How to play video file from documentdirectory using avplayer - ios

Question

I am creating video player application in ios,if i store mp4 file in bundle resource or if i stream url it is working fine but if i store a file in document direcory and i am trying to play with avplayer it is not playing should i handle differently with offline file in document directory
code:
let fileManager = FileManager()
let destinationURLForFile = URL(fileURLWithPath: documentDirectoryPath.appendingFormat("/myvideo.mp4"))
self.playVideo(filePath: destinationURLForFile.path)
func playVideo(filePath:String)
{
var playerItem = AVPlayerItem.init(url:URL.init(string: filePath)!)
var player = AVPlayer(playerItem: playerItem)
var playerLayer = AVPlayerLayer(player: player)
playerLayer.frame = self.view.frame
self.view.layer.addSublayer(playerLayer)
player.play()
}

Answer 1

Try this, written in Swift 3.0,
let fm = FileManager.default
let docsurl = try! fm.url(for:.documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask, appropriateFor: nil, create: false)
let path = docsurl.appendingPathComponent("myvideo.mp4")
playVideo(filePath: path)
func playVideo(filePath:String)
{
var playerItem = AVPlayerItem(url: URL(fileURLWithPath: filePath)
var player = AVPlayer(playerItem: playerItem)
var playerLayer = AVPlayerLayer(player: player)
playerLayer.frame = self.view.frame
self.view.layer.addSublayer(playerLayer)
player.play()
}

Answer 2

swift 3/4 100%%%%%%% workable
Recorder open video camera
#IBAction func RecordAction(_ sender: Any) {
if UIImagePickerController.isSourceTypeAvailable(UIImagePickerControllerSourceType.camera){
print("CameraAvailable")
let imagePicker = UIImagePickerController()
imagePicker.delegate = self
imagePicker.sourceType = .camera
imagePicker.mediaTypes = [kUTTypeMovie as String]
imagePicker.allowsEditing = false
imagePicker.showsCameraControls = true
self.present(imagePicker,animated: true, completion: nil)
}
else{
print("CameraNotAvailable")
}
}
save to document directory
func imagePickerController(_ picker: UIImagePickerController, didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo info: [String : Any]) {
// recover video URL
let url = info[UIImagePickerControllerMediaURL] as? URL
// check if video is compatible with album
let compatible: Bool = UIVideoAtPathIsCompatibleWithSavedPhotosAlbum((url?.path)!)
// save
if compatible {
UISaveVideoAtPathToSavedPhotosAlbum((url?.path)!, self, nil, nil)
print("saved!!!! \(String(describing: url?.path))")
}
videopath = url //save url to send next function play video
dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
}
// error
func video(_ videoPath: String, didFinishSavingWithError error: Error?, contextInfo: UnsafeMutableRawPointer) {
}
play video from Document directory
#IBAction func playvideo(_ sender: Any)
{
let player = AVPlayer(url: videopath!) // video path coming from above function
let playerViewController = AVPlayerViewController()
playerViewController.player = player
self.present(playerViewController, animated: true) {
playerViewController.player!.play()
}
}

Answer 3

I tried several methods including the above, but found that the documents path changes for the app each time it is launched, which changes the first part of the URL.
This helped me to get the current location of my file:
let documentsPath = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(.documentDirectory, .userDomainMask, true)[0]
let playerItem = AVPlayerItem(url: URL(fileURLWithPath: documentsPath.appendingFormat("/\(clipId).mp4")))
player = AVPlayer(playerItem: playerItem)