Hour 20. Working with Rich Media

What You’ll Learn in This Hour

How to play full-motion video from local or remote (streaming) files Ways of recording and playing back audio files on your iPad How to access the built-in iPod Library from within your applications How to display and access images from the built-in Photo Library Methods of retrieving and displaying information about currently playing media items

There’s no denying that the iPad is a compelling platform for rich media playback. To make things even better, Apple provides a dizzying array of Cocoa classes that will help you add media to your own applications—everything from video, to photos, and audio recording. This hour’s lesson walks you through a few different features that you may want to consider including in your development efforts.