortunately after I installed the latest version the
video playback will not rotate to landscape like the previous version.
I have verified the lock is off and other apps still rotate. Was this
removed in this version?

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If the author of this review (or anyone similarly affected) could give
me more detail on device and iOS version, that would help me out. I
am testing in both the simulator and on my own iPad 3 w/ iOS 6, and
autorotate in video playback is working correctly. If anyone is
experiencing a similar problem and has any information to add (or any
insight as to why this user might be experiencing non-working
autorotate), I'd appreciate it.

Thanks,

Robert

[Robert McNamara]

(To more explicitly answer the reviewer's question, no, autorotate
hasn't been intentionally removed from video playback and appear to
work OK here)

[Robert McNamara]

Further info-- it looks like this is on iPhone only, and due to
changes in the iOS 6 SDK that make the MPMoviePlayerController honor
the rest of the app's autorotate settings (iPhone only supports
portrait orientation in the app screens due to space limitations).
I'll work on a solution to get MPMoviePlayerController to ignore the
app rotation settings.

On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 8:40 AM, Robert McNamara

[Robert McNamara]

Found a solution. Will test once I have my iPhone charged and push a
fix release for this user over the weekend. With a little luck it'll
get to those affected by next Friday.

Robert

On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 8:46 AM, Robert McNamara

[Robert McNamara]

The reviewer has updated this review to make it a one star review.
Feels a little punitive considering there aren't any other complaints,
but I'm working on the issue.

The "quick" solution didn't work out, so I continue to try to find a
clean solution. If I can rework one screen I should be able to enable
all rotation modes on iPhone/iTouch, but it's a complicated screen to
rework in the limited space and it's going to take me some time.

Robert

On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 8:54 AM, Robert McNamara

[Robert McNamara]

Thanks to this reviewer for updating his review-- With any luck the
app should go into review tomorrow, and if we're lucky and it makes it
through the first pass, I hope it'll be available to you guys before
the weekend.

Robert

On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 10:23 AM, Robert McNamara

[Robert McNamara]

And another thanks to this reviewer for updating again with success at
resolving his issue. Thanks, it means a lot to me. I am always
available to address issues and know that I'll never knowingly reduce
the feature set.

Robert