I want to play YouTube videos from my tvOS application. I found to play URL videos by AVPlayer, but not getting to play YouTube videos since UIWebView is not supported on tvOS. I don't want to use any third party libraries.
You need to use YoutubeSourceParserKit to parse data that you receive from url. Then you will have the url and you will be able to play video with the following code (Swift 2 solution for tvOS 9):
Youtube.h264videosWithYoutubeURL(NSURL.init(string: "https://www.youtube.com/any-video-url")!)
{ (videoInfo, error) -> Void in
if let videoURLString = videoInfo?["url"] as? String,
videoTitle = videoInfo?["title"] as? String {
let videoURL = NSURL(string: videoURLString)
let player = AVPlayer(URL: videoURL!)
let playerViewController = AVPlayerViewController()
playerViewController.player = player
self.presentViewController(playerViewController, animated: true) {
playerViewController.player!.play()
}
}
}
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I am trying to play an HEVC(H.265) codec media url on AVPlayer. But the video is not showing. I didn't get any solution. How do I implement this in ios?
let videoURL = URL(string: "http://bitmovin-a.akamaihd.net/content/dataset/multi-codec/hevc/stream_fmp4.m3u8")
let avPlayer = AVPlayer(url: videoURL!)
let playerViewController = AVPlayerViewController()
playerViewController.player = avPlayer
self.present(playerViewController, animated: true) {
playerViewController.player!.play()
}
Following your example I am able to play this content on a device (not simulator)
Pay attention also that I changed the URL from HTTP to HTTPS!
import UIKit
import AVFoundation
class ViewController: UIViewController {
let videoURL = URL(string: "https://bitmovin-a.akamaihd.net/content/dataset/multi-codec/hevc/stream_fmp4.m3u8")
let avPlayer = AVPlayer()
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
}
override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
let asset = AVAsset(url: videoURL!)
let playerItem = AVPlayerItem(asset: asset)
avPlayer.replaceCurrentItem(with: playerItem)
let avLayer = AVPlayerLayer(player: avPlayer)
avLayer.frame = view.bounds
view.layer.addSublayer(avLayer)
avPlayer.play()
}
}
NB:
The container format for HEVC video MUST be fMP4.
There are a few ways to deliver HEVC content to users:
HEVC in HLS using MPEG-2 Transport Stream chunks, which Apple doesn’t
support
HEVC in HLS using fMP4 segments, which is what Apple announced on
WWDC17 and our player supports
HEVC in MPEG-DASH using fMP4 segments
For reference:
WWDC17 – HEVC with HLS – Apple just announced a feature that we support out of the box
HLS Authoring Specification for Apple Devices
I am attempting to play a video file from a youtube url. I have created the AVPlayer and linked the url to the player. The player opens when I click the button, but the video player just shows the file continuously loading. I have changed the App Transport Security Settings -> Allow Arbitrary Loads on the plist.
Heres the code:
#IBAction func playVideo(_ sender: Any) {
let movieId = "xLCn88bfW1o"
let path = URL(string: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\(movieId)")
let video = AVPlayer(url: path!)
let videoPlayer = AVPlayerViewController()
videoPlayer.player = video
present(videoPlayer, animated: true, completion: {
video.play()
})
}
EDIT: I've also tried by using the URL for sharing the video; https://youtu.be/xLCn88bfW1o.
The url you are using is not the url to the video, it is the url to a webpage which has the video embedded. There are tools out there that can help you get the actual url of the video file.
For example: YoutubeDirectLinkExtractor
YoutubeDirectLinkExtractor allows you to obtain the direct link to a YouTube video, which you can easily use with AVPlayer. It uses type safety and optionals to guarantee that you won't crash while extracting the link no matter what. There are popular alternatives, which use more straightforward and risky approach, though:
Use extracted video link with AVPlayer:
let y = YoutubeDirectLinkExtractor()
y.extractInfo(for: .urlString("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsQvAnCGxzY"), success: { info in
let player = AVPlayer(url: URL(string: info.highestQualityPlayableLink!)!)
let playerViewController = AVPlayerViewController()
playerViewController.player = player
self.present(playerViewController, animated: true) {
playerViewController.player!.play()
}
}) { error in
print(error)
}
You need to pass the video file's direct URL to AVPlayer (not a Youtube website URL)
For example:
let path = URL(string: "https://www.sample-videos.com/video/mp4/720/big_buck_bunny_720p_1mb.mp4")
i am looking for pod on swift to play Youtube video on ios native player just like XCDYouTubeKit unfortunately XCDYouTubeKit is only for objective-C i can't find any swift pod work like this , all i found they embed iframe video and the youtube logo will appear which will allow user to click on it and miss up the page when the full page open .
how i can play youtube video on ios native video player ? without html embed !
