How to play video in ios swift - ios

Question

I am new to ios programming, actually I need to stream video URL but i am unable to stream video URL using avplayer, but using avplayer downloaded file i am able to play.Actual problem is my file format is different
for example my file name is like this song.apa but it is song.mp4
code:
let avplayerController = AVPlayerViewController()
var avPlayer:AVPlayer?
override func viewDidLoad()
{
super.viewDidLoad()
let movieUrl = URL.init(string: "http://techslides.com/demos/sample-videos/small.3gp")
self.avPlayer = AVPlayer.init(url: movieUrl!)
self.avplayerController.player = self.avPlayer
}
override func didReceiveMemoryWarning()
{
super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
#IBAction func playVideo(_ sender: Any)
{
self.present(self.avplayerController, animated: true) {
self.avplayerController.player?.play()
}
}

Answer 1

In Swift 3
import Foundation
import AVFoundation
import MediaPlayer
import AVKit
func play()
{
let player = AVPlayer(url: "Your Url")
let playerViewController = AVPlayerViewController()
playerViewController.player = player
self.present(playerViewController, animated: true)
{
playerViewController.player!.play()
}
}

Answer 2

You cant play this particular link (http://techslides.com/demos/sample-videos/small.3gp) using AVPlayer or AVPlayerViewController because that file is in AMR (Adaptive Multi-Rate, a format for speech) - which is not supported since iOS 4.3
Some of 3gp files can be played but only ones that have video and audio streams supported by Apple.

Answer 3

In Swift 3, try this code for playing video in project
import UIKit
import AVKit
import AVFoundation
import MediaPlayer
import MobileCoreServices
class VideoPlayerViewController: UIViewController,AVPlayerViewControllerDelegate {
//MARK: - Outlet -
#IBOutlet weak var viewVidioPlayer: UIView!
//MARK: - Variable
//MARK: - View Life Cycle -
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
}
//MARK: - Action -
//for Playing Video
#IBAction func btnvideoPlayClicked(_ sender: UIButton) {
self.videoPlay()
}
func videoPlay()
{
let playerController = AVPlayerViewController()
playerController.delegate = self
let bundle = Bundle.main
let moviePath: String? = "http://techslides.com/demos/sample-videos/small.3gp"
let movieURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: moviePath!)
let player = AVPlayer(url: movieURL)
playerController.player = player
self.addChildViewController(playerController)
self.view.addSubview(playerController.view)
playerController.view.frame = self.view.frame
player.play()
}
//MARK: - other Function -
func playerViewControllerWillStartPictureInPicture(_ playerViewController: AVPlayerViewController){
print("playerViewControllerWillStartPictureInPicture")
}
func playerViewControllerDidStartPictureInPicture(_ playerViewController: AVPlayerViewController)
{
print("playerViewControllerDidStartPictureInPicture")
}
func playerViewController(_ playerViewController: AVPlayerViewController, failedToStartPictureInPictureWithError error: Error)
{
print("failedToStartPictureInPictureWithError")
}
func playerViewControllerWillStopPictureInPicture(_ playerViewController: AVPlayerViewController)
{
print("playerViewControllerWillStopPictureInPicture")
}
func playerViewControllerDidStopPictureInPicture(_ playerViewController: AVPlayerViewController)
{
print("playerViewControllerDidStopPictureInPicture")
}
func playerViewControllerShouldAutomaticallyDismissAtPictureInPictureStart(_ playerViewController: AVPlayerViewController) -> Bool
{
print("playerViewControllerShouldAutomaticallyDismissAtPictureInPictureStart")
return true
}
}
I hope it's work for you,
thank you

Answer 4

heres an example of streaming video..
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let player = AVPlayer(url: URL(string: "http://techslides.com/demos/sample-videos/small.mp4")!)
let controller = AVPlayerViewController()
present(controller, animated: true) { _ in }
controller.player = player
addChildViewController(controller)
view.addSubview(controller.view)
controller.view.frame = CGRect(x: 50, y: 50, width: 300, height: 300)
controller.player = player
controller.showsPlaybackControls = true
player.isClosedCaptionDisplayEnabled = false
player.play()
}

Answer 5

you can use YoutubePlayerView for playing youtube videos, and for else formats you can use UIWebView. For doing so, simply use if-else block,
if movieUrl.contains("youtube.com/") {
var videoId: String = extractYoutubeId(fromLink: movieUrl)
youtubePlayerView.load(withVideoId: videoId)
} else {
webView = UIWebView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 288, height: 277))
webView.delegate = self
webView.backgroundColor = UIColor.black
webView?.loadRequest(movieUrl)
}

Answer 6

For Swift 3 play video from URL
//AVPlayerViewControllerDelegate // example : class TestAudioVideoVC: UIViewController,AVPlayerViewControllerDelegate
func videoPlay()
{
let playerController = AVPlayerViewController()
playerController.delegate = self
let videoURL = NSURL(string: "https://clips.vorwaerts-gmbh.de/big_buck_bunny.mp4")
let player = AVPlayer(url: videoURL! as URL)
playerController.player = player
self.addChildViewController(playerController)
self.view.addSubview(playerController.view)
playerController.view.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 64, width: UIScreen.main.bounds.width, height: UIScreen.main.bounds.height - 64)
playerController.showsPlaybackControls = true
player.play()
}
//MARK: - AVPlayerViewController Delegate -
func playerViewControllerWillStartPictureInPicture(_ playerViewController: AVPlayerViewController){
print("playerViewControllerWillStartPictureInPicture")
}
func playerViewControllerDidStartPictureInPicture(_ playerViewController: AVPlayerViewController)
{
print("playerViewControllerDidStartPictureInPicture")
}
func playerViewController(_ playerViewController: AVPlayerViewController, failedToStartPictureInPictureWithError error: Error)
{
print("failedToStartPictureInPictureWithError")
}
func playerViewControllerWillStopPictureInPicture(_ playerViewController: AVPlayerViewController)
{
print("playerViewControllerWillStopPictureInPicture")
}
func playerViewControllerDidStopPictureInPicture(_ playerViewController: AVPlayerViewController)
{
print("playerViewControllerDidStopPictureInPicture")
}
func playerViewControllerShouldAutomaticallyDismissAtPictureInPictureStart(_ playerViewController: AVPlayerViewController) -> Bool
{
print("playerViewControllerShouldAutomaticallyDismissAtPictureInPictureStart")
return true
}

Answer 7

Play video in swift 5
class ViewController: UIViewController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
}
#IBAction func playVideoUsingURL(_ sender: Any) {
playGlobalVideo()
}
#IBAction func playVideoFromLocalDrive(_ sender: Any) {
playLocalVideo()
}
func playGlobalVideo() {
guard let videoURL = URL(string: "http://static.videokart.ir/clip/100/480.mp4") else {
return
}
let player = AVPlayer(url: videoURL)
let vc = AVPlayerViewController()
vc.player = player
present(vc, animated: true) {
player.play()
}
}
func playLocalVideo() {
guard let videoPath = Bundle.main.path(forResource: "movie", ofType: "mov") else {
return
}
let player = AVPlayer(url: URL.init(fileURLWithPath: videoPath))
let playCtr = AVPlayerViewController()
playCtr.player = player
present(playCtr, animated: true) {
player.play()
}
}
}