Exactly like :
Although XCDYouTubeKit is written in Objective-C, it integrates fine with Swift. Here is some sample code to use it with Swift 3:
struct YouTubeVideoQuality {
static let hd720 = NSNumber(value: XCDYouTubeVideoQuality.HD720.rawValue)
static let medium360 = NSNumber(value: XCDYouTubeVideoQuality.medium360.rawValue)
static let small240 = NSNumber(value: XCDYouTubeVideoQuality.small240.rawValue)
}
func playVideo(videoIdentifier: String?) {
let playerViewController = AVPlayerViewController()
self.present(playerViewController, animated: true, completion: nil)
XCDYouTubeClient.default().getVideoWithIdentifier(videoIdentifier) { [weak playerViewController] (video: XCDYouTubeVideo?, error: Error?) in
if let streamURLs = video?.streamURLs, let streamURL = (streamURLs[XCDYouTubeVideoQualityHTTPLiveStreaming] ?? streamURLs[YouTubeVideoQuality.hd720] ?? streamURLs[YouTubeVideoQuality.medium360] ?? streamURLs[YouTubeVideoQuality.small240]) {
playerViewController?.player = AVPlayer(url: streamURL)
} else {
self.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
}
}
}
I create an iOS app that make use of Vimeo for playing videos. I was wondering what the best method is to show Vimeo videos within iOS Swift.
I have fixed that, when an image is clicked, the placeholder image will be hidden, but the video won't play directly. Beside that all Vimeo Interface elements are visible. I know you should have to give credits to Vimeo, so it goes without saying that I display an Vimeo logo at the bottom of the video. Is there a possibility to hide all Vimeo elements of the web player?
Sources where I can find more information would be nice.
If there are any questions left, let me know!
Thanks in advance.
You can use this Swift library HCVimeoVideoExtractor to extract the mp4 video URL then use AVPlayer to play it. Simply pass the Vimeo video link or video id.
let url = URL(string: "https://vimeo.com/254597739")!
HCVimeoVideoExtractor.fetchVideoURLFrom(url: url, completion: { ( video:HCVimeoVideo?, error:Error?) -> Void in
if let err = error {
print("Error = \(err.localizedDescription)")
return
}
guard let vid = video else {
print("Invalid video object")
return
}
print("Title = \(vid.title), url = \(vid.videoURL), thumbnail = \(vid.thumbnailURL)")
if let videoURL = vid.videoURL[.Quality540p] {
let player = AVPlayer(url: videoURL)
let playerController = AVPlayerViewController()
playerController.player = player
self.present(playerController, animated: true) {
player.play()
}
}
})
The best way that I've been able to figure out is to use a WKWebView or UIWebView. Steps:
Add a WKWebView of desired size inside the View Controller.
Get the video embed code from the original Vimeo video (Click on the "Share" button below the video to find the embed code.)
Click on "More Options" on the Vimeo Share sheet that pops-up to configure the look of the embed video.
Use the following code sample to embed the video:
let webView = WKWebView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: self.view.frame.size.width, height: self.view.frame.size.height))
self.view.addSubview(webView)
let embedHTML="<html><head><style type=\"text/css\">body {background-color: transparent;color: black;}</style><meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=yes\"/></head><body style=\"margin:0\"><div><iframe src=\"//player.vimeo.com/video/139785390?autoplay=1&title=1&byline=1&portrait=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe></div></body></html>"
let url = URL(string: "https://")!
webView.loadHTMLString(embedHTML as String, baseURL:url )
webView.contentMode = UIViewContentMode.scaleAspectFit
The way that I've managed to implement this is using AVKit and AVFoundation:
let url: URL! = URL(string: "https://01-lvl3-pdl.vimeocdn.com/01/3355/3/91775232/243724947.mp4?expires=1498547278&token=073f7b03877a8ed3c8029")
let player: AVPlayer = AVPlayer(url: url)
let controller: AVPlayerViewController = AVPlayerViewController()
controller.view.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
controller.player = player
// Add `controller` to your view somehow
player.play()
The trick being that you cannot use the link where it displays the website (in my case https://vimeo.com/91775232).
I had to inspect the source and find the actual URL for the video (i.e.: https://01-lvl3-pdl.vimeocdn.com/01/3355/3/91775232/243724947.mp4?expires=1498547278&token=073f7b03877a8ed3c8029).
Once I used that, everything worked fine.
For Swift 4, I have used WKWebView in storyboard and implemented following code:
import WebKit
#IBOutlet weak var webKitView: WKWebView!
To play video in WebView :
if yourVimeoLink.lowercased().contains("vimeo.com") {
let url: NSURL = NSURL(string: yourVimeoLink)
webKitView.contentMode = UIViewContentMode.scaleAspectFit
webKitView.load(URLRequest(url: url as URL))
}
Hope will help! :)
import AVFoundation
import AVKit
let videoURL = "https://vimeo.com/blablabla/whatevertheURLis"
func playExternalVideo() {
let videoURL = NSURL(string: self.videoURL)
let player = AVPlayer(url: videoURL as! URL)
let playerViewController = AVPlayerView()
playerViewController.player = player
}
Make sure to add the AVKit Player View and give it a class of AVPlayerView. As for the Vimeo deal, it should play without Vimeo's UI Controls. For more help watch this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhD7hXrpExE
im trying to stream videos from google drive but its not working
this is my code
func playVideo () {
let url = NSURL(string: "https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9XuPgWwSkzrdHN5WWUydjJScDg/preview")!
let player = AVPlayer(URL: url)
let playerViewController = AVPlayerViewController()
playerViewController.player = player
self.presentViewController(playerViewController, animated: true) {
playerViewController.player?.play()
}
}
i get this when i start the function image here
i solved the problem by Decodeing the html from the link and take the steam link from it
you can see the code here : https://github.com/DevZaid/GDSLink
your link is to flash video, not to some video supported by AVPlayer.